Every second week I participate in two collaborations I feel so incredibly delighted to share in ~ the ‘four’ and also ‘words to shoot by.’ This week I was particularly inspired with the ‘prompts’ presented and threw myself into the challenges. In the ‘four’, I worked on a little film that may look as if it was rather random but I put a lot of thought into it to ‘encourage’ the chimes to react a certain way in the wind ~ of course there was also a strange serendipity due to that mysterious wind which worked magic in my favor much to my overall sense of happiness. I gently tied up some of the chimes to allow the relationship between the other chimes to ‘dance.’ The strange this, it is as if the universe knew what I was trying to express from the deepest part of my soul and helped me along with the resulting yin yang dance ~ I truly love this little film.

In ‘words to shoot by,’ the prompt was ‘body’ and lately I have been thoughtful of how fleeting childhood ultimately is (specifically from the point of view of innocence ) so I worked that into the narrative a bit as well using my son Noah as the subject.

Have a peek at all the wonderful work by various artists in ‘the four’ here and ‘words to shoot by’ here. The ‘four’ also celebrates a brand new look this week designed by Darlene which I am smitten by, as it allows me to delve into my love for small films.

Summer is perched on my doorstep sipping a rootbeer float and I am thinking of making a few mix cd’s today after yoga, jotting down a list of summer reading and looking around for some pretty oilcloth on etsy for my garden table. I am thinking i would love to find a c h e a p Volkswagon Van for roadtrippin’ this summer as well so if you know of a cute one for sale please contact me! I am also looking forward to a friend visiting Vancouver this week who has been here many times but I love that I get to show my city around from a “Maddie” point of view.

Which reminds me (I am not sure how I made this leap however) that wisteria is growing IN through my bathroom window (from the vines outside) and making itself quite at home ~ I will take pictures when it blooms to share with you.

oh! and i was playing around in photobooth yesterday ~ stretches of time will pass by where I completely forget my computer has this fun feature ~ but yesterday I remembered and enjoyed my silly self for a few mintutes:)

Well it’s Monday and I must say I am quite fond of them ~ so full of promise with a shiny brand new week:)