I was born and raised in Basel, Switzerland.

After living in the Netherlands for more than thirty years, I eventually moved to rural Gifu Prefecture in Japan, where I now spend my days exploring, observing, writing, filming, and gardening.

This blog began as a place to document what I was learning.

Over time, I realized it had become something else.

Not a collection of answers, but a record of paying attention.

Whether I’m hiking through the mountains with a drone, tending the vegetable garden, experimenting with new creative projects, or simply noticing something during an ordinary day, I find myself asking the same question:

What is this experience revealing?

That’s what I write about.

Rather than teaching a philosophy or offering advice, I document the places I visit, the practices I experiment with, the ideas I encounter, and the reflections that emerge along the way.

Japan provides the landscape.

Curiosity provides the direction.

The blog is organized into seven themes.

Place

The landscapes, journeys, and quiet discoveries that shape my experience of rural Japan.

Practice

The habits, creative experiments, and everyday practices I return to again and again.

Learning

Lessons that emerge naturally from experience, mistakes, and curiosity.

Reflection

Personal observations about life, change, identity, and the meaning hidden within ordinary moments.

Informative Essays

Occasional deep dives into subjects that simply capture my curiosity.

Resources

Books, tools, products, and services I genuinely use and recommend.

Principles

The enduring ideas that quietly guide how I choose to live.

If something here encourages you to slow down, look a little closer, or see the ordinary from a different perspective, then this blog has done exactly what I hoped it would.