THE ODYSSEY THAT NEVER ENDS...
ABOUT US
The Full Story
From Sound & Silence to New Earth Odysseys:
A Story of Necessity & Ingenuity
Since 2013, we have been designing and guiding transformational journeys for sacred rebels like you. From the beginning, our founder (Alexander Sarvaan) set out on a mission to revolutionize the way people experience art.
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As a lover of music, dance and many other expressive art forms, but also a highly sensitive person easily overwhelmed by large crowds and loud, chaotic atmospheres, he sought to find an event that offered holidays with high quality artistry, but in smaller, more subtle and intimate group settings.
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Unfortunately, he couldn't find it anywhere. Only the big (huge) events had the high quality he was looking for. So he decided to create a (micro) festival on his own.
Without any experience or guidance, he dove into this new endeavor with vigor, determined to design a unique, elegant and peaceful artistic experience for himself and others to enjoy.
And that's how the original Sound & Silence Festival was born.
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In so doing, he created an exciting movement, invented a new event genre, and discovered (to his great surprise) that he too was an artist. In fact, it dawned on him that everyone is an artist. This revelation inspired him to write a poem called:
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"Everything Done With Love, Is Art"
Knowing when to stop, is also an Art
But! Lo and behold, he still became overwhelmed by festival intensity. Caught in the trap of chasing "bigger, better, more!" he fell into a major burnout (several times), followed by some serious health challenges.
That's when he realized he had it backwards - it's not about getting bigger, it's about going deeper. He began to redefine and redesign the Sound & Silence Experience, and quickly discovered that yes,
Less is More.
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Hence, the last five years have been a process of experimentation and evolution, and letting go of old scripts and concepts. Letting go of the Sound & Silence story itself. After countless refinements we have finally arrived at a new epoch, and with it the beautiful new container that we now call:
New Earth Odysseys
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So here we are, still designing sacred and soulful sagas for creative rebels, but doing so in the most balanced way we know - Deep journeys with small groups of courageous people, otherwise known as:
Soul Family.
