Trying to distil one’s life to the pages of a book can be a challenging yet rewarding task, as any (auto)ethnographer is well aware. Whether we are writing our own experiences or those of others, squeezing the ebbs and flows of the everyday into a typical journal article format is a constant battle. For some, this challenge is met through creative writing techniques, arts-based media, or DRAW.1 As part of her PhD, Dr. Ash Watson wrote Into the Sea, a novel that takes us through a year in the life of Taylah Brown, a white woman in her mid-twenties who lives in Sydney, a major city on Australia’s east coast. Taylah’s life is seemingly perfect—she has a good job, a nice boyfriend, supportive friends, and a comfortable flat. Yet she is on that elusive search for “happiness” as we accompany her to parties, shopping, a funeral, a wedding,...

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