2018-11-15
I want to start this blog by saying that Ecuador is beautiful, and not just it’s landscape. This country is full of vergüenza but everyone still loves to dance, and the kids still scream Teacher even though they don’t know it means profe. The sky is so full of clouds every night that I can’t...
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I was waiting for my bus to Quiroga, the town I live in. It hadn’t arrived yet. I took a chance and asked the bus conductor. ‘A Quiroga?’ ‘No, mi hija…’ I don’t know what he said after that. I stopped listening after mi hija. Mi hija. My daughter. My father says it. My mother...
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2018-11-14
It occurs to me that sometimes conventional language isn’t sufficient. I find, increasingly each day, that words alone cannot describe the complexities of my life here in Cuenca. This realization actually has more to do with the absence of words than their presence. Photography has always been my primary medium of choice. Portraiture, specifically,...
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2018-11-14
The short answer: yes and no. Every time I introduce myself to someone new, I explain that I’m here until April, living with a host family in Quiroga and interning at Radio Pública Cotacachi. Usually, the stranger asks, “¿Te gustas el Ecuador?” Sometimes, I just answer, “sí.” Other times, I’m more honest: “Hay cosas que...
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How I Became Lara Croft, Tomb Raider. Interestingly enough, I see my first step off the plane as my first step on my journey back home. If I view this experience as a whole, it’s easy to see that it begins to end the moment it begins, and only stops ending once it’s over. While...
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2018-11-13
What is a family? Is family a creation of the people we were taught to love and protect that share the same DNA? Or is it a creation of the people we learn to love and protect? Is it the comfort you have with the family you’ve known your whole life? Or is it creating...
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In 5 Months At our last catch my team leader asked our regional cohort to write vision statements for our next five months here. What we hope to accomplish, what we’ve learned, who we’ll be. I wanted to share mine: In 5 Months * In Five months I will have grown in ways I can’t...
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