I just received the june and july issues of Skirt! featuring 2 of my pieces: * Live out loud comic * Nature (with a quote by Josephine Johnson: ‘Teach the legal rights of trees, the nobility of hills; respect the beauty of singularity, the value of solitude’) My illustrations and comics will be featured in… Continue reading Published work
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a month after
Today has made 1 month. 1 month since i am here. It has seem much longer to me… I am starting to figure out what is it to live with something that hurts inside. I can not recall that i have been hurt for such a long time. Some time its ok, and then the… Continue reading a month after
3 New wallpapers
In the midst of constant ups and down i have managed to create 3 new wallpapers from my latest artworks ‘Hiver’, ‘Star2’ and ‘Light’. I hope you will enjoy them as much as i enjoyed creating these pieces… * wallpapers
sketchbook
Today i felt in love with kevin cornell’s sketchbook. Scratching pencil on paper is such a nice thing. Have to do more of that… Site found on isotopelab’s ressource section.
here i am
Sorry for not writing since a while, but you know why. I wont add much details to what happen lately, but last week was really hard. I went down and thought i would never get up. This week was much better, having the goal to find work really helped me to find my way. I… Continue reading here i am
Now
It is done. I dont know how, but i have made it. My head feels like switched off, i guess it is because of the too many events that are happening all at once. My body feel exhausted and tired, jetlagged. But i am here. As i write it down i have problem realizing it,… Continue reading Now
a big deal of trust in my backpack
that is basically the first thing i think about when i wake up each morning: which day are we, how much time left, what do i have to do today. It is quite exhausting. As much as i dont want to see the day when i will have to leave florian and the cats (which… Continue reading a big deal of trust in my backpack
a new painting
I have just added a new painting to my portfolio. What is new with that one is the size, i am still working on hard paper instead of canvas, but moved to a bigger size. As much as i felt lost at the start, i have soon enjoyed all the free space i had… The… Continue reading a new painting
When things are falling apart…
Here’s my latest comic… and yes, it is about what i am going through right now… This comic is meant to help people going through periods of changes and transition by suggesting small steps that can help to make the best out of difficult times… enjoy! * When things are falling apart…
Lao Tzu
“A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu
where to start
ok, here i am. Haven’t wrote since really long. The truth is, its not that i have nothing to say, its more that there could be so much to write about that i feel overwhelmed just trying to figure out what to start with. I am busy packing stuff, selecting what i bring with me,… Continue reading where to start
Chandan
“Creativity has nothing to do with any particular work. Creativity has something to do with the quality of your consciousness while doing something. Whatsoever you do can become creative.” Chandan
i am a bad blogger…
yes, i am a bad blogger. I am not writing on a daily basis, neither weekly. These days, as much as i would like to express all of what’s going on inside, at the same time i just feel like isolating myself and not talking to anyone. At the same time that i wish nothing… Continue reading i am a bad blogger…
10 pictures of berlin
I came back from berlin yesterday evening, with tired feet and an exhausted body, but with a head full of images. I have spent the last 3 days walking, way too much, but enjoying as much as i could the delight which is traveling through a city with so much history. I found berlin to… Continue reading 10 pictures of berlin
Berlin
On wednesday morning, i will be leaving for berlin for 3 days. I hope everything will go well and that it will be good and relaxing for me to do some sightseeing. I am really tired right now, physically and mentally, because of strong ups and downs that keep going on. It is really hard… Continue reading Berlin
Andrew Cohen
“What’s the difference between a life of comfort and security and a life of risk and total insecurity? One is just being like everyone else. The other is a great thrill, and furthers something unknown and unlimited that’s ever-present. And that’s what living the spiritual life is.” Andrew Cohen
here we go again
I felt in the last 5 days, that this weblog reflected my actual life situation – > a mess < - but, as i have realized lately, it is often by getting lost that we come to discover new things. So the last 3 days have been frustrating times for me, considering that i had… Continue reading here we go again
yyyyyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipiiiie!
After hours of efforts (and lots of will) i have restored this weblog. Lesson 1: If your boyfriend offer you to set up your weblog, it is nice, but hey, to learn to do it by yourself is even better So now i have made a huge mess with all my movabletype settings, mixed up… Continue reading yyyyyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipiiiie!
It’s my birthday soon…
next friday, the 30th, i will turn 28. I am wondering what to do to treat myself… here’s my list: – a short trip to berlin – a short trip at the sea – the new harry potter book (special edition, will be out in june though..) – a good massage – eating sushi in… Continue reading It’s my birthday soon…
Skirt! magazine
As promised last friday, here’s the good news… 12 of my illustrations, mostly comics, where chosen by the editor of Skirt! Magazine to be published as a monthly feature for the 12 comming months. It is truly a dream comming true for me to see my artwork printed in a magazine, and i hope that… Continue reading Skirt! magazine
A little update
Dear fellow readers, i would first like to appologize for not answering all your mails and comments yet… The week was terribly busy, which is good for me, but it felt really good to get mails from you all who just dropped to say hi and send me wishes… I feel a bit better now,… Continue reading A little update
Rough time
I really hesitate to put this entry online, but it feels good just to write it down, so i will give it a try. “You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present… Continue reading Rough time
camera test, part 2
i think i’m gonna be really annoying with that… but here’s another quick shoot, this time, its a close up of my aloes plant…
Testing my new camera…
After a weekend spent reading online reviews and comparing prices, i finally got a new digital camera. First test was made on lilo, at 3pm this afternoon… (i already wrote about my wish to exchange my life with lilo’s lazy life everynow and then… i envy him so much of having it so easy to… Continue reading Testing my new camera…
Blogging-Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content
By Biz Stone I found this book quite interesting and as an avid blogger, I thought I knew everything about weblogs, but I still had a lot to learn about the blogging revolution. When i first saw that half of the book was for beginners, i thought that this book might not be the best… Continue reading Blogging-Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content
3 steps to a sustainable lifestyle
3 steps to a sustainable lifestyle is the result of my researches of the last weeks. I have been brought to this topic while reading ‘The Seed Handbook’, and spent some time focusing on the chapter about sustainability. “Sustainability is meant to represent values-led enterprise, where environmental responsibility is taken as far as realistically possible… Continue reading 3 steps to a sustainable lifestyle
Be notified
For those of you who emailed me lately asking why there were no new post lately, i have added a ‘be notified’ field at the bottom of the page. By entering your email in the notify field, you will receive a mail everytime i post something new, directly in your mail box. And soon enough… Continue reading Be notified
Happy happy creativity day!
pfff.. i was so busy trying to do nothing, i almost forgot the only thing i had to do! Today is Creativity and Innovation Day: “April 21st, Creativity and Innovation Day, is a time to celebrate our human capacity for initiating meaningful, responsible, knowledgeable and impactful change.” As i do strongly believe that each human… Continue reading Happy happy creativity day!
A bit of everything
I have spent the last 4 days just trying to do nothing, and successfully did. Tonight i was asking myself how the hell i would get myself starting to work again and get back to my projects after these 4 days of feeling so good living without my agenda and any to do list. I… Continue reading A bit of everything
The web yet to come?
“…We are still in emergent stages and so much needs to be explored, tackled, questioned and implemented. It is a time of great opportunities and discoveries since I think the web is the greatest gift awarded humanity. Never before was it possible to exchange knowledge the world around. Never before was it possible to seed… Continue reading The web yet to come?
And the nominees are…
The Webby Awards has just announced the nominees for 2003. This included my all time favorites – . Movable type in categorie best practice . Amazon in categorie commerce . the onion and alternet, in categorie print+zine . google in categorie news and technical achievement and at last, David Hasselhoff Video : Hooked on a… Continue reading And the nominees are…
NY conference: Where Is America Going?
If you live around new york, this might be something of interest: Where Is America Going? A conference presented by CUNY Graduate Center and the NY Open Center and cosponsored by AlterNet, the Nation, YES!, Utne, Mother Jones, WBAI radio, Resurgence and others. The event is May 2-4 at CUNY Graduate Center, New York. This… Continue reading NY conference: Where Is America Going?
My day
sublime moments of courage and joy followed by questions and doubts about where i am from and where am i going- answers to lots of questions, and then again too many questions for so less answers- where is that going to bring me, this i already know- one though later and i’m not sure anymore.
eco-friendly cleaning
Reading a lot lately about sustainability and eco-responsibility i have decided to go on and buy my first eco friendly soap, and i might go on with the same for clothes cleaner soon. Did you know that usual cleaning products can make our indoor air unhealthy, provoke skin, eye, and respiratory reactions, and harm the… Continue reading eco-friendly cleaning
what about…
Two weeks ago, before the war started, i was discussing with my boyfriend of ways how we could avoid this war if the American government doesn’t take consideration of the thousands voices manifesting out there around the world. First i thought “hm, let’s see… if there would be a law that says that if a… Continue reading what about…