SWISSGEAR BACKPACK

I noticed something on a trip to Vegas—I had a stand-in.

Scanning through the photos on my phone, I started seeing the pattern of a location, a scene, a setting … and a backpack. The backpack. My backpack.

And it hit me that this pack I carry everywhere I go, every place I travel, is a stand-in for me in those photos. It becomes the subject when I need something to give a scene context. When I need a metaphor to cover the story of me in a place, at a time, exploring the world.

I can’t find this exact backpack anywhere. But I’ve found one that’s pretty close. I’m hoping you’ll take it with you and make it a metaphor for your own stories, in the places you go.