"There
are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who
is foreign."
-Robert Louis Stevenson
"The whole object of
travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is
at last to set foot on one's own country as a
foreign
land."
-G. K. Chesterton
"For my
part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I
travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to
move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life
more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of
civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot
and strewn with cutting flints."
-Robert
Louis Stevenson
Paperback
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Hardback
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Edited by: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Contributing Editors: Marguerite Carstairs & Karunesh
Kr. Agrawal
ISBN: 81-8253-064-4 (pp: 168)
Publisher: Cyberwit.net
Pub. Date: 2006
Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2 days)
Binding: Paperback & Hardback
Condition: New
Front Cover Art: Linda Block & Marguerite Carstairs
Back Cover Art: Tabitha L. Borges
Front & Back Cover Paper: 350 GSM (JK Cote
Art Paper)
Inside Pages: 130 GSM
(BILT Art Paper)
Description:
I
always get that excited feeling that here is
another place I have yet to see, when I sit down
and buckle up in an airline seat, or a bus or most
recently, the Korean KTX Train. Somehow looking at
pictures, and then reading the story that
accompanies the pictures, always sends me into
another world.
The
amazing thing is that when I am looking at the
travel magazines, I am almost always travelling
somewhere, and in a way, that is what is
happening, I am travelling to a different place
and maybe a different time, and reliving the
journey and the experience, as I read and look at
the photographs.
This
book is going to take you on many different
journeys through many different places in the
world. Through the photographs here, you can
experience what someone else has experienced, and
feel the marvel or the awe, or the feeling they
felt, when they focused on this particular scene,
and also chose the image to put into this volume.
What
makes a great image? I have been doing many
reviews on an art review site lately, and what I
realised is that, certain images have a part of
the photographer's eye and soul in them. These
are images that has inspired or moved the
photographer, and the feeling or excitement is
sometimes leaping out of the image, or flowing out
to wrap around the viewer and entice them to feel
and experience what the photographer saw.
Words cannot
adequately describe what an image can portray so
vividly. I also feel as an artist, that we convey
what we feel about what we perceive, and that
feeling, is what the viewer responds to. Great
images absorb the viewer
and bring them into the scene. Certain images have
this inspirational quality that makes one want to
stop and ponder, in the same way that we stop and
ponder, when confronted with something
inspirational or something moving.
It
could be something as small and as delicate as a
moss garden blown up with a macro, to show whole
life shapes and living organisms, all existing
within a miniscule world. It could be something as
vast as an entire walled ancient city viewed from
high up in a plane, or a whole mountain range.
Different
Worlds exist in the reflection in a drop of dew,
or the entire rainbow over the sea, in the eye of
a tiger or the gaze of a young child or animal.
There are many different worlds and there are many
different interpretations of what is different,
from the painting by the traditional artist, to
the digital creation of the graphic designer.
Many
who cannot travel, find their journeys through the
images of other travellers. Even seasoned
travellers sit and dream when confronted with an
image of a location or world they may not have
known even existed.
The
Ice castles and hotels of Sweden and Harbin,
fascinate and attract, as much as the coral reefs
of the Australia's Barrier Reef, or the sunken
wrecks of New Zealand's Stewart Island. The
scenic countryside of the Australian Outback, and
the Backwoods of America, vie against the frozen
Niagara Falls and the Opulence of Los Vegas and
the fast Life.
The
sultry beauty of India, and the stark reality of
The Great Wall of China, play against the azure
waters of the Caribbean and the Greek islands, and
the Castles of Europe and the temples of Asia hold
much magic and mysticism, and take us to places we
can never imagine existed.
Many
of us live in a place we call home, and many of us
may not even realise that what is usual to us, is
a 'Different World' to someone living in
another land. We may live in one place, and may
never have travelled to another part of our own
country. There are different worlds within
different worlds and this is what this book is
about. People share a slice of their different
world, and the reader, travels with the
photographs to many places beyond their realm of
experience.
We
can never say we have been there and seen it all,
and done it all.
Here
is a slice of life as seen through the eyes of
different artists from many different places, and
may the feeling that inspired the artist, come
through to you and inspire you too, so you too can
share and experience what the artist experienced.
Thank
you to all the artists who shared their Different
Worlds. You have made the life of all of us richer
with your experience.
Marguerite
Carstairs
http://M-carstairs.com/travel
Marguerite
Carstairs, who creates under the Artist name of
Ladymaggic, is a versatile and colourful artist
who is a photographer, digital artist and Oil
painter. She delights in sharing her experiences
through her many websites, focusing on her
different interests and experiences.
Her
main focus is the unique beauty of both Nature,
and what Man has constructed, and she travels
extensively following her interests and feelings.
Every trip is an adventure, and every experience
is an artwork. Her contribution here is based on
what she considers to be the most wonderful recent
thrills of her life. These are walking The Great
Wall, Climbing Naejeonsan Mountain, and driving
from Broome to Perth.
Paperback
$25
Hardback
$30
Sample
Artworks
© Darlene M. Nixon
©
Cher Peterson
REVIEWS
I received 2 copies of A Virtual Journey today and I thank you very
much. It is truly an awesome collection and I will spend many enjoyable
hours going throught it.Thank you and have a great day.
Jim Corbett
Dear Mr. Agrawal,
What a beautiful volume, and i am so gratified to have 3 images of my creation featured in
this book. Thank you is here extended to you and the
entire staff of Cyberwit. Emily Reed began a thread
at Art Wanted about this volume and cyberwit...now
folks are asking form all over the globe..."are any of
my pics in the book." I explained they had to submit
the you folks do not just take images from the www, as
you are an ethical publisher. My neighbor is a world
traveller...i gave her a copy and she was most absorbed in it very quickly. Anyway, Mr
Agrawal...everyone is quite pleased with "Different
Worlds...A Virtual Journey," and looking forward to your next such
publication.
Rebecca Phillips
All is well, I did recieve my two copies and they are great!! So very many talented artists.
Thank you so very much for including me in the book.
Trisha Allard
Hello my friend:
Yes, the books arrived but I am on vacation at the moment down in the Florida Keys. My husband
opened them and said they are just wonderful, as I am certain is true!
You always do such a beautiful job! Good news for me...I am going to be featured in a
"Chicken Soup for the Soul" Book to be released at the later part of this year.
Always good to hear from you, Warm regards
Janet K. Brennan
Dear Mr. Agrawal,
Yes, I have received my copy of the book. You did a fine job and I like it very much.
Thanks,
Cheri Carter
Dear
Karunesh,
I just received "Different worlds". What a lovely book! The art work is splendid. I'm going to
read it with pleasure. Thank you for this beautiful work.I hope you're fine.
Eric
Hi
Karunesh--I received Different Worlds: A Virtual
Journey Today. Splendid work! My wife likes it too.
Congratulations to you and Dr. Kumar.
Robert Wilson
What a coincidence. I sent you a reply earlier that I did not receive the books. The postman
just delivered them. The book looks great - look forward to reading it through.
Linda
Thankyou, very pleased, with the publication,
Phil
Just wanted to say a big
thank you for including me in the different worlds book. It was great to
see such a nice book like that be beautifully published and designed.
Kym
Lovell
Dear Karunesh Agrawal,
Just to let you know, I received the copies ordered through my wife Deborah Clearwaters. We
always have the copies sent to her work address so that there is no difficulty with postal
deliveries. It is really great to be included in your publications. All the best to you.
Andrew McIntyre
Hi Karunesh
Just wanted you to know that I received Different Worlds, and as usual you have done a
terrific job, some great writing in there, Thanks for having a couple of my pieces in there too,
Michael Estabrook
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