Thursday 20 January 2011

Meet the expats: moonandlion

moonandlion comes across as cheerful bundle of energy and is one of our Etsy Expat paper masters. She makes interesting, enchanting prints and sketches.

Her work is interesting and unique. She freely admits that she finds it difficult to label her work and I have the same problem – so I'll let you make up your own mind.



Why did you move?
When I first started traveling, I didn't know I was going to move. I did leave Buenos Aires and planned to move to Patagonia, but that didn't last long.

Then I just knew I wanted to travel, like in year-long. My partner at the time felt the same, and we headed to the Basque Country because he got a job as a cook there, in a lovely posh restaurant. After the whole winter there, we could not endure the climate anymore.

The Basque Country is absolutely amazing, its people are friendly and the landscape is a dream in green, but all that green comes from 300 days of rain a year. So we headed South to visit a friend in Palma. We found work quite fast, and after the summer we just loved the pace of the island. It's like a small town floating in the sea. Living by the sea was a big plus. And then we re-formed our band in Palma, so another reason to stay.

Biggest challenge being an expat?
The friends and family you leave at the other side of the sea.

Biggest joy being an expat?
The new friends! The borrowed new families. The endless adventure of being somewhere which is not quite back home, but definitely home now.

Post by: Jacqueline Fouche (Tangentine)

14 comments:

  1. Its always interesting to find out how someone found their new home.
    Moon is just such a great person, her outlook on life is infectious! rock on ;)

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  2. Brilliant Moon, love the New Years Resolutions, Dorsbien & Frenchx

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  3. Love the idea of a small town floating in the sea! Great feature, thank-you!

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  4. great post - love our expat friend Moon - nice to know how you found your new home and the reasons you are happy there. Great feature, thank you

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  5. hey this sounds ace...going to have a browse and see if i can play...vx

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  6. sorry didn't mean to say that.. what i menat waas..moon you're inspiring as are so many of the expats on here..look forward to finding out more about evreryone v x

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  7. Great blog post! I like your definition on Palma as a small town floating in the sea too :)

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  8. Thanks everybody for your sweet comments, and thanks Tange for posting this. I am humbled. (((Collective hug)))

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  9. This is lovely. What a great idea to introduce the members of this group!

    I love Macky's unique art. And her answers to the questions are just as unique!

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  10. A gorgeous post - I only recently 'met' moonandlion via Twitter and it's so wonderful to read a bit more about her. I love the way you have captured the expat experience in a few simple sentences, beautifully written :)

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  11. Whta a great post! So good to find out a little more behind the name.

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  12. You do sound energetic Moon, and the title 'Papermaster' is well deserved!!
    This is such a good idea - finding out a little about everyone and their 'expatedness!'

    Gailxx

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  13. Great post! good to start to get know more each other!

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  14. such a good team, and interesting stories of expat life-glad to be a member!

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