Steven Schwab

Steven is passionate about social reform, education, learning about new cultures, and the chemicals that makeup all living things. In high school, he participated in numerous community service initiatives especially tutoring at his local library and he created an Andriod app designed to help people organize their medications and medical information. He aims to better understand the world around him by experiencing a new culture and learning everything he possibly can from it (like new recipes and the Portuguese language) within the next year. His favorite quote is from the podcast "Welcome to NightVale"; it reads, "The past is gone, and cannot harm you anymore. And while the future is fast coming for you, it always flinches first, and settles in as the gentle present."

An Ode to my Bridge Year in Photographs

Steven Schwab

2016-03-16

I’ve always been inspired by those “Photos-of-the-day” articles that surface, usually forgotten, as I peer through the headlines of Google News everyday. What does it take to get into those articles? Knowing someone? Being special? Trying really hard to get photographed by someone with an obviously high quality camera? Well, each of those has their...

Waves

Steven Schwab

2016-02-22

A couple months ago I found the following article. I never thought that I would actually need it or rather I never thought that I would need it as soon as I found myself needing it. I saved it to my Google Drive and marked it as “If and When You’re Feeling Down.” It reads,...

Just Some Thoughts and an Attempt at an Update 12/10/2015

Steven Schwab

2015-12-11

I’m easily realizing – I can’t necessarily say quickly realizing – that it’s too easy to get lost in one’s thoughts, to get trapped per se. It can feel like I am running on a treadmill without an end and it can also feel like I am opening a door to escape some mental reality...

Encountering the Unexpected

Steven Schwab

2015-11-01

Sometimes the best things are those that are wholly unexpected. For me, this doesn’t sit easy. I don’t even like the idea: as a child I would spend countless hours questing to discover the hidden treasures that were my Christmas and birthday presents. I know that my grandfather has the power to transform words...

Saudades de Outorno

Steven Schwab

2015-10-22

Currently, I’m sitting at a bus stop on the wrong side of the street in the pouring rain dreaming of the crisp autumn air, colorful landscapes, apple and/or pumpkin everything at home in Connecticut. Well, most of those things are true… I am sitting at a covered wooden bus stop (which happens to be adorned...

Minhas Primeiras Dias

Steven Schwab

2015-09-06

09/06/2015 Wow, I’m finally here! I made it here safely (although the eight hour flight was brutal). It’s hard to believe that after months of anticipation and “preparation,” I’m finally here in Curitiba, PR, Brazil! Now, I’m lounging on my bed, listening to music, and momentarily escaping reality so that I can write...

Distracted Thoughts

Steven Schwab

2015-09-06

8/17/2015 As the days of my summer dwindle and my suitcase sits agape in my basement, longing to be filled with the clothes strewn about my bedroom, I can’t help but lounge in my living room not quite believing that I’m going to Brazil in a little over two weeks. I know the facts: I’ll...