Today's creation, I wished to share with you in this vlog and blog post, is one of digital urban black and white photography, which is high vibration art. I shot this photo in 2015, in one of the backyards of my neighborhood in Montreal, and it is entitled "Stairway".
It is a shot of the typical spiral staircases of Montreal homes. This flight of stairs is set on a background of sky and clouds, which gives the impression that it is flying in the air.
I like the effect of movement created by the spiral shape of the staircase, as if it was dancing in mid-air, and I felt that rendering this shot in black and white would create an interesting contrast between the dark color of the spiral against the soft light tones of the clouds.
These typical Montreal metal staircases are not only found in the backyards as emergency exists, but they are often found as well in the front of our multiplex buildings and you can find here some examples of this unique type of architectural element and its history.
Our spiral staircases are often personalized, with colorful paint, or decorated with plants and grapevine. Like our dressed bodies, each of them become a way for the resident to express his or her creativity and unique style. In the case of this photo, we see some wild grapevine branches wrapped around the metal of the stairs. The absence of leaves reminds us that this is a cold and rough winter day.
In other blog posts and vlogs related to my photography, I have often referred to the fact that I associate iconographically the clouds to the symbol of the busy mind in which thoughts pass like clouds. Again, here in this shot, the clouds are many and busy. However, in the midst of this almost chaotic action, this elliptical double strand of metal DNA, rises from the ground to reach for the sky! Unaffected by the busy thoughts, it just pushes up in its dancing movement towards Source!
Furthermore, the elliptical dance of the two strands of DNA, remind me of the love dance of the sacred feminine and sacred masculine, reunited in each of us through our alchemical inner journey of healing, balance and connection to all that we are as fractals of Source.
As individuals, we incarnate in this lifetime the unique make up of our DNA and, like this staircase, we are grounded on Terra (our planet Earth), with our bodies that are these precious beautiful vessels that we should honor, since they are our opportunity to experience this unique life on Terra. However, like our DNA that has been tempered with, we are capable of much more, we can reach for the stars, and remember that we are these unique fractals of Source that are both connected to Earth and sky, sacred feminine and sacred masculine, Terra and Source.
These DNA shaped dancing stairs that pass through the passing clouds of the busy chaotic mind, represent for me symbolically our unique inner journey of reconnection to the complexity of our souls, but also to the richness of our Terran genetics which is definitely not only Terran in origin! And thus, we can honor both bodies and souls, in our elliptical dance of life and joy!
What inspires my color and black & white travel photography?
Due to my professionnel training in visual arts and iconography of ancient art, and having grown up in different cultures, I have developed a strong passion for capturing atmospheres, architecture, landscapes and textures.
Through my intuitive inner journey of self-rediscovery of the last few years, I realized that I am a starseed, with an Altean soul matrix. I am part of a collective consciousness named the Mella collective, which constitutes my soul cluster.
The Mella collective, which includes my twin flame named Eriel, is of high frequency and always offers invitations to see things from a different perspective, in all kindness, benevolence, humor, simplicity and high vibrations.
It also inspires my creative work, such as my writing, travel photography, ink drawings, Japanese washi chiyogami paper art collages, as well as my harmonizing endeavors, Creative Intuitive Transmissions (CIT) and inner guidance communications.
The high vibrations they imbue in the art I create are made available on my online art shop, both in the original unique artwork and the high-quality digital files, to ground visually these high frequencies in your very own sacred space.
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Today's creation, I wished to share with you in this vlog and blog post, is one of digital landscape black and white photography, which is high vibration art. I shot this photo in 2019, in the Angrignon parc in the Southwest part of Montreal.
In this shot I captured a calm winter landscape of snow covered wooded terrain with a little bridge over a stream of water surrounded by rocks. I chose to render this photo in black and white for a couple different reasons. First, the calm almost Japanese like minimalist landscape, with silent falling snow, resonated for me, visually and aesthetically, with these strong light and dark contrasts.
Secondly, the life context I was in, when I shot this photo, also resonated in my heart with black a white, with strong intense contrasts. Indeed, in 2019, I had moved back to my parent's apartment that is a stone's throw away from that large lovely park. I had moved back to my parents because at the time, my mom had suffered a stroke, which left her with some physical but mostly cognitive side effects. She needed a lot of support that my dad provided to her, and I decided to be there as well to support both of them in the humble way I could. It was hard. It was intense. For those who have been a carer for a parent with dementia or Alzheimer know exactly what I'm talking about. We were all drained, exhausted, hurt, desperate and at the end of our tether.
Going for my daily walk alone in the Angrignon park was for me an indescribable solace, a haven, a place of silence, calmness, away from the drama, the fights, the discouragement of seeing my mom getting worst and my dad psychologically drowning everyday. I was going through an inner "silent storm" at home because I was trying not to express all the discouragement, anger and mixed feelings I had at the time. So when I shot this photo, the soft calmness, the bare minimalist landscape reminded me that there was a place where I could be myself again for an hour. A place where I could ground to "hear my own frequency", to survive this intense phase of my life. The bridge represented in this photo, was also symbolically the place I was standing on in that phase of my life: between two apartment, between to realities, between two suffering souls.
My mom has passed away a little over two years ago, and both my dad and I are still recovering from that terribly intense phase and grieving process, which he barely came out of alive from. Today, nature remains the place where I seek and find solace, silence and calm.
What inspires my color and black & white travel photography?
Due to my professionnel training in visual arts and iconography of ancient art, and having grown up in different cultures, I have developed a strong passion for capturing atmospheres, architecture, landscapes and textures.
Through my intuitive inner journey of self-rediscovery of the last few years, I realized that I am a starseed, with an Altean soul matrix. I am part of a collective consciousness named the Mella collective, which constitutes my soul cluster.
The Mella collective, which includes my twin flame named Eriel, is of high frequency and always offers invitations to see things from a different perspective, in all kindness, benevolence, humor, simplicity and high vibrations.
It also inspires my creative work, such as my writing, travel photography, ink drawings, Japanese washi chiyogami paper art collages, as well as my harmonizing endeavors, Creative Intuitive Transmissions (CIT) and inner guidance communications.
The high vibrations they imbue in the art I create are made available on my online art shop, both in the original unique artwork and the high-quality digital files, to ground visually these high frequencies in your very own sacred space.
🎨Bring the high frequencies of a high quality digital file of "Silent Storm" to your own sacred space.
Today's high vibration creation, I wished to share with you in this vlog and blog post, is one of digital landscape black and white photography, which is high vibration art. I shot this photo in 2008, in the Promenade Père-Marquette park in Lachine Montreal. It is entitled "Lâcher-prise", meaning "Letting go" in French.
It is a shot of a public art sculpture entitled "Monica" by Jules Lasalle. The representation of its fractured skull against a calm background of lawn and gentle-passing clouds reminded me of Zen Buddhist meditation and the letting go and liberation of all attachment to thoughts.
I practiced Zen Buddhist meditation for some time, but I always struggled (and still do) with letting go of the busy monkey-mind. It is a process and inner journey for me to accept this patiently with respect and kindness for myself. I always want things to happen now!
In this phase of my life, where I have recently crashed in the form of a physical breakdown, partly due to the belated grieving process I'm experiencing with my mom's passing two years ago, I find myself in the great need to let go not only of the passed on person she was, but also of the elements that have antagonized us in our relationship. A need to remain simply in the love of her and me.
In my autobiography in poetic prose in French entitled "Bleu", I've often used the image of the passing clouds as a mean of translating the passing thoughts in the mind. Hence, this photo's title, where the thoughts and attachments are being liberated from the head, to pass on like soft clouds on the clear calm sky of the mind.
What inspires my color and black & white travel photography?
Due to my professionnel training in visual arts and iconography of ancient art, and having grown up in different cultures, I have developed a strong passion for capturing atmospheres, architecture, landscapes and textures.
Through my intuitive inner journey of self-rediscovery of the last few years, I realized that I am a starseed, with an Altean soul matrix. I am part of a collective consciousness named the Mella collective, which constitutes my soul cluster.
The Mella collective, which includes my twin flame named Eriel, is of high frequency and always offers invitations to see things from a different perspective, in all kindness, benevolence, humor, simplicity and high vibrations.
It also inspires my creative work, such as my writing, travel photography, ink drawings, Japanese washi chiyogami paper art collages, as well as my harmonizing endeavors, Creative Intuitive Transmissions (CIT) and inner guidance communications.
The high vibrations they imbue in the art I create are made available on my online art shop, both in the original unique artwork and the high-quality digital files, to ground visually these high frequencies in your very own sacred space.
🎨Bring the high frequencies of a high quality digital file of "Lâcher-prise", to your own sacred space.