Aubrey Stimola-Ryan

I spent a month in Tanzania and had the amazing, life-changing experience of spending some time in a Maasai Boma. I was privileged to witness, this, the "jumping dance," or Adamu, where men display how high they can jump as a sign of their worthiness and strength. I was struck by how little they have by western standards, but how happy they were. Their wealth is measured in family size, cattle and artistic expression in attire, beadwork and dress. I see this image and I think of how much we westerners often have and yet STILL feel so much need and want. Travel gives us context we all need. I'm going back in March.