Hotels-live.com - Performance artist Karla Mi Lugo (@karlamilugo) describes herself as many things: balloon portraitist, nonviolent piñata-maker, Billie Holiday impersonator and “vaudevillian extraordinaire.” Yet it’s her self-proclaimed identity as a bus

Hotels-live.com - Performance artist Karla Mi Lugo (@karlamilugo) describes herself as many things: balloon portraitist, nonviolent piñata-maker, Billie Holiday impersonator and “vaudevillian extraordinaire.” Yet it’s her self-proclaimed identity as a busker that perhaps explains her art best. “‘Busking’ comes from the Spanish word ‘buscar,’ which means ‘to seek,’” Karla explains. “You go out there seeking — most of the time money, because you need money to do anything — but also seeking truths, or seeking friends or seeking any kind of spiritual fulfillment.” She takes her art to the streets of San Francisco, Paris and other cities around the world, often playing accordion while singing and balancing on a circus ball. And it’s on the street where she finds inspiration from the shared community space. “I’m longing for so much meaning in life, and also for connection and experience,” she says. “When I go out in the street, it’s undeniably going to happen if I open myself to what I will find.” Photo by @karlamilugo @Hotelslive by instagram instagram.com/p/yu9aBZBQbX/ Follow instagram @Hotelspaschers instagram.com/hotelspaschers and @Voyageslive #Twitter #TeamFollowBack #Instagram #Voyage #Travel #TFB #FollowTrick www.facebook.com/125048940862168/photos/a.801853623181693... via Hotels-live.com www.facebook.com/pages/p/125048940862168 #Retweet #TeamFollowBack #F4F #TityFollowTrain via http://flic.kr/p/r4GaU2