1000 Artist Journal Pages
Thanks to Guylaine, my work is part of the wonderful book 1000 Artist Journal Pages!
The book is filled with inspiration from creatives using visual journaling as a practice. I felt deeply touch by all the emotions which are translated through the book… Vibrant of colors, 1000 Artist Journal Pages offers a view from different people’s expressions of life, its challenges, insecurities, hopes and wonders. A gift for the eyes, and for the soul!
We, searchers
“I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter.
We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.
For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves.”
~James Kavanaugh
I feel like one peaceful soul, connected to many others, trying to reach through a light fog. We’re all there, silent but there. Via.
Safari moments
me, pacific ocean, costa rica.
There would be so much to write from this last trip, how could i translate all this beauty i’ve seen.
One thing is for sure, traveling is what makes me feel most alive. I’ve seen so much beauty, met many people, visited lost corners of the world and all of me wants more.
It is now clearer, my life should be filled with safari moments. I loved the monkeys, macaws, toucan and other species who shared their space with us for 2 weeks.
And i cant complain that it’s already over - i’ve been there for every minute, me in the now at all time, enjoying all parts of our adventure: the lost luggages, the constant moving from a to b, the pouring of rain over us every day, the sickness, the unknown and so on.
I am filled with a need to see more. Filled with the need to be more of who i really am.
Wondering, who’s agenda is that on my table? Who’s house is that? As if, i know too well that i have changed, and my outside world will soon follow.
Creacamp, annonce des présentatrices!
Enfin le moment venu de vous annoncer les présentatrices du prochain Creacamp!
Au moment d’écrire ceci, il reste 29 places disponibles. N’oubliez pas que les inscriptions se font via paypal seulement, et qu’il ne sera pas possible d’assister à Creacamp si vous ne vous êtes pas au préalable inscrit! Cliquez ici pour vous inscrire.
Endroit : vous présenter à 13h au 5445, avenue de Gaspé, Suite 1002, Montréal (Québec). Par respect pour les présentatrices et l’audience, nous vous demandons d’être à l’heure. Les présentations débuterons à 13h10 sans faute, et nous ne voulons pas que ces dernières soient perturbées par des retards.
Voici donc sans tarder les créatrices qui viendront partager leurs parcours avec vous le 27 septembre prochain :
Les Moquettes Coquettes animatrices-humoristes
Unies depuis 4 ans dans la création et le plaisir, les Moquettes Coquettes (5 performeuses et une Moquette secrète) partageront leur cheminement fulgurant. Il sera question du travail en groupe, du réseautage et du fait d’être une fille dans le milieu des communications.
Marie-Hélène Bellavance chorégraphie, danse, arts visuels
Artiste multidisciplinaire, Marie-Hélène Bellavance a accepté de venir partager sur son parcours, et parler de ses multiples projets. Pour plus d’info sur son travail, visitez son site, où vous retrouverez estampes, dessins, peintures, installations et performances en vidéo. Lien: article de La Presse.
Yannick B. Gélinas Vidéo et nouveaux médias
Yannick B. Gélinas est une artiste de la vidéo et des nouveaux médias: courts-métrages, installations, cédéroms, art-web, poésie. Cette touche-à-tout des arts numériques partage sa passion sur le web depuis près de dix ans. Elle partage sa perspective sur les médias numériques et la vidéo à travers ses blogues, des chroniques télé, entrevues et conférences.
Véronique Boisjoly et Anne-Marie Bergeron Blogue et vidéo
En avril dernier, Véro B et Anne-Marie Bergeron, blogueuses et vidéastes, ont l’idée de créer un collectif réunissant vidéastes, musiciens, réalisateurs, animateurs et autres créateurs qu’elles admirent. Ainsi est né //URLER.TV, une webtv qui explore un différent thème à chaque mois, en humour et en arts, par le web et pour le web.
Luce Beaulieu Design durable
En 2004, Luce s’engage dans la voie du design durable et crée tour à tour des sacs puis des t-shirts fabriqués de tissus récupérés: la marque POSCH voit le jour en 2005. Désireuse d’offrir une plateforme de dialogue sur le design et le développement durable, elle lance ensuite un blogue en plus d’offrir ses services de consultante auprès de clients actifs en développement durable.
Par la suite, Luce fonde Perennia design + développement durable avec Cedric Sportes et Muriel Kearney. Parmi ses clients, Perennia compte la Ville de Montréal, Rona, Énovo et le Salon national de l’environnement.
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Table ronde et atelier thématique
Lors du dernier Creacamp, nous avions engagé une table ronde sur la promotion. La question de l’argent, et plus particulièrement de notre rapport à l’argent, a été soulevée lors de cette rencontre. Nous aimerions bien poursuivre cette réflexion et voir comment l’argent pourrait ou non faire notre bonheur en création. Quelques pistes de discussions seront proposées…
La création et l’argent font-ils bon ménage? Vivre de son art, est-ce possible? L’argent fait-il le bonheur? Croyez-vous en votre capacité à être prospère, tout en faisant ce qui vous passionne? La discussion sera ouverte, préparez vos notes, questions, interrogations, suggestions à partager sur ce sujet!
Sacs souvenir
Pour que chaque participant(e)s puisse repartir avec vos coordonnées, nous vous offrons la possibilité de distribuer votre promotion via le sac surprise qui sera distribué aux personnes présentes. À votre arrivée, il sera important de laisser 60 items promotionnels de votre choix à la personne responsable des sacs. Les items peuvent être : votre carte d’affaires, votre flyer de type carte postale, ou autre, ne dépassant pas le format 8×11. (Une promo par personne!)
Au plaisir de vous y voir!!
Jungle goodbye
Leaving with the wind and the sun,
ready to visit new parts of my beloved earth,
greeting the monkeys, the birds, croco & other inhabitants of the jungle,
leaving to find a place of adventure, love and excitement for my heart.
Leaving so that i can be in the place where i most feel alive,
where everything is new to my eyes,
a new breeze on my skin, new sounds to my ears.
Leaving for many new mornings with nothing familiar around,
the new, the unknown,
sparkling jewels to be found everywhere in and outside,
feeling at my most alive and safe, in completely unknown territories,
nothing else than me, my love, and our sense of adventure.
Life
Just a glimpse of my summer…
dont forget to enjoy each and every moment experiences!
Dealing with ideas
Overwhelmed with ideas, me and chris often struggle with this topic. So much could be done, only, we are only 2 heads, and 4 hands.
Which idea is good to keep, which ones are not? A pretty good conversation topic, if you feel like sharing a coffee with a stranger. I’m sure everyone has something to say on the subject.
Some interesting tips are give over here (link found via guylaine) :
1. Creative destruction. Create a weekly or monthly ritual to critically examine your pipeline. Prioritize your ideas and kill the ones that haven’t been actionable in the past year, are low on the priority scale (…)
2. Donate your ideas. Give them away for free. License them to your competitor (sounds frightening, but you might as well benefit and develop relationships in the process). If you have no intention of using your ideas, allow others to make them happen for the greater good.
3. Generate Ideas in Moderation. Our judgment is impaired when we get intoxicated. When rampant, new ideas will get you off track. So, drink in moderation and strive to make ideas happen, rather than generate more ideas.
4. Focus on Results, Not Time. Achievement should be measured by output, not by the amount of time spent on a project.
My way of dealing with ideas has changed a lot over the lasts weeks. I chose to dedicate myself only to the essential stuff : what brings me joy and a feeling of aliveness now, what sounds like music to my heart.
Otherwise, i throw out any idea which i suspect i might want to see happen only to feed my ego, in a reaction to fear, or to please others.
All the ideas i put my energy into must feed myself, and my vision. I realized lately that i can carefully choose the elements in want to play with in my life, the ideas i want to play with in my head - and the word play says it all.
Smile
Summer, holidays,
taking time to smile, to swim, to read, to enjoy life.
This time is all yours, all mine -
I take this moment to say hi, there’s a lot going on, but nothing i feel like to write about here, so i’ll keep things for myself, and enjoy some weeks without sharing with you, dear www audience.
There are times to talk,
to be wild and loud,
to share joys, moments, pictures, and questions -
and there are times just to be,
silent,
recluse,
an observer,
walking the path a little higher to view the ordinary with new eyes.
Hello to Skirt Mag readers!
A little hello for those of you coming on this blog via Niki’s advice on the Skirt’s Daily Muse!
Hope you’ll enjoy my blog! My book, First Thoughts on life, blogging, and the creative process, is available here… magnets, prints and other art goodies can be found on my Etsy store… Thanks for stoping by!
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Taking time
I just take one minute to post some snapshot of happy times… enjoying summer!
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