to see a world in a grain of sand

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Sri Lanka | Friday, July 5, 2013 | 5 photos

I’m a raconteur. Imagination is crucial to enjoying life, and I love engaging people’s imaginations through stories, especially ones that challenge our world-view: I believe that’s the most powerful form of learning.

I also love traveling - each new historical site, natural wonder, tradition, cuisine and language I experience adds an entry to my personal encyclopedia of the world, and often requires that I unlearn my own world-view.

I used to take a lot of look-mom-I-was-here type pictures, but more recently have discovered some artistic spark in photography and it's certainly made me put more thought into what pictures I take and what story I want to tell from it. It's been an awesome journey so far but I know that I'm still only scratching the surface.

I'm applying for this because I want to go deeper into this art, and learn how to tell better stories with my pictures.

Cheers
/Sifaan

PS I have an ambition to visit more countries than my age, which means I should visit a new country every year. I’ve not been to Greenland yet. Just sayin’ ;)