Lessons from a Vagabond

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SPRING

I believe everything happens for a reason. The last time I saw a peacock was when I left Olympos, Turkey after living and working there for 2 months in the Spring of 2011. By that time I had been traveling for 10 months from Los Angeles to Thailand to India to Turkey and I was getting ready to see what Germany had in store for me. I left the US with less than $500 in my pocket and arrived in Bangkok with less than $100. Money was no object. My life was being guided. No question. That visit from the Olympos peacock was a road sign signaling rebirth and renewal to come. The gratitude that sprung from me at that time was something I felt deep in my bones.

Last week marked 2 years since this sacred animal had made its appearance in my life and on the first day of Spring of this year, the signs we literally looking me right in the eye. At Palos Verdes, California’s Strawberry Lane peacocks roam freely among residential homes, yards, and gardens. I’m not sure why they are drawn there or why I was guided there but one thing is certain of this brightly feathered road sign: what comes next is going to be beautiful.

Special thanks to Wendy B.

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OPEN POST: Your Apocalypse is brought to you by… We’re alive! Just as many expected, the Mayan doomsday was a fallacy. Instead, people are seeing that the Mayans were not foreseeing a day of doom, but rather the destruction of the mental and emotional blocks we have manifested over time as mankind. So, I’d like to take a moment to remind everyone out there - everyone looking for paradise, everyone dreaming of another world, everyone looking for heaven, luxury, pristine beauty, and so on - I’d like to remind you all that it’s here! It may not be in your backyard, maybe it’s not down the street, or a short ride away, but it’s here on our gorgeous planet Earth, offering itself freely. We must nurture it. I know that not everyone has the ability to pay for some exorbitantly priced trip, and that every trip I take is a true luxury I am honored to experience. But if there is anything I’ve learned and tried my best to communicate with this blog, my photos, and my actions, it’s that you don’t have to be rich to experience the bounty this planet has to offer. So please, as we enter into a new phase in the history of mankind, I implore you - be one with our home planet, live large, be open, and love with pure hearts. I’ll close with this: “According to the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012 marks the end of non-time and the beginning of time. It is the end of the Macha and the beginning of the Pacha. It is the end of selfishness and the beginning of brotherhood. It is the end of individualism and the beginning of collectivism, the end of hatred and the beginning of love. The end of lies and the beginning of truth. It is the end of sadness and the beginning of joy. It is the end of division and the beginning of unity.” Be well, ladies and vagabonds. With gratitude, TylerPhoto: Waterfall and rainbow in the Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawai’i

OPEN POST: Your Apocalypse is brought to you by…

We’re alive! Just as many expected, the Mayan doomsday was a fallacy. Instead, people are seeing that the Mayans were not foreseeing a day of doom, but rather the destruction of the mental and emotional blocks we have manifested over time as mankind. So, I’d like to take a moment to remind everyone out there - everyone looking for paradise, everyone dreaming of another world, everyone looking for heaven, luxury, pristine beauty, and so on - I’d like to remind you all that it’s here! It may not be in your backyard, maybe it’s not down the street, or a short ride away, but it’s here on our gorgeous planet Earth, offering itself freely. We must nurture it.

I know that not everyone has the ability to pay for some exorbitantly priced trip, and that every trip I take is a true luxury I am honored to experience. But if there is anything I’ve learned and tried my best to communicate with this blog, my photos, and my actions, it’s that you don’t have to be rich to experience the bounty this planet has to offer.

So please, as we enter into a new phase in the history of mankind, I implore you - be one with our home planet, live large, be open, and love with pure hearts.

I’ll close with this:

“According to the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012 marks the end of non-time and the beginning of time. It is the end of the Macha and the beginning of the Pacha. It is the end of selfishness and the beginning of brotherhood. It is the end of individualism and the beginning of collectivism, the end of hatred and the beginning of love. The end of lies and the beginning of truth. It is the end of sadness and the beginning of joy. It is the end of division and the beginning of unity.”

Be well, ladies and vagabonds.

With gratitude,

Tyler

Photo: Waterfall and rainbow in the Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawai’i

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1 YEAR AGO TODAY: The life of a vagabond (in India)


On my Long Way Home en encountered many obstacles:

But nothing quite prepared me for being swept away from the Ganges River… 1 year ago today.

I was there for Holi, the festival of color, but no one told me that I might end up having kids rub gar grease into my hair and face, so this is what that looked like:

Ah, the life of a vagabond…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Hollywood, California, 5:37pm Sunset hike and there’s color all around us. #lookup (Taken with instagram)

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Hollywood, California, 5:37pm

Sunset hike and there’s color all around us. #lookup

(Taken with instagram)

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Palm Springs sunrise  Another lovely desert sunrise on our way back on the road up from Palm Springs to L.A. (And yes, I’ll be going again next weekend. This is becoming kind of a habit and I’m rolling with it.) More to come! (Taken with instagram)

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Palm Springs sunrise 

Another lovely desert sunrise on our way back on the road up from Palm Springs to L.A. (And yes, I’ll be going again next weekend. This is becoming kind of a habit and I’m rolling with it.) More to come! (Taken with instagram)

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Sea star at low tide in Palos Verdes, California. More to come from the Cali coast. Follow me @vagabondpixels

Sea star at low tide in Palos Verdes, California.

More to come from the Cali coast.

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Pacific Ocean sunset lovefest.  Palos Verdes, Ca Follow me @vagabondpixels

Pacific Ocean sunset lovefest.  Palos Verdes, Ca

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January 8th - 2:34pm A wintery stroll along the tide pools in Palos Verdes, California. Follow me @vagabondpixels

January 8th - 2:34pm

A wintery stroll along the tide pools in Palos Verdes, California.

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TUMBLR-OF-THE-DAY My recent free-climbing adventure in the desert now over, I will be whetting my appetite for crags and crevasses on this fair Tumblog.  http://yearofhibernation.tumblr.com/

TUMBLR-OF-THE-DAY

My recent free-climbing adventure in the desert now over, I will be whetting my appetite for crags and crevasses on this fair Tumblog. 

http://yearofhibernation.tumblr.com/


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Encounters at the End of the World trailer

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Still from Encounters at the End of the World documentary by Werner Herzog. Watch it. And anything else by him. Be stunned.  Thanks Noah and Hana

Still from Encounters at the End of the World documentary by Werner Herzog. Watch it. And anything else by him. Be stunned. 

Thanks Noah and Hana

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Wrapped - Day 1

Finished Day 1 of the fashion photo shoot for Jenny Dayco Designs Spring 2012 collection. I wasn’t shooting this time, though. I was modeling and it was so much fun! Bunch of creative friends getting together in the mountains wearing awesome gear? I cant wait to see the shots.

Marilyn Nakazato, the photographer was brilliant, and Tashina Hunter’s designs gave the whole shoot this ethereal, Midsummer’s Night Dream feel. I swear the test shots were like an allegory. 

Can’t wait to share the shots with you guys. Everything since I’ve been back in L.A. has been so L.A.… and I’m actually enjoying it. 

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