The dancing letters

“If your writing is dancing, it is good. Feel it! My teacher told me and I kept staring at my writings for 7 days trying to understand whether they are dancing…” – started his story Atho’illah, a calligrapher from Jombang, East Java. While we were walking through the narrow streets of a small village and [...]

The Imam and his “performing circus”

Lia, our host in Surabaya, lives in a fantastic world of what she calls “a performing circus” and we had the chance to be part of it. Once we left our shoes in the big pile in front of the house and stepped in, music became part of our daily life for the next two [...]

Just a happy moment with our host family in Surabaya

Dedicated to our great host in Surabaya, who made our stay special – we did not want to leave. Thank you! Terimakasih! Matur Nuwun!

I Made Sidia: art keeps the world in balance

I lean back on the column of the porch in a balinese traditional home and prepare to enjoy settled evening and singing of cicadas. But that is a hopeless try, as silence grasp the village, things in a fenced courtyard just begin: kids around me loudly giggle trying to hypnotise each other with an old [...]

People

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Paulo Coelho From our preparations in Lithuania to our arrival here in Bali, people have always been and are still our driving force and our source of inspiration. We meet people that right away become good friends, such as Giedre, the [...]