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Away from my comfort zone, away from my daily life, and for the first time since so long.. I felt alive! In a beautiful forest sanctuary in northern Thailand, we were 26 artists gathered from different countries and different artistic disciplines for a retreat combining art and meditation. It was the first time I travel that far from home alone, I was in a phase of my life were questions were arising about my life, my existence and the meaning of it, it sounded irrational for me to live a life where it’s society who tells me what I have to do and how I have to behave, when to wake up, when to eat, to go every morning to a job that is stressful, that I don’t like, I felt that I was losing my time running after life instead of living it. I felt dying slowly in this lifestyle, because inside, I was craving for more, adventure, art, human connection, depth.. and all what the life I was living gave me, is superficiality, money yes but no time to spend it and no life. I went through tough cycles of depression and anxiety because of this feeling and struggle inside me, I felt alone, weird and I didn’t know how to find the balance between what I want and the actual needs, how to make a living. So I decided to travel, to go that far to meet new people and to fill myself with new experiences, I traveled with the hope to find meaning and more sens to my existence. Everyday during this retreat, we were meditating and creating Art, we were disconnected from the world outside the retreat, no phones, no internet, no tv or radio, just us together relearning these simple and basic things of life and exploring our creativity through meditation and contemplation of the beauty of the universe and the human being. We disconnected to connect, without mask or makeup, everyone has been fully and proudly what he is, beautiful and unique. With sincerity and spontaneity, we shared our stories, we supported each others, we created together and dreamed of a serene world relieved by art and united by peace. I felt home In this retreat. I found meaning in silence, in the present moment, within.. And more than anything I was looking for, unexpectedly, I found me.