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Bits and bobs of my scattered thoughts daily or monthly or yearly
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Musing | Go to Nature
“Go to Nature in all the singleness of heart, rejecting nothing, selecting nothing, and scoring nothing, having no other thoughts but how to best penetrate her meaning.” — JOHN RUSKIN
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A Gentle Reminder for Myself
Read thick fat books, read the classics, read the censored, the forbidden. Drink a lot of tea, Earl Grey, Silver Needles, matcha, hochicha, genmaicha. Look out the window, watch the clouds float by, daydream. Grow flowers, feed birds, touch grass, hug a tree. Write, poems, thoughts, lists, random scribbles. Sing aloud. Dance to my favourite… -
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Goodbye Meta!
So a week and a half ago I was kicked out of my Facebook account and all of other associated pages as well as all my accounts on Instagram and Thread as they were one way or another linked to the main Facebook account. All the 7 accounts across different platforms were all disabled. Without…
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Healing Picture Books
I was deep in a crisis, my reading crisis, finding it difficult to engage with books without considerable effort. I couldn’t read anymore without forcing myself, which took all the fun and joy out of the activity. My mind was fragmented and oversaturated with stimuli, and along the way, I’d surrendered to being a victim of…
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HEALING | 39
Trong lúc dọn dẹp lại website, tôi tình cờ tìm thấy một bài viết cách đây 10 năm, viết mừng sinh nhật cho chính mình. “Hôm nay tôi 29 tuổi, phía trước vẫn là bầu trời.” Tôi đọc đi đọc lại những dòng chữ viết khi mình còn tươi trẻ, tràn đầy hi vọng và…
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EXPO | The Holy Art – My first group exhibition in Paris
It’s been half a year already! This is my very first exhibition in Paris back in February. I was excited to finally be able to showcase my work in the city where I live and which I love. I was so grateful that my beloved friends came over to support me. The opening night was…
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Back to track
Summer. Just a word that can ignite so many sparks, dreamy afternoon naps, long, leisurely vacations, bright skies into the night, blazing sunlight and a lot, a lot of vanilla, peanut butter, and pistachio ice-creams. I cannot count all the memories of beautiful summers that have passed through my early twenties and thirties. They are…
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MUSING | Marcus Aurelius
The first step: Don’t be anxious. Nature controls it all. And before long you’ll be no one, nowhere – like Hadrian, like Augustus. The second step: Concentrate on what you have to do. Fix your eyes on it. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being; remind yourself what nature demands…
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EXPO | 28th Montgermont Watercolour Exhibition
My very first time at the famous Montgermont Watercolour Exhibition 2024 that I’ve heard and read so very often ! I was very excited and happy to receive their invitation back in March for one of my few paintings from last year – “The Contemplations”, and with my husband we went to the opening early…
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EXPO | 34th Uckange International Watercolour Exhibition
This April once more I was selected to present my works at the Uckange International Watercolour Exhibition 2024. It’s a huge previlege to particpate in such a long-standing art salons which houses many beautiful works. This year particularly was full of diverse styles and trends that featured incredible creativity by artists from all over the…
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