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A Visionary is someone who sees what others do not. Foresight and Imagination, the two key ingredients for visionary thinking. Visionary Sophia brings readers long-from essays and photos of brilliant people and brilliant ideas.
Visionary Sophia thinkers profile people, places, trends and phenomena that share a unique way of seeing things and thinking about the future. Read long form articles on topics as diverse as law, contemporary art, health, and music. If someone is doing it creatively, with love and grace, then chances are our team of writers will cover it!
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Living Out One’s Golden Years in Comfort
Credit: Parade After decades of working long hours and raising children, the age of retirement truly deserves its titles as “the golden years.” Finally, many seniors can financially afford to take time for themselves and their closest loved ones—whether that be...
A New Perspective on Snowflakes
Credit: Dr. Nathan Myhrvold Nathan P. Myhrvold is a man of curiosity. Since retiring from Microsoft as a chief technology officer, Dr. Myhrvold has gone on to pursue the sciences in full—from paleontology, to cooking, to astronomy—as well as photography. He’d known...
A Black and White Look at Dirk Braeckman
Credit: Dirk Braeckman Digital photography has grown to be the commonplace medium for many photographers, but it wasn't always. For decades, photographers would use the gelatin silver process-- a fundamental chemical process most commonly used in black-and-white...
500,000 Acres of Rainforest and the Woman Who Protected It
Credit:Jeronimo Zuniga Ecuador is a land of lush rainforest that are as beautiful as they are in danger. For decades, big businesses-- namely, oil companies-- have threatened these Ecuador's ecosystem as they dig and deforest for resources. If an environmental impact...
Celestial Lights and Bioluminescence In One Photo
Credit: Ricardo Ghion Professional photography is far more than snapping a picture with the camera on your phone. Capturing incredible images takes dedication and discipline for the craft. The ability to get breath-taking images of the night sky is a completely...
Protesting Injustice
Credit: Chicago Tribune The murder of George Floyd has changed this nation forever. On May 25, George Perry Floyd went to purchase a package of cigarettes from his local drug store. He handed the cashier a $20 bill. The employee believed the bill to be counterfeit,...
How Human Encroachment in the Natural World Created Pandemic
Credit: The New York Times Climate change is a very devastating and very real problem that has come up at political conferences for the better part of 50 years. To this day, many refuse to accept the reality of the situation, even though we see the affect it has on...
How Today’s Women Writers are Re-Writing the Novel
Credit: Medium There have been massive strides in women’s rights over the past hundred years. For centuries, women were denied the right to vote, the right to control their own bodies, the right to work in certain professions, and that is just the top of the list....
Jack Welch, Visionary Before his Time
Credit: Associated Press Whether or not you were aware of it, Jack Welch was a man who impacted your life for decades. As the CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001, Welch revamped the powerhouse company into the wildly successful corporation it is today, yielding...
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