move | eat | learn

Excerpt from my personal statement for my residency application:

My travels have taken me all over the world from Bolivia to Iceland to East Africa. There are essentially two ways I explore a new city for the first time: by sweeping and by stepping. Sweeping comes first. I hop on a bus tour or hire a guide in order to get an overall sense of its history and culture. Stepping takes more time and effort, but this is how I truly get to know a city. It’s important to walk among the locals: eat where they eat, do what they do, step where they step. 

And man oh man, these 3 videos truly capture the beauty of travel: simple and true.

Move.

Eat.

Learn.

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

ps. Sincerest thanks to my numerous editors and sounding-boards- couldn't have done it without yall!