I don't have a home...

… and it feels good. Or should I say; I don't have a house. A lot of places can be home, maybe home is more of a state of mind.
Today we moved the last furniture and boxes with clothes and books (the only things I find difficult to get rid of) to three different places. It feels a bit surreal, but very good as well. I imagined it would feel a bit unsafe, but I don't feel that, at least not yet.
In the last week, the people that work at the thrift store saw me almost every day, bringing another bag of things and another and another. Everytime I felt happy and lighter leaving those old things behind.
This was the last load of boxes and things.. Doesn't it look cozy? :) My plants and my spinning wheel, also things I rather not part with for ever..

Cute crawlies

Let's pretend the chaos of packing, moving out of my house and getting ready to travel is not there. Just look the other way.
Hi there, cutie! :) This little stick insect is now two days old (on the photo barely one day) and was a (very) little surprise..

A sunny day

Before I leave in april there is a lot more illustrating work to be done. Outside it is snowing, inside it is a sunny day in my studio. :) I love this work and I hope to be doing whatever creating I can while I am traveling as well. I'll be taking some paint, pencils, ink and embroidery materials.
But while I am here there is still things to look forward to; the first book with my illustrations in it to be printed, the start of an exciting new project with The Greenman Project and (perhaps) some of my textile work to be sold at a very lovely place..

Taken the leap

My life is chaos right now.. I have taken the leap; my rooms are for rent and I am leaving in a month or so. I am almost done here. Or at least, that is what I should be, but there is so much to arrange, pack and finish.
Where I am going isn't all clear yet, but this is my overall plan:

* Move out of my room and leave.
* Go to volunteer at a treehouse-village to be in the middle of a nature park in France, together with some (new) friends.
* When I am done there, go to another place to gain beautiful experiences, meet new people and have a good time. And in the process learn more about how exactly I want to live. More naturally and more in loving, peaceful togetherness with others. And then go to another place and after that to another. I'll be here and there and without a 'home' (at least not one I pay for) for about five months.

I hope to be creating (drawing, painting, embroidering) and blogging about my journey as I go along.

This is a wonderful thing to look forward to, but at the moment I still have the arranging and preparing-part to go trough. Also, I thought it would be a good idea to do three weeks of detoxing together with my yoga class. I am only allowed to eat green veggies and fruit and some nuts this week and I feel a little weak and blurry right now. (I know, I must be crazy, but it sounded like the perfect deal: lose all the excess baggage just before I go!)

You'll hear more about this soon.. Most probably.. I think I'll go and write some to-do-lists before I go insane.