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Jules Epiphfan Gabriel Rochemont 2/Lieutenant Roy

Jules Epiphfan Gabriel Rochemont
2/Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps.
(1914-1922)
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Freedom.
What does it mean to you?
Can you imagine laying down your very life for it? Facing unimaginable pain, suffering, terror? To protect your loved ones and to ensure that future generations had the right to live in peace. Free from persecution.
Free to live in a democracy, chosen by the people, for the people.
Can you imagine the courage that would take? The selflessness?
It seems more meaningful this year, pondering all that is unfolding in our world.
My grandfather Jules fought in WWI. He was a pilot. He enlisted with a few friends and traveled from Trinidad, West Indies to the U.K. to fight for what he believed in. He never spoke of the war when he returned home, but unfailing visited his war buddies ever chance he got til the end of his life. I never got to know him as he passed away when I was 2yrs old. He kept journals of his time in the war that were sadly destroyed. I wish I could have read them, or known him. Today we remember him and all those who served and sacrificed so much for all of us. Please keep all of these stories going, so we will never forget, or take our lives for granted. I wish you all great peace. 🙏

Congratulations America! People are celebrating wi

Congratulations America! People are celebrating with you from all over the world today. ✨🌟🇺🇸 Let the healing begin. #Repost @petesouza with @get_repost
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POTUS and FLOTUS. ⁣
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You know it, they know it, we all know it, and I’m calling it because no one else will: Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States. Dr. Jill Biden will be an awesome First Lady. ⁣
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This is a BFD. ⁣
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Okay television networks, your turn. ⁣
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P.S. Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States 160 years ago yesterday. ⁣
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I’ve been “leaf shopping” every time I’ve

I’ve been “leaf shopping” every time I’ve gone out for a walk these past few weeks. I now have quite the collection and have been putting my flower press through it’s paces, so I can preserve these beautiful bits of nature for use in an art project. At this point I have no idea what that will look like, I only feel compelled to save these precious bits of colour and random pattern in a way that has never struck me before.

This year it feels important to mark the small moments. They turn into gateways of wonder and awe and massive gratitude that nearly overwhelms me the more I slow down and appreciate them. Things I noticed and liked before (who doesn’t love Autumn leaves) are now like priceless miracles showing me how much beauty there has always been in my life that I just never really “got”. If you’re in need of something uplifting or a sign that yes, there is still magic out there, just go take a walk and find a few leaves, and really LOOK at them. We live in a Universe that loves us so much that millions upon millions of leaves become a vast array of splendour before they throw themselves into the wind, marking the change of seasons.

What small thing in your world seems like a crazy beautiful miracle to you?

Well folks, tonight’s the night! Episode 3 of La

Well folks, tonight’s the night!
Episode 3 of Landscape Artist of the Year Canada airs on @cbc at 9PM. If you don’t have cable, there’s good news because you can stream it (for free!) via @cbcgem
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This is a story about “careful what you wish for”. I used to watch the original British show, Landscape Artist of the Year, and think to myself, “I’d really love to do that one day.” So when the call came out to audition for the Canadian premiere, I didn’t think too hard and just sent in my submission. (No time to talk myself out of it.) Cut to the day we actually had to show up and produce a painting in 4 hours (WAAAAAAAYYYYY outside my comfort zone since I work in lots of layers - and in front of an entire film crew, complete with judges, no less). It’s seriously one of the most exhilarating, rewarding experiences I’ve had in my art career and now I get to share it with all of you. I hope you get a chance to watch, and then tell me what you thought of the show.
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Photography by the wonderful @davidleyes and thanks to @sookyinleee @joannetodstudio @marcdanielmayer for being so kind, insightful, witty and just plain fun. You helped take the edge off bigtime.
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Coming up this Friday, Oct 23: Episode 3 of Landsc

Coming up this Friday, Oct 23: Episode 3 of Landscape Artist of the Year Canada on CBC and CBC Gem, 9PM.
 If you missed the original airing, now’s your chance to catch this sweet show featuring yours truly and 5 other wonderful artists, plus some amazing “wildcard” talent as we battle the elements and attempt to create a landscape masterpiece in just 4 hours. So grateful to @cbc, @cbcgem, @cbcarts, @marblemedia and @blueantmedia for this incredible opportunity. Painting alongside the fabulous @elzbieta.painting @jeffwilsonart @kyleeturunen @kamamak_art and Ron Kuwahara was the experience of a lifetime. (My favourite part of this whole thing was meeting the other artists. It was supposed to be a “competition”, but with art it’s really between you and yourself.)
Photography by the wonderful @davidleyes
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Happy Thanksgiving, friends. This weekend I’ve b

Happy Thanksgiving, friends.
This weekend I’ve been reflecting on how many blessings have become visible in my life, not despite, but because of, these times.

Without this situation that we’re all in, all over the planet at the same time, no matter who we are, I’m not sure they would have meant as much. I was lucky enough to have dinner with my 80something parents last night - itself a great blessing.

And tonight I’m eating these potatoes that I harvested from my rooftop garden a few hours ago. (That moment in itself felt like a precious miracle.) I’m sharing a meal with my beloved. Tonight I am grateful for every moment, every mouthful, every small, previously insignificant thing. I wish you all the same awareness of how many blessings there are in your life.

Time flies when you’re having fun! Today is the

Here comes a major life moment: Landscape Artist o

Here comes a major life moment: Landscape Artist of the Year Canada starts airing on our glorious CBC and CBC Gem Friday nights at 9PM!  If you missed the original airing, now’s your chance to catch this sweet show featuring yours truly and 18 other wonderful artists as we attempt to create a landscape masterpiece in just 4 hours. Episode One is this Friday, and yours truly will be in Episode 3 on Oct 23rd. More on that later! So grateful to @cbc @cbcarts @marblemedia and @blueantmedia for this incredible opportunity.
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Do you know what a “Certainty Anchor” is?* W

Do you know what a “Certainty Anchor” is?* With the world in such a state of uncertainty on so many levels, we need certainty anchors more than ever. Things that give us comfort and help to ground us, just by the very fact that they don’t change. It can be as simple as looking out the window at the sky. It’s there every day. It could be your daily meditation practice. Going for a walk at the same time each day.   A new piece of art can serve as a certainty anchor. Walking past it, contemplating it, letting it inspire you and give you some breathing room. It’s one of my favourite things about art. Always with us, ready to be a certainty anchor that gives us hope and reminds us of enduring beauty no matter what is happening in the world outside our doors.

Art Walk in the Square Online is still on for a few more days. Check the link in my bio to browse affordable art and add a beautiful certainty anchor to your day. @artwalksquare

*“A certainty anchor is a practice or process that adds something known and reliable to your life when you may otherwise feel you’re spinning off in a million different directions. Rituals and routines can function as certainty anchors; their power comes from the simple fact that they are always there. They are grounding experiences to which you can always return, no matter what’s going on. Their consistency makes them effective tools to counter the anxiety that comes not only from living in uncertain times, but from embracing endeavors that ramp uncertainty even higher.” - Jonathan Fields, from the book Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance.

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