Musical Rooms

When I was a little girl, we didn't have money to decorate our bedrooms, but they always felt special. We didn't have bedroom furniture sets that matched, rather it was a patchwork of well-loved-hand-me-downs from extended family. My bed was a white captain's bed with painted gold trim. It had three drawers that I stashed my Archie collection in and my Halloween candy as a teenager.  My desk belonged to my Mom before she gave it to me. I obsessed about the supplies I kept in the two drawers, always re-organizing them. My room was my cocoon.

 

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What I remember most about my bedroom as a child is how often we moved from room to room, upstairs and downstairs and rooms within the same floor.  My two younger brothers and I played musical rooms for most of our childhood and I LOVED IT! My mom was so patient helping us move our furniture up and down the stairs and  rearranging the furniture to come up with fresh and new ways to set up our rooms. 

It's funny what you remember when time slows down and you breathe in the summer air. Wonder Woman, I did have a Wonder Woman light-switch-plate that I thought was pretty rad.

This was the ACTUAL LIGHT SWITCH PLATE!

From grade 4 to grade 9, I had a best friend who had an AMAZING bedroom with a double bed and a color TV with remote control. I envied her back then. She was an only child and she had everything, or so I thought...

Looking back now, I wouldn't trade the hand-me-down-fixer-uppers for anything. Because I know that money could have bought all of the fanciest bedding, matching lamps and cushions, but it could never replace the experience of  expressing our imagination. And now, I have become a sort of master at moving furniture around.

I'm daydreaming about switching things up around here... An ode to the 80's...

Thanks Mom, for all the little things that still mean so much.

What do you remember most about your childhood bedroom? xox

Shoulds & Should Nots

 For the last two and a half years

 I have been on a very clear path,

with a focused and specific set of goals,

And now, here I am 

having accomplished almost every single one of them

(and more)

feeling a little lost

with the direction to take next.

I know in my heart the way I don't want to go

but still I doubt the one that is calling me forward

 into a more vulnerable yet courageous place.

So this is where I have been lately,

clearing the debris

of shoulds and should nots

listening for the truth masked by the doubts

and making space for all that is to come

even though I cannot name it just yet.

What truth have you been hearing lately?

love. peace. kindness.

meegwetch

The Pause Button

Hello dear readers,

I was out for the count last week...

Nursing an ongoing wrist injury that slows me down 

and makes me put everything on pause.

It's annoying to say the least...

Maybe because it forces me to do nothing.

To be present.

To stop working for once.

To face the silence.

And hear the hidden truths that remain buried 

when I work at a ridiculous pace.

I'm listening...begrudgingly.

This is what I'm hearing:

Prioritize.

Say No.

Let them go.

Let it go.

You should not commit to anymore shows in 2013.

Write. Write. Write.

DO NOT paint for anyone else but you.

It does NOT matter what everyone else is doing.

I repeat: It does NOT matter what everyone else is doing.

Integrity matters.

Your work is important. You know it is-so shut up already.

The problem is your not thinking BIG ENOUGH for yourself.

Bigger?

 BIGGER!!!

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Owen has been at sport camp all week and my wrist is finally on the mend...

This is the beginning of another painting...

Here it is completed.

Still untitled. 

Sending you rays of kindness in your part of the world...
Love from me to you. BIG LOVE.

 

Becoming...

Here is a sneak peek of my latest project:

A NEW SHOW called BECOMING.

This painting measures 16 by 20 inches

It's still untitled.

I'm planning fifteen paintings for this show

 that is to take place in September of this year!

I'm super excited about this because it's going to be shown in a beautiful 

historical library in the heart of Quebec city called 

 Marie-Victorin à L'Ancienne-Lorette.

As you already know, I am extremely inspired by my First Nation roots,

and  this new body of work is no exception. I'm intentionally tapping into the world of childlike wonders and enchantment  for these paintings. It will be different. It will be special. I'm so excited that children of all ages will be able to view these paintings. 

I can't wait to unravel this story and share it with others, old and young.

I have already sketched out these works in my notebook .

This might sound weird but I feel like they are already painted and finished. 

All I have to do is show up and obviously do the work... but in my mind's eye, 

I see this collection completed and just waiting for me to get caught up... 

This is new. I've never experienced this before...

Here is the tower I mentioned a couple of weeks ago...

15 canvases in all

measuring 16 by 20 inches!

This show is called Becoming in English and Etre et Devenir in French.

Here is the ADORABLE bookmark that my talented friend Isabelle Leblanc 

has made to help promote the show.  They'll be handing them out at the library. 

It makes me so happy to know that these little beauties will be tucked inside kids' books all summer long. More about this journey and this collection soon...

I have a lot of work to do...

xox