On the Move.

13/07/2011 at 6:18 am · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: artist, change, design, kuta, moving, painting, sanur

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber

I should have known this would happen. My travel seems to follow these patterns of behavior which are becoming predictable. Nothing is a given when you travel, especially, your plans.

I am on the move again.

It was decided yesterday between my supervisor and I that this whole motorbiking from Ubud to Kuta every day is too much stress. I come into work and spend an hour trying to calm down from the stress of the journey. I cough for two hours from the smog I ingest thanks to the cars and other bikes surrounding me at each stop light. I waste too much time traveling each day.

So last night she and I went on an adventure around Sanur trying to find places with vacancies. This became a sort of wild-goose chase as we drove slowly through the busy, tourist filled streets in the dark. Each time we saw a ‘vacancy’ or make shift ‘rent my house’ sign, we stopped.. often to find either 1. terrible conditions or 2. no vacancy at all.

To be honest, I really am not too keen on staying in Sanur. I know I curse being so far away in Ubud, but I really do love the peace and tranquility of the place, not to mention the system of friends and support that I have created. I won’t like waking up to continental breakfast without Cadek and Maymay. Who’s going to make sure I don’t burn my eggs while I make my juice?

This is why I am not going to be in Sanur for more than 3 days a week. I’ll go back to Ubud for the weekends so I can 1. spend time in quiet 2. spend time with my friends at taman bebek 3. paint.

I have been painting, which feels very good. You’d all love my makeshift studio made from the corner of my bathroom. I lean my brushes against the toilet. Oh the life of a starving artist.

Anyway, next week, I’ll have something figured out I hope.

Work is going well, I’m currently working on the design of 17 bathrooms for a villa project we’re doing. It’s kind of exciting. It’s also just a lot of sinks and toilets, but, I’ll take what I can get.

Right now I’m contemplating the piece of chocolate cake…

I’m going for it.

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