The Thousand-foot Journey

[digital illustration & graphic design] [2021]

In 2021 I travelled more than 5500 km around Europe. I got to test how is it to pass so many borders after a year of travel difficulties, restrictions and worry. Only a month earlier, I had a severe burnout crisis which sent me to the hospital and kept me in bed for a week.

The journey was exciting and scary: I was not sure if I was ready to embark on such a long trip. Indeed, it turned out to be full of emotions - anxiety, excitement, fear, happiness… Each stop was filled with those and therefore, I coloured them. I started mapping my feelings. To see them. The journey is depicted as tree branches, growing to the final destination of my trip - Rotterdam.

// 2021 // digital illustration