Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

In the early 1900’s, Vienna hit a wall: the Viennese were stuck in this struggle of change, figuring out how to preserve the old and revolutionizing the new. Architecturally, this struggle became dominated by aesthetics rather than purpose or social change. The result was repression of anyone that was not of the upper class. This… Read more

I was surprised when we first arrived at The Imperial War Museum. Empty space surrounded the museum: grass and flower fields, a playground, a piece of the Berlin wall, and a café all lingered around, but there was no immediate evidence that there was previously a mental hospital here.  The building itself was beautiful, it… Read more