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Joke De Roeck
Jul 9, 20182 min read
Post-festival comedown
Ah, the post-festival comedown. Sitting in the garden, hiding behind sunglasses, melting in my chair and feeling raw from the past week....
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 5, 20181 min read
Festivalling
Oh festival life! I love you because I can get down and dirty, roll around in the dust and it’s a normal thing to do. I can wear all the...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 3, 20182 min read
Voiceless
For as long as I remember, I have a peculiar way of celebrating the start of summer: I lose my voice. Because going through life...
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Joke De Roeck
May 14, 20182 min read
JOMO no mo
Now summer is here and days are getting longer, I feel more energy rushing through my veins. It’s hard to sleep at night, because there...
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Joke De Roeck
Apr 5, 20181 min read
Summersol
Music has the power to bring you back to a forgotten moment. Wandering, doing its thing way in the back of your head, while your mind...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 31, 20181 min read
Las Fallas
Valencia was not only about tapas, sangria and strolls down Memory Lane. It was no coincidence we chose to visit our Erasmus home town...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 7, 20174 min read
Burning Man extravaganza
Black Rock City, where you co-create utopia, you can find enlightenment and party your ass off, at the same time. I thought I was all...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 27, 20173 min read
Oregon Eclipse: mind blown
The insides of my nose, ears and nails are still black, even after many a shower and scrub. Remains of two weeks in the Oregon dust. A...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 10, 20172 min read
Artswells: a bubble of art and magic
Artswells. You hold a special place in my heart. A green foresty one filled with artists, musicians, gypsy treeplanters, decorated with...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 2, 20172 min read
Blessed Coast: Triple Hippie Certified
Holy shit. I didn't think it would be possible, but I'm all hippied out. I am sitting in a pub in Vancouver, drinking beer and eating...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 21, 20173 min read
Fleetwood mac n cheese
This summer I was going to take it easy, leave room for long hikes and camping trips. But then festivals happened. And I can't say no to...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 13, 20172 min read
Space Toast
Two weeks ago I left the lush Comox Valley for dry and dusty Merritt. The journey from island to mainland. A ferry ride salty with...
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Joke De Roeck
Apr 17, 20172 min read
Atmosphere: a gathering of goodness
I don’t have many regrets in life, but one festival I do regret missing out on last year, is Atmosphere Gathering. After hearing all the...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 19, 20162 min read
When life is a festival
One day soon I will wake up in a real bed, looking around the room nervously, shivering, asking myself: where am I? And more important:...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 3, 20162 min read
Artswells, and the livin' is easy
As a new day slowly rises over Artswells, I wake up to the ticking of the rain on the car. It's the quiet time of night, when all the...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 14, 20162 min read
Festival galore
I'm happy to announce I have found the silliest, most hilarious festival in the history of festivals. I'm talking crazy dress-ups, weird...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 6, 20163 min read
Vancouver Island, let's get married
I've been living in the beautiful land of Canada for one month now and I fell in love 5692573 times already. Life is good in the summer...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 6, 20161 min read
Mandalay festival time
Mandalay. The place where I turned into the sweatiest version of myself within 5 minutes of setting foot on city grounds. I'm not ashamed...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 26, 20161 min read
Got the blues
Blind Boy Paxton playing his blues it seeps through my pores straight into my blood I feel it rushing to my heart makes it beat slower...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 23, 20161 min read
Seven Sisters
I longed for feminine energy seeing my sisters faces catching up on each others lives sharing stories and fire wild woman workshops five...
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