Yo! I’m Vincent Russell Van Patten. My friends call me Vinny.
I’m an author, travel photographer, and host of The Dare to Dream Podcast, exploring what lights my soul on fire day-in and day-out.
Rarely does a meaningful experience escape the ink of my pen — I love to write about it all.
Travel, culture, personal-growth, literature and philosophy are some of the topics I write about. I also write poetry and short stories — doing so soothes the soul.
Most of all, I write to inspire. I publish my work here on my website and on Medium.
I’m currently based in Osaka, Japan, where I work as an English teacher for the ECC Foreign Language Institute.