“The most important thing I’m learning is the vision that I can identify with the freedom I find on my travels, instead of worrying about explaining myself back home. That was quite a revelation! That’s not to say I’ve become antisocial, it just means I no longer blame my psychic abilities whenever I get lonely. You know, that part of my life that means the most to me – loneliness comes from me hiding or rejecting that part, in other words from trying to be normal… hey, at least on the surface! It offends my soulmate very horribly, who then starts sulking, overthinking how we’re both ‘such aliens in this world’ and… well, point taken: it is normal people who are lonely inside. Gotcha.”

• Ancestral Roots: Fashion from ‘The Highlander’
• A Traveller Is Born: Japan Between Culture Shock and the Enduring Archetype of Friendship
• Meeting Place: Māori Art and Ritual
• Evolution: Art Escape in Galați
• Meditation with Snoring Dog: Hidden Gem in Lefkada

Mediums: calligraphy, clay, cooking, flute, ikebana, incubation, kites, paper-making, parade floats, pottery, singing, tea ceremony, thrifting, travel journal, weaving

Goals: interacting with other cultures, sourcing craft projects to promote creative engagement