11 February 2010
My Dream is behind the Mountain
Photographer: RIĆOR
In the more fugitive, trivial association of the word exotic, the charms of a foreign place arises from the simple idea of novelty and change - from finding camels where at home there are horses, for example, or unadorned apartment buildings where at home there are pillared ones. But there may be a more profound pleasure as well: we may value foreign elements not only because they are new but because they seem to accord more faithfully with our identity and comitments than anything our homeland can provide.
- The Art of Travel, Alain de Botton
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