Creative Projects

Me and 2015: The Sweater Reframe

2015 started out with… well, I could call it many things, but instead let’s just call it news. When I first started sharing this news with people, I was reminded that, even though this news is scary, I can choose not to live in fear over it. While that’s infinitely easy to say and a little more challenging…

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Corey Hart, what up?!

… I met my pal Danette Relic at Monarch Tavern for some great singing fun with Choir! Choir! Choir! Corey Hart and his famed night-time sunglass-wearing habit gave us our material for the night.

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Dance Anywhere

  dance anywhere® is a public celebration of dance everywhere, around the world, simultaneously. I took part in it. In my basement. Barefoot. With a teensy tiny foot dance. While waiting for the washing machine to stop. It was a break from report writing, invoicing, income tax prepping, household chore-ing. Cause I *LOVE* to dance,…

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I am creative

I am creative. But I haven’t always been aware of that. Up until about 5 years ago, I would never have considered myself to be someone with even an ounce of creativity. I sucked at art As a kid, I can remember being “bad” at art, or at least that’s what I was led to…

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Dance to the Music: Flash Mob!

Yesterday in Nathan Phillips Square, dancers from the Joy of Dance (including moi) surprised those attending a Brain Injury Society of Toronto awareness event. Yup, we did a big ‘ole flash mob. Lemme tell ya’ it was steaming hot under the mid-day sun, but a ton of fun! (this video captures about half of our…

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Life as art: Scavenger Hunting Artists

The other day I went on a scavenger hunt with my 7 year old nephew. Together we explored viewing our surroundings with an artistic eye. In Nia, one of our 13 White Belt Principles teaches about the practice of viewing “Life as Art”. Put simply, this concept reminds us that art is everywhere that we…

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