Starting in Paris If there’s one piece of advice I could give anyone reading this: make sure your feet (and knees!) are prepared for what’s waiting for you in Paris. Oh, the pain!! My first five days in the city had me sleeping with a pillow under my knees every night, and my first journalContinue reading “Running Through Buttered Air: Starting with Paris”
Category Archives: France Self Discovery
In Van Gogh’s Footsteps: Healing, Art, and Self-Discovery
Reflecting on My 2-Week Self-Discovery Journey to France It was booked on a whim. I was at a point in my life when I felt my lowest—when I learned that even bright, sunny days could seem bleak and dreary. I was filled with mixed emotions: questions of self-worth, doubt, and feelings of helplessness. I triedContinue reading “In Van Gogh’s Footsteps: Healing, Art, and Self-Discovery”
Walking The Painters’ Path
Of endless wheat fields,Rolling hills,And coloured daffodils. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. Splitting the horizon—Skies in painter’s blue,Gardens—Lush in green hue. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥. At each step,As if I’d been taken backTo a time once his—As far as his eyes could see,This 𝘖𝘪𝘴𝘦 would beHis canvas—Laid out endlessly. 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰Continue reading “Walking The Painters’ Path”
Over The Rhône
As night descends,The skies take a different hue,I sit atop some steps,Perched for a perfect view.The hum of the river,Choral of voices to my right -The cold wind sends a shiver,As day dissolves into night.Stars slowly show their glimmer,Materializing across the night sky,No photo can do this scene justice -Now captured in my minds’ eye.WithContinue reading “Over The Rhône”
Stephanie Loo 