künstlerroaming

hello stranger! my name is kora.

i’m 26, unemployed, and backpacking across the world.

künstlerroaming is my travelogue & coming-of-age story.

a year ago i left a lucrative but unfulfilling career behind and booked a one-way ticket to australia. i wanted to fulfill a longstanding dream of mine to see the world in my twenties; more importantly, i wanted to discover what i was brought on this earth to do.

if i’m not an engineer, what am i?

what is my purpose? what makes me happy? what do i feel called towards?

i believe in travel as a vehicle for better understanding myself and the world around me. on my journey across the continents, i’ve encountered people, cultures, and experiences that have broadened the scope of everything i know. i’ve changed, learned, and grown exponentially during this time.

here’s my deal. i’ll share everything i’ve learned on my travels here: essays on self-discovery and purpose, my favorite hidden gems of the world, the logistics of living off my savings on the road. you’ll learn how i’ve come to define the idea of “calling,” why sri lanka has my heart, what life is like on a peruvian corn farm, and how i survived three nights of ayahuasca.

in return, i ask you to use my writing as inspiration to question the default path and to explore the world. leave a comment and tell me what resonated: what made you laugh, cry, sob? what are the questions you’ve been struggling with? of course, you’re welcome to enlist your friends on this journey; the world can only become a better place with more curiosity and exploration.

why subscribe?

you’ll receive for free:

• essays on self-discovery, purpose, and navigating the unknown,

• travel stories (the good, the bad, and the hilarious),

• photo essays,

• advice, inside looks, and local knowledge at different locales.

as a paid subscriber, you will be supporting my journey towards writing my first book!

paid subscribers also receive:

• regular, behind-the-scenes updates on my book,

• early chapter previews,

• acknowledgments in the book,

• access to the secret and potentially darker corners of my mind…

• and, of course, my undying love for all of time.

whichever form of subscription you choose, i appreciate you being here all the same.

as a photographer, i also share travel photography, videos, and other regular updates on instagram.

check it out for the full experience @kunstlerroaming.

a few of my most popular posts:

• love is rare – on soulmates & love

• choosing to leave a place you love – on leaving hawaii and letting go

• letter to myself, half a year ago – a vignette prose piece

last but not least… what does künstlerroaming mean?

künstlerroaming is a play on the german word künstlerroman and roaming.

künstlerroman comes from künstler (“artist”) and‎ roman (“novel”): it represents an artist’s coming-of-age story.

künstlerroaming is mine.

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