Safari + Party = Safarty?

Posted by on Sep 17, 2014 in Twenty Years On
Safari + Party = Safarty?

Tomorrow, Thursday September 18, 2014 marks what would be Dan’s 44th birthday! Here at Creative Visions, we take birthdays very seriously, and by seriously, I mean we go big! How big? A safari and a party!! In other words – what Dan did best. So first, if you live anywhere close to Malibu, CA or if […]

The Journey is the Inspiration: Sara Cummings

Posted by on Aug 8, 2014 in Inspired by Dan
The Journey is the Inspiration: Sara Cummings

In early July, I went to Sunset Beach, North Carolina for my family’s 30th annual beach vacation. It’s a time for us to relax, drink margaritas, eat double scoop waffle cones, and best of all, just sit together and talk. It’s that week of the year that we all cherish and absolutely hate to miss. […]

An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Border Control

Posted by on Jun 23, 2014 in Twenty Years On
An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Border Control

An excerpt from the book Art of Life by Jennifer New. While on the STA safari… The morning of July 15 began poorly. It was just five days since they’d left the coast. The previous night, they’d been unable to find a hotel until 3:00 A.M. People were slow to wake up, despite needing to prepare for […]

An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Safari

Posted by on Jun 16, 2014 in Twenty Years On
An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Safari

An excerpt from the book Art of Life by Jennifer New. Mtu hujua atokako, hajui aendako. – Swahili proverb (“One knows where they are coming from, not where they are going.”) To Western ears, “safari” conjures up visions of a hunting adventure: Teddy Roosevelt or Ernest Hemingway on an apocryphal sojourn, packing a couple of Remington shotguns, […]

Dan Inspires in Ecuador

Posted by on Feb 12, 2014 in Dan Eldon Legacy, Inspired by Dan
Dan Inspires in Ecuador

Students at Academia Cotopaxi International School in Quito, Ecuador transformed their personal experiences into visual autobiographies. The pages of Dan’s Journals served as inspiration for the students’ work. The high school artists featured here, Juliana Passos and Sofia Sandoval, were both enthralled by the life and work of Dan, particularly his unrelenting need to put […]