Le Mal d’Afrique
LE MAL D’AFRIQUE: A Journey Into Old and New Africa “So many people have tried to define the feeling the French call mal d’Afrique which in fact is a disease. The English never had a definition for it, I guess, because they never liked to admit that they were being threatened in any way by […]
Ariana Delawari
My Story I was born in Los Angeles the same year the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. My mother says that I never slept in a crib. Twenty days before I was born my father’s family left their country and sought refuge in our home. I was constantly held and never alone. They named me “Ariana” after […]
Rosie O’Donnell
Rosie O’Donnell, an accomplished actor, artist and comedian, and recently appeared in “The Fiddler on the Roof” on Broadway. Kathy and Amy met Rosie O’Donnell after she wrote to say how much she had enjoyed the book, the “Journey is the Destination”, a collection of Dan’s journal pages. She explained that she after being given […]
Juan Gongorin
Juan Gongorin I’m a medical doctor and also a photographer. During 2006 i spent 4 months working with a medical NGO in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Once i was back in Argentina, the country where I live, I started looking for places to show my art. Looking in Amazon.com for Lana Wong’s Shootback book, […]
Jolee Moffett
Dan’s site is listed on their list of “Other Projects” because I believe it was Dan who inspired all of this journaling to happen. If not directly then through his images and spirits. I belive there is a piece of Dan in all of us. We are people that want to take reality and make […]
Jessica Cannon
I found Dan Eldon’s journals last year when I was twenty-one. To see someone my age leave such an incredible mark on the world in such a short time has been a constant source of inspiration to me. I bought my first black-bound journal when I was fifteen, a mandatory purchase meant for art class […]
Lindsay Whelchel
I wanted to share with you something I wrote to, in some small way, honor Dan and what he worked so hard for in Africa, I have read his story and am amazed at how significantly he has touched my life… it has always seemed I was heading for something.. the need to DO something, […]
Rick Laney
LIFE OVERFLOWING The Journals of Dan Eldon by Rick Laney Dan Eldon was the poster-boy for living life to its fullest. Born in England and raised in Africa, he was on a mission to experience everything the world had to offer. Even at an early age, Eldon’s art journals mirrored his own overflowing life – […]
Kelly Kilmer
Everyone needs a voice. Everyone needs a way to express themselves, something that allows themselves to “speak”. My journals are my voice. They’re the way that I express myself the most easiest, the most comfortably, the most freely. I can’t remember exactly how long ago it was that I learned of Dan Eldon, but I […]
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