Category: Daily thoughts

Here is Chris, freezing, as you can see by the way he’s trying to hold his teeth from clapping together. Hard to believe, but as an Austrian, he loves our cold Quebec winter!

I know i should not be blogging, i’ve got the hardest task to do, which is to dig in and work on my own project. A project laying on the shelves since more than 5 years, a cherished one. The kind of project you so want to see real, the one you want to hold… Continue reading Inspire

Surprisingly, i found myself in love with winter. I walked about an hour and a half today, just to see the snow over the grass, over the threes. Thinking of the complex design and beauty of each of these snowflake is just amazing – brings you back to the magic of life, magic behind this… Continue reading Snow white

Anaïs Nin écrivait, There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Michel, en fesant sa sortie publique, fait preuve d’un immense courage, mais aussi de respect envers et pour la personne qu’il est vraiment. Il vous donne ici une belle… Continue reading From soul to soul

31 décembre au soir, mon ménage est fait, je suis pas mal prette pour démarrer l’année en beauté. Presque tout est à sa place, quelques trucs restent en désordre, en dedans comme au dehors, mais j’ai depuis longtemps abandonné l’idée d’essayer d’être parfaite, en fait ca devait faire parti de mes résolutions de 2004… Un… Continue reading Mes filles de l’année

found on Keri’s blog. Because i have no words for now, this will do.

Miss Emilie now has 2 teeth, and lots of personality! This is such a change from just some months ago when she was a tiny little baby crying all the time, there was just no way to get our hands on her without having her crying. Now the little miss has changed, and she is… Continue reading Miss personality

I received today my copy of The principles of uncertainty by Maira Kalman. I discovered 2 days ago that at first, this book was a collection of beautifully illustrated posts she created for the NYTimes online, which then lead to the creation of this amazing book. But to my surprise, inside the book you can… Continue reading Confusing times

j’ai vu la fin de mon agenda aujourd’hui, en voulant placer une note pour le 8 janvier 2000…8. La vie passe, vite. La saison des voeux va bientôt commencer, et avant que la machine Noël ne se mette en branle, avant qu’elle vous étourdisse tous, je crois que c’est le bon temps pour se demander… Continue reading La vie passe

Today is a do-nothing day. I felt like enjoying this quiet time, watching a gray landscape from my window while being here, reading and writing – and at the same time, i felt like not doing anything productive – trying just to “be” – no doing for today, no X to put in an imaginary… Continue reading What we need (copy this and spread it around)

Taking a break from work, we’ve spent the weekend outside. Here are some portrait of us i did, us among the leaves.

La Frite dorée, boulevard St-Laurent, Montréal.

Je viens de recevoir la première copie livrée de mon livre, j’attendais ce bébé depuis longtemps. Même le livreur UPS avait l’air content.

Something i found quite inspiring this morning in my daily blog browsing, a report from Momus, sitting in a discussion about the library of the future, thinking about the internet, empathy, us as bodies, as souls. Basically, my argument was that, while I appreciate the internet, I can’t forget McLuhan’s idea that the medium is… Continue reading The really modern world, living along zombies

J’ai de plus en plus souvent la triste impression que ma ville est remplie de cliques. Vivement un regroupement des outsider anonymes.

Update: a call to boycott WB * Trop souvent j’ai l’impression de vivre dans une époque encore retardée, comme si les pas en arrière étaient plus grands que les pas en avant. Et quand une nouvelle comme celle-ci rejoint mon écran, ma sensibilité de femme en prend un coup. Warner Bros president of production Jeff… Continue reading Descente

Here’s another one. What to say about fall, realizing that i’ve been blogging about fall, its color and smells, for the last 6 years! I’ll keep silent. Wont tell you that again, i hear Morrissey singing – like if autumn would be there just to remember me that The Smiths, and Morrissey, where once there…… Continue reading Fall

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Chris went to the atelier yesterday, and found it completely devastated – filled with tar powder all around. The roof of the building was redone this week, and most of the top floor studios have been damaged like ours. With Creacamp coming this saturday i have no idea how to solve this – if anyone… Continue reading Shit happens

I took this picture spontaneously (like i most of the time do!) realizing that my hand was also reading May Sarton’s 82 years old journal. I love the sculptures, always different ones, created by our clean dishes. Still, this does not make dishes cleaning more fun. Have a niche, chilly fall weekend!

Time goes so fast. My brother’s daughter, Emilie, already celebrated her first year last weekend. Guess who’s got to play hands first in the cake?

My first contribution to the self portrait challenge, on the theme of pattern.

Je me demande si je devrais pas fermer Internet plusieurs heures par jour pour écrire et peindre. 10:30 PM August 26, 2007 from Nadia paperwork and email are the enemies of making. 02:25 PM August 26, 2007 from Kate Parcourant les mises-à-jour des mes préférées sur Twitter, je me dis qu’on a chacunes nos espaces… Continue reading Obstacles et sabotage

J’ai beau être encore bien jetlaggé, j’ai une folle envie de reprendre la routine dont je me suis ennuyée durant mes vacances, c’est-à-dire lire sur mon balcon, faire mes courses sur Mont-Royal, traverser le parc lafontaine à vélo, aller au cinéma ou au musée, gosser quelques dessins dans mon cahier – mais je n’y arrive… Continue reading Le nez collé sur mon écran

Tout juste de retour de notre voyage – 2 semaines sur la cote d’azur, la corse, et unpeu d’italie. Décallage horaire, 500 courriels à gêrer, donnez moi unpeu de temps et je serai toute à vous!

Quiet creative time at one of my favorite coffee – i love these moments.