This website illuminates my life and adventures, focusing on five areas, Adventure, Love, Art & Music, Economy and Philosophy. To these five areas, I have purposefully dedicated my life. This notion emanated from my belief that the human experience is driven by five innate momentums: physical, sexual, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. So, I desired to study, experience and understand these subjects, with the objective to understand not only the world around me, but to understand myself as well. Thus, these five areas of study match my innate momentums: adventure-physical, love-sexual , art & music-emotional, economy-intellectual, and philosophy-spiritual. This quest has led me to over 2300 of the world’s 3978 provinces, to every country on earth and to the highest peak on each continent (thank heaven for good weather!). In my travels, I learned to respect the intelligence and ingenuity of people of all races and callings both past and present. Come with me to see the world as I see it, if you will be so kind. Join me in re-examining our world and our selves, to contemplate how we can move to make our world a virtual Garden of Eden.
Tokelau, Sitting On The Pier At Sunset On Atafu Atoll, 2001 - This photograph is taken on the small pier on Atafu Atoll in the Tokelau group. People congregated under a beautiful sunset sky.
Slovenia, Cerkno Prov, Bee In Flower Closeup
Slovenia, Cerkno Prov, Pathway
Congo Zaire, Jeff Shea with Leopard Tooth Necklace, 1984 - A pygmy in Mt. Hoyo in eastern Zaire sold me this leopard tooth necklace from around his neck for scarcely a dollar. I proudly sported it. It did not occur to me in those "innocent ages" of the connection to preservation of wildlife. It is not recommended to buy any animal parts, for that reason. With that said, loss of habitat (by deforestation for example) is by far the greatest threat to animals. I was told in Cameroon in 1999 that the bush meat market in Africa was thriving. I was told that even gorilla meat was popular. There is an enormous disconnect between Western ideologies and the reality on the ground, especially when hunger is involved. The answer is to preserve large tracts of land in great World Parks, one on each continent.
Slovenia, Idrija Prov, Village
Congo Zaire, The Longest Spiky Hair, 1984 - Here, a Zairoise (a female of Zaire) grooms another woman's hair. The woman doing the grooming had the longest spiky hairdo I saw in Zaire. It was the fashion at the time. They held these long spikes in place with the aid of a (hidden) wire.
Turkey, Gumushane Prov, Woman
Laos, Phongsali Prov, Sister
Cambodia, Kaoh Kong Prov, Landscape
Thailand, Udon Thani Prov, Flying Pigeon