Of Serendipity and Full Circles
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl
A journey that began in 2014, a chance encounter, and the rest as they say was history. With only an idea of what he wanted The Beachhouse Project to be, Jay set out to look for heritage villas in Goa and came across an article that listed Vivenda dos Palhcos as one of the best villas in Goa. A phone call later, Jay dropped by Vivenda, and he instantly knew that this was where he wanted to host the very first Beachhouse Project. An idea that was just lurking in his head up until this very moment.
The Beginning
7 years ago, The Beachhouse Project began as a feeling, a need for a madhouse of ideas, a space for creatives to collide. In the hustle-bustle of our everyday lives, we rarely get a moment to pause, to look into another person’s eyes and listen to their stories — BHX was envisioned to be the space that allowed them to do just that.
Everyone who applies to attend an edition applies for different reasons, some to find a community that believes in and validates their ideas, some to get over a creative roadblock, some to step outside of their comfort zone. But the biggest reason continues to be to find a space where they can be fully themselves and dream bigger than they already are.
The Journey today…
26 editions later, we’ve facilitated over 500 collaborations between the biggest creators in India, the mavericks, the ones with a million dreams in their head, and they finally have a space where they can bring these ideas to life — all with a tribe of over 1500 people backing them up.
What started at the beachfront in Goa has now travelled to the mountains of Nagaland, Kashmir, Nainital; the waters of Kochi & Andamans; the desert plains of Rajasthan; the forests of Jim Corbett and across borders in Sri Lanka, Bali and Thailand.
Being back at Vivenda, where it all started made us look up in wonder at the magic of it all, the stories we’ve gotten to be a part of, the connections that continue to help us forge new paths and this community that is at the cusp of creating wondrous things.
For us this is just the beginning, and we have miles to go before we sleep, adventures to embark on, more unicorns to discover.
Like Charlotte says very succinctly, “Full Circle to me implies some kind of completion, it’s not. I feel it’s more of a spiral, more of a… we’ll meet again”.
And we surely will.
Edition 1 >> Edition 24 : A full circle story about where (and why) BHX began!
We’ve seen magical collaborations happen time and time again at our editions. Don’t know where you can find people to vibe with? Click here to attend one of our experiences and find your tribe.