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BY BARBORA KOUBKOVA Many said I was mad. And those same people now say I was lucky. Many years ago, my stepfather moved to Saudi Arabia and offered to my mom, my sister, and me to come with him. My mom said no. My sister said no. And, surprise, surprise, I said yes. Many said…

BY SANCHUN LU 因为好朋友的婚宴，这是我第三次前往杭州。对于一个少有差旅的职场妈妈而言，是一次非常难得的独处时光。和过往不同的是，这一次我还要带着画笔，肆意纵情山水，完整的享受当下，回归本心。

BY WEN ZHI 去深圳的旅程，我酝酿了很久，甚至可追溯到十年前。十年前，2013年，那也是我离开深圳的时候。

BY JASPER PRYOR I recently moved to British Columbia from the UK and have been dazzled by the beauty of this part of the world. I spent my summer working beside the Nahatlach river, a tributary of that brown behemoth, the Fraser. It is a valley with strong ties to First Nations groups and as…

BY XUETONG WANG 疫情之后也刚好是我研究生毕业之后的一段时间里，我几乎是马不停蹄的开始了自己的工作生涯，画稿子接稿子几乎占满我生活的全部。渐渐的我发现这样的生活似乎渐渐磨灭了我对画画的热情，于是我开始了很长一段时间的思考，思考自己想要生活到底是怎样的，是不是想接下来的人生里每天对着电脑画画赚钱，却又同时不想舍弃商业带给我的金钱和持续的曝光。在这样纠结的心态里，我终于在今年做出了决定，想要彻底的 free myself。

BY ONA BASCUÑÁN When I was in my early twenties I went on Erasmus to Amsterdam. Coming back almost 20 years later with my family makes me realize (once again) how quickly time passes. The city hasn’t changed that much. The same downtown streets are still full of tourists and souvenir shops. Bikes continue to…