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Ryan Frawley

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Scar is a powerful meditation on death, love, loss, identity, family and the terrifying ecstasy of madness.

2011

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My Best Articles of 2021

A completely subjective, biased, opinionated list

Jan 16, 2022

My Best Articles of 2021

Jan 16, 2022

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My Best Articles of 2020

Stories from a static year

Jan 4, 2021

My Best Articles of 2020

Jan 4, 2021

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Globetrotters

Beauty in Darkness: The Enchanted Nights of Avignon

The last White City of France

Apr 13

A vaulted medieval ceiling inside the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France.

Apr 13

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Counter Arts

The Dead Internet and the Easy Path That Will Destroy You

In the end, our dead souls get the world we deserve

Apr 12

Painting by Arnold Bocklin showing a rocky island with a grove of cypress trees and a rowboat heading towards a water gate.

Apr 12

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The Writing Cooperative

Writing A Novel Is Hard Work. That’s Why It’s Worth Doing.

Doing the thing is the point of the thing

Apr 4

A winding trail disappearing through green hills.

Apr 4

Published in
Globetrotters

Heidelberg and the Art of the Detour

Low expectations make for great trips

Mar 21

A tower of ruined Heidelberg castle with a view of the river and town below.

Mar 21

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Globetrotters

An Ideal Day in France’s Secret South

Once you’re done scooping poop, there’s plenty to enjoy

Mar 18

French town of Collioure seen from the sea, with the brown stone castle on the left and the medieval clock tower on the right.

Mar 18

Published in
Counter Arts

MC Escher and the Hunt for the Infinite

None of us are better than the Work

Mar 14

Red stencilled grafitti on a white wall that reads “Le Travail ou la vie”; “Work or Life” in English

Mar 14

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Globetrotters

Zen and the Art of Travel Writing

It’s about the details — but it’s about much more than that

Feb 20

POV photo of a man lying in a hammock in a forest overlooking the ocean with a pen in his hand, writing a story.

Feb 20

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Globetrotters

How Do You Travel When the Money Gets Tight?

Extreme day trips and the art of going back

Jan 23

An outdoor restaurant patio in Rome, Italy.

Jan 23

Ryan Frawley

Ryan Frawley

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Novelist. Essayist. Former entomologist. Now a full-time writer exploring travel, art, philosophy, psychology, and science. www.ryanfrawley.com

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