to see a world in a grain of sand https://journals.worldnomads.com/sifaan/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:50:41 GMT World Nomads Adventures 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’ ;) https://journals.worldnomads.com/sifaan/photos/43220/Sri-Lanka/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Sri Lanka sifaan https://journals.worldnomads.com/sifaan/photos/43220/Sri-Lanka/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/sifaan/photos/43220/Sri-Lanka/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Fri, 5 Jul 2013 02:29:00 GMT 0 Hi! 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 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. Finally, I love photography - while the Craft (DOF, composition, exposure, etc.) is a worthy challenge that has me striving for mastery of my gear (and lusting after expensive bits of polished glass), it's the pursuit of the Art - "how to capture a picture worthy of a 1000 words?" - that makes the back-breaking effort of lugging around my gear a labor of love. So, how come I never considered becoming a travel photographer? Travel, take pictures, tell stories AND get paid for it? I don’t know. Jason, please kick me for not connecting the dots! Until then, I’ll just ponder the serendipity of discovering this competition at the same time I decided to cull work hours at my regular job so I’d have more time to pursue my dreams, one of which is to earn money from photography! 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 Oman yet. Just sayin’ ;) https://journals.worldnomads.com/sifaan/photos/37651/Sri-Lanka/Kataragama-A-sacred-paradox Travel Sri Lanka sifaan https://journals.worldnomads.com/sifaan/photos/37651/Sri-Lanka/Kataragama-A-sacred-paradox#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/sifaan/photos/37651/Sri-Lanka/Kataragama-A-sacred-paradox Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:46:00 GMT 0