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Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday ! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

This week feels like balance was key. In all areas of my life. So taking the time right now to sit and reflect on what were the good parts of it (I do not want to forget the other ones, but I want not to focus on them). I know it’s a big weekend for you in the US as you might celebrate Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy quality time with your loved one.

This week, I am thankful for:

• Bearable cold outside
• Hot baths
• Books (I am currently reading “Eliza and her monsters” by Francesca Zappia after finishing a book that really shook me, “The Memory of Light” by Francisco X. Stork)
• My husband being allowed to work from home ALL.WEEK.LONG !!!
• Daily walks
• Sleep when it comes and is restful
• Good wholesome food
• My close family
• People who care

And to start your weekend on a high note, I hope this will make you smile biiiig:

So happy to share with you a new {Creativity In Motion} video today (even though yes, it took me time to publish this blogpost), created for ColourArte.

When my spirituality meets my creativity

When both sides of my Universe collide, Magic happens. It is when I finally feel complete and whole. Because they are so connected and intertwined. This is just the kind of artist I am…
I don’t remember exactly when I stumbled upon Zibu Symbols but I think it was right after I got my Moon + Crystals tattoo, as the artist told me about the unalome. I did some research. Pinterest might have been the place I found them. And as the obsessional person that I am, I had to know more about them.
I bought the book from Debbie Z Almstedt, who is the woman channeling them from the Angel Realm. It might sound crazy if you do not believe in this sort of things, but this is my reality.

I wanted an abstract background for this new deck. And because, once again, I am obsessional, I wanted to see if I could do a pour on watercolor paper. The answer is yes we can, but it is not the easiest thing. The surface you pour on has to be taken into consideration when you mix your paint.

I love using the Primary Elements pigments as my colors, they are highly pigmented and shimmery.

Using the tip of the Vivid Metallic Paint directly made my life easier.

Do you use symbolism in your artwork ? How do you incorporate it ?

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday ! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿

The cold is here and we got our first negative temperature. As long as the sky is blue and the sun is out, I don’t really mind (I won’t say the same in four months…).

This week, I am thankful for:

• Doby, the dog we adopted almost two weeks ago
• The sun’s warmth
• Walks several times a day, everyday (I am now smashing my 10,000 steps a day goal, trust me !)
• Honesty
• This Zibu inspired deck of cards I began to create.
• Good homemade food
• Working out and seeing results of my hard work
• Moments we spend as a family
• The new album from Willow Smith
• Inspiration for new paintings rushing at me

I got my first tattoo when I was 16. I have been pushing it on my Mom for two years before she gave in. She knew I would get one eventually and that it was better for her to be there than to keep saying “no”. At the time, I was fully involved in the francophone esoteric sphere and felt like I needed some extra protection. My first tattoo is a pentagram with an eye in its center, a double circle and some flames. Cliché ? Tramp stamp ? maybe for you, but it was essential for me at this specific time of my life.

I now have 6 tattoos, mostly on my arms. Each is part of my essence. Of who I am. Of what I have been through. Despair, Love, Gratitude. And a whole bigger spectrum.

My body is, indeed, a blank page.

When I told my Mom about this more recent tattoo project, she had the same reaction as usual “not another one ? You know your body is not a blank canvas…!”. And my immediate answer was “But indeed, my body IS a blank page, a blank canvas”. I see it as a good surface, as anything would be. I have so many stories to tell, and things/moments/feeling to remember. This is what my tattoos are for. Not just pretty images on my skin.

Months ago, I googled “watercolor tattoo Montréal” and JF Biron’s name showed up. I fell in love with his work, that I find to be very very artistic and fluid. But I did not jump in right away. I kept following his work on social media and listened to my guts when it told me he was the tattoo artist I needed.

I knew my left forearm needed to be a reminder about how I seem to overcome sadness, grief and difficulties in general. When I got my latest tattoo in Vancouver, the artist (AZL from Rainfire tattoo Studio) told me about the Unalome symbol. We talked about incorporating it to the design I came to him for, but it did not happen. However, the symbol stuck in my heart.

In Buddhism, they are the visual image of reaching enlightnement. The spiral means our struggle with life, while the straight line shows that we have finally found harmony. Unalome are the “crowns” of the Arahants, the enlightened saints. This is a very powerful symbol of spiritual and personal quest.

This deeply resonated with me. The lotus is one of my personal symbol (I already have a lotus tattoo on my chest) so I was over the Moon (no pun intended) when JF had one design with it.

I have a fascination and obsession over what belongs to the sky, galaxies, stars… and JF’s watercolor art was what drawn me to him in the first place so it was an obvious choice.

Do you have tattoos ?

How many ? Do you want a tattoo ? What would it be ? I would love to know about your personal experience.

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday !

Sharing these pieces of my heart with you every week has made me happier. I am glad I decided to go back it. A lot of bad and plenty of good happened in the last seven days.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My new tattoo, inked by the amazing JF Biron
• My tight support system people
• Family time
• Creativity as a healing tool and as Soul Care
• Books
• Nourishing homemade food
• The warmth of our home
• Journaling
• Sunny days
• Cuddles

What about you ? What made you utterly happy lately ? Please, share your joy and gratitude in the comment <3