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“Easy beauty” versus “difficult beauty,” and how it affects the way we see things on the road.
Integrating love of travel & love of home (with philosopher Chloe Cooper Jones)
A few thoughts on the merits of taking an extended break from social media
As 2023 gets underway, I’ve resolved to be less “virtually present” on social media, and more emotionally present in my own life. Hence, it’s unlikely I’ll be adding many new posts to my Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook accounts in the coming months. Lowering one’s social-media profile might seem like a peculiar choice in 2023, given…
Travel contracts your possessions and expands your life (with Eric Weiner)
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Author Eric Weiner on the joys of slowing down and being open to uncertainty on the road
Dispatches from “The Vagabond’s Way” book launch (and a sojourn in DC)
My newest book, The Vagabond’s Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery and the Art of Travel, debuted in October, with a series of virtual and live events in places like New York, Kansas, and San Francisco. Early praise for the book came from The New York Times, which noted: “Rolf Potts, the author who inspired wanderlust…
Travelers create their own distinct global culture (with anthropologist Pegi Vail)
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Filmmaker and anthropologist Pegi Vail on global traveler culture
The global definition of “traveler” is broad (and vibrant)
My book The Vagabond’s Way has a mini-chapter entitled “The Definition of ‘Traveler’ is Broad (and Vibrant),” which examines the notion that “middle-class folks from industrialized countries aren’t the only people taking journeys.” I allude to a number of situations that illustrate this (based on travel experiences in India, Mexico, Laos, and Sumatra), but the…
Kristen Bush “masterful” in Duncan Macmillan’s “People, Places & Things”
There is something curiously ephemeral about theater: Actors bring a specific world alive onstage for a few weeks or months, then that world vanishes when the play finishes its run. Kristen Bush’s extraordinary presence and stamina as “Emma” in Duncan Macmillan’s dark addiction-recovery drama People, Places and Things at DC’s Studio Theatre was lauded by…
The travel industry is here to help you; feel free to ignore it (with Seth Kugel)
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NYT travel writer Seth Kugel on travel experiences that go beyond what you can buy
10 Insights from Pico Iyer’s 2022 TravelCon Keynote Address
Pico Iyer has published 15 books, on subjects ranging from the Dalai Lama to globalism, from the Cuban Revolution to Islamic mysticism. They include such long-running sellers as Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, The Global Soul, The Open Road and The Art of Stillness. At the same time he has been…
Deviate Live in NYC: The Vagabond’s Way (onstage at KGB Bar with Ari Shaffir)
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Ari Shaffir and Rolf discuss “The Vagabond’s Way” onstage at KGB Bar in NYC.
Reinvent what it means to be an “explorer” (with Kate Harris)
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Kate Harris on reinventing the notion of exploration