This was a really interesting read :) Typically writers often have their own theme and style; something they naturally gravitate towards depending on their life experiences. It's what we strengthen in our minds that determine what we see and hear. So I imagine that someone could travel the length and breadth of this earth yet experience less than someone who remains in one place if their minds are not open to new thoughts and perceptions; that we simply take our predetermined views and opinions with as as luggage and their contents still remain fully present and well used upon our return home.

I supose you may consider me to be a bit of an "anti-establishment" type when I say that schools discourage free thinking because the system can't control the free thinkers of the world. While I dislike to think such things, with what I personally observe, one can't help but consider it...