By Esmeralda Santiago
BROTHER, SISTER, MOTHER, EXPLORER
By Jamie Figueroa
Not so long ago you could travel to other landscapes, peopled with men, women and children who might not look like you, who might not speak your language, who seemed to have been created just so you could build memories. When youâre a tourist in someone elseâs home, youâre there to get away from your own life, to preserve and post images of your adventures and experiences on social media, proof that youâre curious about the world and that you can still have fun. To you those foreigners â preferably wearing traditional dress or an approximation of it, their bodies adorned in patterns and textures you find charming but wouldnât wear yourself once you touch down at home â are there to fill holes in your life so deep you donât even see them anymore.