Stirring Point is a collection of essays and content composed in the spirit of cultural discovery.
Traveler, writer, grappler–in search of stories from the far corners of the world.
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Zen Camp, Poland
Along a winding dirt road in the Polish countryside rests a model Japanese village. Its wooden bridges connect manicured pathways, while its pools reflect images of clouds dancing across the sky. A stream trickles below the bridges and feeds into the mouth of a man-made pond. Tadpoles wiggle their tails like rudders near the bottom… Read more
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Vilnius, Lithuania
When I thought about Lithuania, only a few images sprang to mind. I imagined rolling hills of greenery and rural settings. I imagined glimpses of forests where trees leaned against the edges of potato fields. I saw old women walking along the roadside, hunched at the back, tired from shouldering sacks of onions. When thinking… Read more
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Riga, Latvia
There’s an odd dichotomy that exists for many travelers and it often manifests as a type of illusion. The more one travels, the smaller the world becomes. Patterns emerge in human behavior, making distant cultures feel less like foreign enigmas. Landscapes group themselves with other landscapes; bucolic pastures have the same rural lull from England… Read more
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