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30 April 2013 [16:54] - Today.Az
Curious to know what other people who have spent the same number of days
on Earth as him have achieved, English writer Richard Davis is
traveling around the world looking for individuals who share his
birthday.
Were you born on December 1st, 1974? Than you just
might be on Richard Davis’ to-visit list. The oddball English writer has
embarked on a journey to meet 40 of his “time twins” in different
locations around the world and put his experiences down on paper for his
new book. “I was not alone in being born on that day. Families across
the world celebrated their new additions on that day 38 years ago,”
Richard writes on his website. “But what kinds of lives have these
people lived? With the same length of time on this planet as me, what
have they achieved? What have been their greatest achievements; and
what are their burning ambitions? Do they see themselves as young,
middle aged or old? Have they achieved their defining moment, or is
that still to come? Are they married with children, or single,
backpacking round the world? Are they successful – and how is this
judged? How have their lives been affected by the accident of geography
that led them to be born where they were? Is our age a defining
similarity, or does the concept of age change from country to country?”
These are the questions he’s trying to find answers to through his
unique Time Twins project.
So far, Richard’s curiosity has taken him to meet nine different people
who share his birthday, including a bodybuilding champion in Holland, an
actor in New York City, the mayor of an Italian town affected by
earthquakes, an Olympian in Norway and a fellow writer in Ireland. In
the coming months, he plans on traveling to Austria, Thailand, Russia,
Indonesia, Croatia, Morocco, Slovenia and Brunei to meet more special
people born on December 1st, 1974.
/OddityCentral.Com./
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