The Tuareg: A People Without Borders
Nomadic instincts run deeper than walls.
Tibetan Polaroids
A Time to Keep Silence by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Fermor writes with characteristic elegance about the "huge, black wings" of monastic quiet settling over him—the initial agitation, then clarity, then unexpected peace.
Peter Matthiessen on Silence in The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen undertook a pilgrimage not for the elusive snow leopard but for the rarest creature of all: silence.
High-Proof Stillness: Sylvain Tesson and the Siberian Cabin
Sylvain Tesson—heir to Thoreau but with a humorous, vodka-soaked edge—locked himself for six months in a Siberian cabin on the edge of Lake Baikal.
Pico Iyer on Learning from Silence
“It’s only when I go on retreat that I feel I’m encountering something real—a lens cap has fallen away—and that reminder allows me to see my life in the world in its proper proportions.”
A Region so Lonely: Photographs of Patagonia
Artist Residencies—the art of staying still
A slower, more creative way to experience a place
Calving
Forty Minutes a Gaucho
Tassili
Photographs from the Tassili N'Ajjer in the Algerian Sahara.
Three Glasses
Nothing about Tuareg tea is hurried, and nothing needs to be explained
The World Is the Size It Always Was
Travel beyond the algorithm.
Ghosts of a Green Sahara
Deep in the Algerian Sahara, ancient hands carved images of a world that no longer exists: rivers, herds of elephants, giraffes, hunters and cattle.
Baptism of Solitude
On the enduring power of Paul Bowles’ writing
Silence and Sagebrush
Alone in a cabin in Nevada
Field Guide: the Algerian Sahara
The Tassili N’Ajjer National Park: the most accessible way to visit the Sahara Desert
National Geographic Nostalgia: Alone Across the Outback
On Robyn Davidson’s long walk west
Tibet’s Forgotten Kingdom
