In French, the verb arriver can describe both a physical arrival as well as a figurative one. For a long time, I’ve wanted to experience both of these feelings in my travel and creative life. “Je suis arrivé à écrire une histoire”: I’ve managed/succeeded to write a story. This is something I had always dreamt… Continue reading Fieldnote #1: On the French verb ”arriver” + the creative life
Category: Solo Travel
Five Contemplations on Solo Travel: A Letter to Myself at All Times
As I was looking through old travel journals, I rediscovered a letter I wrote to myself back in 2018 during my post-college year of solo travel. I was struck by how much of what I wrote still applies to me four years later, now that I’m living abroad again. I decided to rename the work—… Continue reading Five Contemplations on Solo Travel: A Letter to Myself at All Times