if office cubicles and cornflower blue ties give you the howling fantods, this collection of audio essays might bring you some solace. we document the lives of nomadic types, who work while traveling///travel while working. it's a viable alternative to "the path," but even expats get the blues.
we take a break from my ruminations to talk to ryan anthony dube, who has eschewed his life as a successful new york model to try globetrotting and novel writing. ryan has this hectic life perspective that makes him want to try everything once… except drugs and alcohol, which he doesn’t consume. when ryan hit me up asking to stay at my place here in pichilemu, i wasn’t sure if i wanted another gringo guy to come through and eat all of my food. but i said yes, and he actually turned out to be just okay. if you want to internet stalk ryan, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1z8JQvnd8aeZhWcAc42_xA https://www.penandpaperstories.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dubekid/
As an expat, you are (likely) in another part of the world by choice. So going home is always possible. When you have a no-good-horrible-very-bad-day, the thought arises: I can just hit escape. And go home? For me, I am usually happy in my chosen home of Pichilemu, Chile. But there are days when I question everything. In this chapter, I discuss failing as a digital nomad, and then my failed relationships with Chilean men.
How did I get here? After some side stepping around the fact, I realize I should introduce myself as your host. I’ll walk you all through the fortuitous series of events that lead me down here. Something pulled me down along the Pan-American Highway, and left me living and working in this small, surf town in Chile. Sometimes, I question myself. I wonder how I found myself in another part of a world. I wonder what I’m still doing here, and whether I should pack up and go home. But, I sure hope I will Remain In Light. And Chile is definitely where the Light is.
In this episode, I use a This American Life-inspired format to describe the unfortunate death of two creative communities I’ve encountered during my time in Chile. I was first inspired by Nadine and her Yellow Submarine With Wheels, and her construction team of merry pranksters. And then I came to Pichilemu and found this group of friends that adopted me, that inspired me. But I watched both of these communities fall apart. You would think in these types of circles, that the act of producing the creative work would divide the group. But in these cases, it’s not the creative process, but the introduction of external stresses that have caused these groups to self-destruct.
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