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Clara Bensen


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Portland, Oregon, The United States
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Clara Bensen’s 2013 Salon.com article entitled “The Craziest OKCupid Date Ever,� was read by more than half a million people. The story of her luggage-less adventure attracted major national and international attention, with coverage in USA Today, and appearances on The View, Fox News. No Baggage has also been optioned by New Line cinemas.

Clara and her partner Jeff have made four subsequent no baggage trips, to South America, the Caucuses, Scandinavia, and Japan. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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“Maybe life as you know it has shifted. But just because you’re lost doesn’t mean you can’t explore.”
Clara Bensen, No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering

“Magic happens when you head out into the unknown with wonder in your right hand and terror in your left.”
Clara Bensen, No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering

“If the only thing I did for the rest of my life was treat others kindly, file manila folders, and sit on the porch watching the grass grow it would be enough. It had to be. I did the math. The number of people who actually achieve a significant legacy is trifling compared to the vast number who go from birth to death living relatively unremarkable lives (at least on the surface). And maybe that wasn't the failure I'd been conditioned to believe. Maybe there was something to be said in praise of an outwardly unremarkable life. Maybe there were deep everyday forms of magic that had nothing to do with profound acomplishments or a Twitter feed that resonated down through the ages.”
Clara Bensen

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