What turns an experience into learning?

On our final day in Weimar, reflection became something we did not only talk about, but designed and experienced together. Moving from individual collage to conversations in trios, and eventually to a symbolic encounter with the river, we explored the space between experience, reflection and integration.

A reflection on co-creation, learning as a relational practice, and why education is not a package we receive - but a process through which we make meaning.

Twenty years ago, I dreamed about making a magazine. Literally. I had no idea how to create one, find funding, build a team or become an editor-in-chief. So I started anyway.

Today, I found a dusty pile of those magazines and unexpectedly met my younger self between their pages - full of questions, curiosity, questionable grammar and a surprising amount of wisdom. A reflection on beginnings, readiness, the clues we leave ourselves, and the strange ways understanding sometimes catches up with us years later.

An afternoon at Lithuania's Museum of Ancient Beekeeping became an unexpected reflection on purpose, belonging, and the quiet work that gives life meaning. What if bees have less to teach us about productivity than they do about attention? This essay explores how the wisdom of the hive offers a different way of thinking about contribution, leadership, and living a life that quietly nourishes others.

In Weimar, I visited the homes of Goethe, Schiller and Liszt expecting to encounter history. Instead, I encountered three different ways of being human. This essay explores how Weimar's greatest minds - and the spirit that later gave rise to the Bauhaus -continue to invite us to become not simply more knowledgeable, but more fully alive.

What if learning begins not with information, but with attention? During a participatory workshop in Weimar, artist and theatre-maker Nelson Castro invited us to explore the relationship between body, architecture and public space through movement, listening and collective presence. As part of the international 4Z. Between Us – Learning as a Relational Practice project, this experience became a reminder that some of our deepest learning happens not through explanation, but through inhabiting the world together. A reflection on embodied knowledge, the legacy of the Bauhaus, and why reconnecting with our bodies may be one of the most important educational practices of our time.

In the quiet freedom of solo travel, ordinary moments began to reveal extraordinary truths about time, friendship, and belonging. An unexpected reunion with a friend I hadn't seen in twenty-one years became a reminder that some relationships are not measured by the years between us, but by the people we become. A reflection on travelling alone, the quiet language of cities, and the ways life reconnects us when we least expect it.

Some brands begin with a business plan. Quinn began with a bottle of lavender oil, a question, and the courage to imagine natural fragrance differently. In this profile, I sit down with founder Kate to explore the unexpected journey that brought together fashion, healthcare, creativity and entrepreneurship, and the quiet values that continue to shape every bottle she creates. It is a story about authenticity, intuition and building something with heart.

What does it mean to belong when home exists in more than one place?

I explore my invisible journey of migration through the lens of womanhood, identity, and the quiet search for connection. It is a story about leaving, becoming, and discovering that belonging is not always found in a country or a community, but in the relationship we cultivate with ourselves. Along the way, nature offers unexpected lessons, reminding us that movement and rootedness are not opposites - they are part of the same journey.

Sometimes we travel across countries only to discover a journey within ourselves. In More Blue, I reflect on belonging, the quiet wisdom of nature, and the unexpected lessons hidden in a passing metro station. A meditation on travel, presence, and the places that gently remind us we already belong.

When I was invited to photograph a shibari performance during my residency in Saint Montan, I expected to document rope. Instead, I witnessed a profound dialogue of trust, consent, and connection. In this reflection, I explore the art of shibari beyond its common misconceptions and share how photographing Naya and Sarah transformed my understanding of vulnerability, presence, and the many ways humans can communicate without words.

Pokalbių serijoje apie lietuves, išsibarsčiusias po platųjį pasaulį, šįkart kalbinu Augustę Jasiulytę. Ji – rašytoja, poliglotė, mama ir kūrėja, kurios gyvenimo kelias driekiasi nuo Vilniaus ir Norvegijos iki mažo miestelio Prancūzijoje. Kalbamės apie kūrybą, drąsą keisti gyvenimą, savivertę ir vidinį kompasą, kuris kartais nuveda ten, kur iš pradžių nedrįsome net pažvelgti.

[ENG] In this series of conversations with Lithuanian women who have built their lives across the world, I am speaking with Augustė Jasiulytę – a writer, polyglot, mother, and creator whose journey has taken her from Vilnius and Norway to a small town in France. In this conversation, we explore creativity, the courage to reinvent one's life, self-worth, and the inner compass that sometimes leads us to places we never imagined we would call home.

The heart of How to Do Magic remains the same in both editions.

The paperback offers a concise reading experience, while the revised hardcover creates more space for reflection through self-inquiry prompts and additional pages designed to help readers engage more deeply with the text.

Read more on this blog post explaining the differences between the two editions, as well as the available PDF and EPUB formats.

A visit to Marie Curie's laboratory in Paris became an unexpected reflection on visibility, legacy, and the invisible contributions women have always made to science, culture, education, and community life. [read more…]

One Question Project is here to illuminate the amazing women and their experiences. It is created to inspire and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we may already know. This time, I ask one question to Akua Appah:

If your poetry could whisper one truth into the heart of anyone who listens, what would you hope that truth to be?

What can an artistic residency in a medieval French village and a visit to the Champagne region teach us about creativity?

I explores the French concept of prise de mousse - the second fermentation in champagne making where bubbles begin to form unseen beneath the surface - and discovers an unexpected metaphor for healing, intuition, and creative growth. A story about slowing down, listening to the body, embracing uncertainty, and trusting what is quietly becoming.

When a poem leaves the page and enters another artist’s imagination, something unexpected begins to unfold. This reflection explores my collaboration with Joy, a queer artist from Turkey, whose installation work drew inspiration from fragments of my poem featured in the upcoming Queer & Feminist Poetry Anthology Vol II: Queer Joy and Gender Euphoria.

A reflection on witnessing a dear friend step into the role of DeeDee the Clown - a storytelling performance about transformation, belonging, vulnerability, and artistic becoming. Also featuring the pictures!

Earlier today, I wandered through the Rijksmuseum exhibition Metamorphoses expecting mythology and ancient stories. Instead, I found myself reflecting on transformation, trauma, survival, and the emotional symbolism hidden within the myth of Medusa. This essay explores mythology not as distant storytelling, but as a mirror for contemporary experiences of grief, healing, identity, and becoming visible after survival.

I wrote a book called How to Do Magic. Recently, I returned to it - not to correct it, but to have a conversation with it. The revised edition expands the original text with more spaciousness, nuance, lived experience, and self-inquiry prompts designed to slow the reading experience down and invite reflection.

The revised edition is now available in hardcover and digital format.

One Question Project is here to illuminate the amazing women and their experiences. It is created to inspire and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we may already know. This time, I ask one question to Amal Shakeb:


While writing your book, Simply Content, what personal truth or realisation surprised you most about the way people consume or create stories today?