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From Ashes to Dust, from Soil to Trees

From Ashes to Dust, from Soil to Trees

byThomas S. Bremer

Despite who we have been or may yet become, every one of us becomes the forest, struggling to embrace a perfect balance of being.

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Hope beyond pandemic?

Hope beyond pandemic?

byThomas S. Bremer

In finding a way to live on earth more prosperously, we have lost our ability to live with earth more harmoniously. We are desperate for new geographies of hope.

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The Religious and Spiritual Appeal of National Parks

The Religious and Spiritual Appeal of National Parks

byThomas S. Bremer

Religious elements of national parks may not be obvious, but visitors’ experiences rely to some extent on traditions of religious travel and religio-aesthetic interpretations.

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Wilderness of Hope

Wilderness of Hope

byThomas S. Bremer

Wilderness is a fantasy of human desires born of a false binary of wild nature without people. But imagining wilderness might deliver us to a new geography of hope.

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Considering Tourism

Considering Tourism

byThomas S. Bremer

At many tourist sites, authenticity reigns as the holy grail of the religious quest, a sacred commodity positioned to seduce touristic desires.

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Floral portraits

Floral portraits

byThomas S. Bremer

In these flower portraits, the colors, textures, and exquisite delicacy of blooming plants are an appealing target for my lens.

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The first day of winter

The first day of winter

byThomas S. Bremer

Watching the nearly full moon set, we felt the first hints of morning light following the solstice. Slowly the first day of the new year cut through the night’s frost to brighten a new season.

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Tourists all the time

Tourists all the time

byThomas S. Bremer

To the extent that we have all become consumers in every facet of our modern lives, we live in the touristic ethos of consumerism. All of us are tourists all of the time.

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Listening for our humanity

Listening for our humanity

byThomas S. Bremer

Listening distinguishes greatness among humans. The greatest among us are those who listen, hear, and feel for others.

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Why I Am Vegetarian

Why I Am Vegetarian

byThomas S. Bremer

I last ate meat on Thanksgiving Day of 2014. Vegetarianism has made my life simpler. It also has made me healthier, and I feel less culpable in our culture of slaughter.

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Happy birthday to a father who never gives up on life

Happy birthday to a father who never gives up on life

byThomas S. Bremer

Today my father turns 85, and he remains a living presence that continues to teach and inspire for those who pay attention.

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Colonizing tourists

Colonizing tourists

byThomas S. Bremer

Claims that tourism involves colonization, terrorism, dispossession, commodification are valid, but these are reasons to take tourists more seriously and study them more carefully.

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