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Francine
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  • Kitchener, Ontario
  • Canada
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Apart for a bit, but not gone. Working steadily on things and will update soon..

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What's Your Favourite Way To Create?
fiber, and paper primarily. I knit, spin, weave tapestries, yardage and garments, bind books, crochet, do bobbin lace, embroider, and anything else I can come up with.
Favourite Artists (in ANY creative medium)
M.C. Escher, Barbara Heller, Sarah Swett, Picasso, Guy Gavriel Kay, J RR Tolkien.
Greatest Creative Moment You've Had?
Lately, any creative moment is a great one.
What's Your Biggest Creative Dream?
To create a life filled with light, love, abundance and creativity.
Your Blog:
http://shadowravensfiberlyhome.blogspot.com/

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Been working on a lot of spinning and more creative stuff. Its been a positive time with me, and very open.
December 19
Francine joined Carol Clark's group
I wanted to create a group where members could find some respite from the holidays - they can be challenging for some. So let's share some poetry, stories, quotes, or pictures. Please add whatever discussion group you want. It's time to relax...
December 19
Sounds intriguing, Francine, revisiting some of the journaling from the past. I know life can really feel chaotic during a move ... it takes me a while to get my groove back afterward. I bet the "rejourneying and reclaiming" will help :)
December 10
Hi Carol... I was one of those who made the attempt at VOG once, a while ago, but really didn't get much with all of the things that happened in the last several months. I would love to be able to get back to it and see if I can get a little deeper…
December 9
Thank you..it was fun to spin
December 1
hi carol, Sorry I didn't respond to this at the time. I had completely backed away from all of it, but I have, since the move started to go through some of the journals and have found a few of those positives... I have forgotten a lot of what happen…
November 7
Been a while since I've been willing to walk this journey. I think among all the other "reclaiming" I've been doing, I think its time to revisit this one in earnest.. I have been so unwilling to open that kettle of worms. I have been too afraid to o…
November 7
Francine added a blog post
Been an interesting time of reconsolidation and creation. This time of year is always a time of drawing within and focusing on reorganizing self and space. Some people do "spring cleaning"..mine always begins starting August-ish, and culminates in a…
November 7

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Away for a bit but not uncreative...

Been an interesting time of reconsolidation and creation. This time of year is always a time of drawing within and focusing on reorganizing self and space. Some people do "spring cleaning"..mine always begins starting August-ish, and culminates in a plan of sorts by the end of October. That for me is the beginning of the harvesting of the old goals and the re-evaluation and resetting of goals for the upcoming cold season and into the summer.
I have reclaimed relearning a language that I walked a… Continue

Posted on November 7, 2009 at 2:34pm —

Francine

Meandering minds, lost passions

The brain does strange things at 4am. I guess, with all the things that have happened in the last 2 years, its made me really start looking at things differently.. so, yet again, another take on the world in my head. I wonder, where's all that youthful exhuberence and passion I remember having. I seem to have lost it along the way. I remember when everything mattered, A LOT. I rememeber knowing what I wanted and how exactly I was going to achieve it. I remember this feeling of hyper awareness an… Continue

Posted on September 4, 2009 at 12:17pm —

Francine

Wandering minds.. wandering thoughts...

I sometimes wonder, at odd moments at work, or sitting reading a book ect.... where our thoughts and fears some from. Ok, I know, some fears make sense: IF you've been bitten by a dog, you might be nervous or afraid of dogs. IF you've almost drowned, then fear of open water makes sense. These are more about fears that don't seem to make any sense, and thoughts that seem to come out of nowhere from the point of view of logic. Ok, so that's the basis of "irrational" fears and "irrational" thoughts… Continue

Posted on August 8, 2009 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

Francine

So many things coming...

I have no idea how things are going to shift. It is beyond me how things are going to change, but I knew that they will. It is certainly that there are a lot of transitions and transformations in the wind right now. It seems impossible, but there are so many changes since Dad Passed in nove. Mom, and her learning how to live on her own. Me keeping my balance, both of us moving, raising kids, trying to carve out time for myself to be able ot create, one row at a time if need be. I know, new job,… Continue

Posted on August 4, 2009 at 1:59am — 3 Comments

Francine

My poor neglected groups....

Well, I'm part of 4or 5 groups here, and i've had a REALLY tough time getting time with any of them recently...I have been doing some writing still.. lots of snippets in bunches. I've also got a programme on my memory stick that is working well to keep the extra snips and the journal entries going, since i seem to be doing better typing lately than writing.
I haven't gotten very far on my "go for the goal"..but I am spinning, so hopefully the yarn that is currently being created with go to one o… Continue

Posted on July 26, 2009 at 8:30pm —

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At 2:19am on February 13, 2009, Chris Dunmire said…
That is a grass-nibbling Alpaca! Isn't it just so cute?

If you're interested, here's the rest of my Alpaca story. I visited a farm to see them during the 2008 National Alpaca Farm Days. Chris
At 8:35pm on February 11, 2009, June Walker said…
Hi Francine! That is a wonderful spinning wheel.
At 5:07am on February 11, 2009, Chris Dunmire said…
Francine,
No problem on the yelling (I had my speakers turned down low). I'm so happy to know how much Creativity Portal inspires you. You inspire me too! Now I have two friends! :) Chris
At 9:12pm on February 8, 2009, Anne Westlund said…
Francine, thank you! And thanks for supporting me with my goals, hopefully I can do the same with you. I see you've already made a beautiful pair of socks! Have a great day!

LOVE

Anne
At 6:57pm on February 5, 2009, RobynG said…
Hi Francine, I'm so glad you popped in to say hi. I've been so busy lately but it's time I paid CCS a visit.
At 9:21am on February 5, 2009, Mandy Lawrence said…
Hi Francine

You spin eh? Is it the sort of thing that is relaxing. I would write 'unwind to' but that sounds like a pun.

This might sound daft but when I stay over at my friend's, I spend the whole night building up her open fire, stoking it and keeping it burning. is absorbing and relaxing to me. I am a funny old thing. ha! ha!
At 6:03pm on February 4, 2009, Mandy Lawrence said…
Thanks again for your kind words

I will hunt out some of my poetry and put it up but don't want to feel under pressure to try to write any at the moment. I really have to be in the right space to do it.

You sound like a very busy lady. I hope you get time for yourself in amongst being a mum and working.

Glad you like colouring books too. I can lose msyelf in them and I like that.

Anyway, have a few bits to do and then going to bed because the depressive side of my illness is in control at the moment and when I got like this I need lots of sleep.

Take care and am so glad I have found you on this site. You are so friendly and a great person to welcome someone on board x
At 9:19am on February 4, 2009, Mandy Lawrence said…
Morning Francine

I am awful at drawing. That picture is from a colouring book. I used gel pens. I find colouring books very therapeutic. I suffer with bipolar and colouring helps me focus and do something slightly creative.

Now my main creative outlet is making cards. I used to write poetry but, I tend to write them in manic episodes. I haven't written one for a year. I might share some here but this network seems to be more about new creative ventures rather than old ones.

Still haven't worked my way round the place, which is a shame because I love to look at other people's art.

Take care x
At 11:40pm on February 3, 2009, Mandy Lawrence said…
Thanks Francine

Your picture is awesome too. x
At 11:47pm on January 1, 2009, Christie said…
Thank you, I haven't posted for awhile and I'm trying to get back to it -- comments such as yours mean so much!
 
 

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