02/06/2023
So.. what happened to art remedy?
For those of you interested, I thought I’d give a little update on what I’ve been up to. At the end of last year, I finished my Bachelor of Psychology and decided to pursue a personal dream of sailing around the world.
In February, I joined my friends in Malaysia to help them fix up their boat. The intention was to spend 3 weeks fixing the boat up, then hit the water for Indonesia. Little did we know 3 weeks would turn into 4 months.
After months in a boatyard and an uncertain launch date, the crew decided to split for a much needed two week break.
My friend and I wound up on the beautiful island of Tioman, where we made good friends, one of which managed an abandoned resort which has sort of become a second home.
Afterwards, I decided to continue with my travels and found myself in Sri Lanka completing my yoga teacher training and then driving a tuk tuk cross country from the coast to the mountains.
Now I’m back on Tioman Island, this time with more friends from the boat. Our new launch date is in a week and we will be heading to Sumatra to see the orangutangs (which I learnt about in during a behavioural and learning psychology course in my second year of uni); but alas, with boat life, who knows!
All in all, it feels full circle to be back in Tioman, and looking back, the past few months have been a beautiful detour from the original plan to take.
I’ve learnt a lot, grown a lot, and been inspired in many ways by many people I’ve come across.
I’ve been playing with the idea of someday creating an art retreat of my own (and I can’t help but feel bubbly inside when I do), but for now, my heart is still with the high seas 🤍
