Why Tell Stories?

"How do I know what I think until I hear what I say?" -E.M. Forster

In a globally expanding age where the possibility for interaction is limited and conflict is on the fly, an outlet for expression while traveling is absolutely crucial in processing and reflecting the meaning of a journey. For centuries, travel writers have shared their experiences and interpretations with the world while traveling through it. As a traveler yourself, what might you have to say?

Watch a video on the impact of the Travel Narrative by Remy Mansfield

We've been telling stories since we evolved to recognize there is one. Storytelling is a human need as crucial as nourishment. It is nourishment for the mind that yearns outside its physical mold. By giving a voice to imagination silence is out loud and there is no justice in the word ignore. How can we let history repeat itself?

We live in a world that is crying for change; with a mindset that calls for openness and understanding, in a society that demands a variety of experience and thought. Traveling outside ourselves and our place is only a first step. Discovering, sharing and then expanding upon what this means are the next.

In terms of education, whether at home or abroad, students have too often been the object. Now is the time to make your voices the subject.

—Piya Kashyap