{"id":4193,"date":"2020-04-17T21:58:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilyrosemichaud.com\/?p=4193"},"modified":"2020-04-17T21:58:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:58:07","slug":"inspirations-winter-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyrosemichaud.com\/fr\/2020\/04\/inspirations-winter-2017.html","title":{"rendered":"Inspirations : Winter 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one\u2019s own most intimate sensitivity.\u201d – Anne Truitt, sculptor. Quote from\u00a0The Writing Life, the agonies of process, and a New Year’s Resolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Action painting inspired after 11 year hiatus (thanks {un}frozen gesso\/canvas found in shed). 1 less couch = more space in magic. Spread wings, stay tender, all you singing birds.<\/div>\n
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on faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

she says
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southern auntie
\ndropping pearly wisdom
\njust when they are
\nneeded and acknowledged
\npatterns faced
\ndaily, at play
\nwithin power struggles.
\ntime to up it
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I’ve had a
\nwhat’s the opposite of crisis?
\nof faith
\nthe need to face
\ndetermined
\nnext steps
\nnew strategies
\namidst patterns
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she says<\/p>\n

i’ve had to face a lot of struggle lately
\nthe election,
\nmy brother’s health,
\nand now women’s rights
\ni have a picture of my mom on my mirror
\nthrough inner work, patterns shift
\nthe ones i share w my blood
\nshe persevered through it all
\nwhether i believe it or not
\nyet she didn’t have the choices
\nof the daughters of our generation
\nthe voices of our today<\/p>\n

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so i do my healing for her
\nand for the unborn ones
\nmy memory
\nwater
\nborn
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Ongoing thoughts on lineage, continued from a piece about my maternal grandmother, named\u00a0L’\u00c9xtase (2010).<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0I wonder about language with its raw frayed fringes delicately trying to express spirit as each word drips from lips to rest in blank spaces between us.\u00a0\u00bb Lee Maracle. Calling it a night. Layer three.<\/div>\n
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34 today. Spent with a long-time friend at rural studio, drawing, dreaming, renewing batteries. Here’s to waaaay more days like this in 2017!! Thanks so much for the tender beeday wish waves. Feeling gratitude to have such good creatures in my life. Thanks Kat for the gift of you, all the way from Montreal to share my rebirth day \u2661<\/div>\n
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Women artists respond to ancient Arabic poem in new show<\/a>: Promoting love through art: unapologetic declarations of excellent women. more please.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chimeda – Paddling together: Community-based reconciliation, in a canoe.<\/a> A project close to my heart. We’re planning another paddle in June. We hope sister projects spring up from all corners to keep community-based reconciliation flowing forward. Feel free to share, or reach out for ideas on getting a paddle going on a body of water near you.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Natural pigment mural with the kids from the wee school of Poltimore, Qc. Entire student body = 32 kids (grades 1-6). It’s been a balm. 3 days of colour mess, drawing and stories. Truly sweet people to spend time with. Ever grateful to Quebec’s Culture in the Schools Program.<\/div>\n
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January was the month I lost over 10 years of data. Emotional cost aside, the value of time and money this represents is in the 100 thousands. My life is based on images (sound, text, video). I have given 150% everything I have to the past 10 years, and the sheer feeling of invisibility leaves me feeling vulnerable as fuck. I am reviewing many things in my life and some answers continue to be found in two things: presence and persistence. I welcome visits for tea or alcohol.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Artist Diana Scherer ‘domesticates’ plant roots into intricated geometric forms.<\/a><\/div>\n
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10 years later, and edition II has sprouted forth! Revisiting some memories from a very precious collection and important snapshot in time. Thanks to the archives my friend and collaborator has kept alive through tireless hours of skillful editing. Christine Prefontaine<\/a>\u00a0(@Facilitating Change<\/a>) you rock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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