tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562926042232151552024-03-13T13:16:06.767-07:00Melanie Lee Artist, Illustrator & Author of A Girl In The World Books - Author Talks - Speaking Engagements - Creative & Inspirational Workshops.A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-6148050710851153232015-05-13T18:05:00.003-07:002015-05-13T18:12:46.468-07:00Empower Children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="" name="OLE_LINK1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The Story Behind the Story…Melanie Lee author &
illustrator of A Girl In The World<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As a child I experienced
physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect, subsequently I spent years
feeling ashamed, worthless and un-loveable. I felt as though I had no voice to
speak of it and nowhere to turn. I felt vulnerable and alone for the most part
of my childhood, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">vast amounts of time and space where filled with
imagining myself to be anything or anyone else other than who I was. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Feelings of shame, unworthiness and being un-loveable permeated
every area of my life and were carried through my childhood into adulthood. My
only means of defense was to shut down and avoid my reality wherever and
however possible. I learned to escape into my imagination; in there I could
create a totally different experience. I feel that it kept me alive at times
and sustained me until I was able to get the help I needed to recover from the
abuse and trauma.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The birth of my children was
in many ways the rebirth of me. I fell utterly and completely in love with them
and in learning how to love and nurture them I learned to love and care about
myself. The innocence of children is the epitome of bliss itself and their trust
one of life’s greatest gifts to be treasured and honored.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Becoming a mother opened me
up to the life within more than any other experience. It brought to the surface
all of the parts of my self that needed healing. It has turned me inside out,
upside down and right way up again. My children put me and keep me in touch
with my own emotional landscape. Parenting them, as they have grown through
every age and stage of their development has tugged upon every vulnerability I
held as child. It continues to bring me face to face and heart to heart with my
own issues and challenges me to grow and heal in every area as I respond to
their needs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">I cannot and have not been
able to shield my children from experiencing pain and some of life’s harsh
realities and that at times has been heartbreaking. What I have chosen to do is
take all of my experiences and learn from them, and to share the wisdom that
comes from that. To be honest and open in my life and with my children, to support
and allow them to have a voice in every situation and encourage it in every
experience they face in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">I believe that our children
come to us and through and into the world as their very own once in a lifetime
unique expression. I feel it’s our responsibility to protect them from anything
that stands in the way of being and creating who they are here to be. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">It is true that whilst my
life has been full of many painful experiences it is also full of overcoming
them. Creativity has played a significant part in that. I lose and find and
lose myself in creative expression almost daily. Whether it’s writing,
painting, illustrating or sharing stories, I seek creative ways to express and
connect with myself and others. Through my creativity I have learned to tell my
story, through that journey A Girl In The World came to life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The freedoms, creativity,
love and nurturing I aspire to and my want for my own children, I want for
every child. I hope to inspire children to understand that they are the hero's
of their own lives.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Melanie Lee…You can also find me at </span><a href="http://www.thecreativekind.org/">www.thecreativekind.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">We find and lose and find ourselves through creative expression. Creativity and the myriad of ways that it comes to life in myself and others is what lights me up. It’s that same creative energy I see flowing so freely through children, even children who are struggling through their childhood. As a small child my home environment was largely an intense, unpleasant and unsafe place to be. I couldn’t physically leave that space as often as I would have liked. Before the age of 8 I had mastered the art of disappearing into my own world. A world created entirely out of my imagination. Children are amazing like that. My imagination was my first greatest escape from a reality which I had no escape.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Entire days, weeks, months, years of my life were spent pretending I was anything or anyone other than who I actually was. As an adult I have a wild imagination, as a child it was a survival skill. In the absence of love, reason and understanding children develop their own skills to cope with their life circumstance. In so many cases the very survival skills that children develop to get by become the stumbling blocks to growth into adulthood.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Thats why its sometimes painful for adults to allow themselves to feel their creative energy. The blocks we feel in our adult lives more often than not stem back to childhood experience/s in one way or another. This is why it is so important to create safe spaces that allow for the organic expression of creativity and the vulnerability that it brings up. We don’t just simply grow out of childhood wounds, they often shape our adult lives in ways in which we do not understand. Safe places to explore our own innate creativity is vital, creativity is one of our greatest human resources. I never miss an opportunity to share that truth with the children and adults around me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The Creative Kind was born to create safe spaces and places for creativity and imagination to play. These are not things to be put away in adulthood but rather tools for living our whole lives. Creativity, imagination and play are paramount to living happy, healthy, wholehearted lives. We feel that people hold the key to their own understanding and that creative expression is a pathway to knowing, understanding and loving oneself. The question is not whether or not we are creative, its is…</span><br />
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A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-46839062857446081262015-04-24T01:54:00.002-07:002015-04-24T01:56:21.043-07:00My Beautiful Mistake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Painting never ceases to soothe my soul and calm my mind.</span></div>
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A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-24325315699261829892015-04-10T17:08:00.001-07:002015-04-10T17:08:12.118-07:00Vision Board Workshop April 26th Here on the Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-87131351480233122332015-04-09T19:04:00.001-07:002015-04-09T19:06:31.247-07:00Wanderer Artwork Prints Avaliable<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #38761d;">Lately I've been enJOYing working with my original hand drawn watercolour and ink artworks </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I am working with may individual artworks to create A3 size prints.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">This one below - Wanderer is one of my favourites.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">WANDERER</span></div>
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A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-11364034841635212652015-04-01T17:57:00.001-07:002015-04-01T18:01:05.426-07:00Trees for Bees<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Creative Self Expression is vital to our whole health.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">We are all born creatives. Life is creativity itself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Creativity is channelled through my life source energy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Without expression </span><span style="color: #38761d;">I feel a little less me and a little more lost.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">My creativity is an anchor into the very depths of me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">It both centers me and sets me free.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Here on the farm I
have indulged in some very special and precious days of contemplation and
reflection, also known as wandering and pondering. These days are treasured for
many reasons, but especially because for a long time my days were spent with
two feet that hit the ground running. I remember that all the way back to
childhood and throughout it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I was the kid who got
up at dawn to the sound of birds and was out of the house not long after the
sun came up. I was the kid who wandered through the bush for many years and for
a time all I wanted to be was Huckelberry Finn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was horse running through the fields. We had a suburban half acre block. I was
a small kid. Besides everything feels bigger when you’re little.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">That’s kind of the way
I feel here on the farm, like a little kid all over again and I’ve got a
wilderness in my backyard…except I’m a lot happier than I was in my childhood and
my world feels safe. If for any reason it feels like doesn’t I know what to do
about it and I have love and support all around me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I’ve long been an
advocate for feeling your way through life. Our heart is our compass and allowing
ourselves to be guided by our instincts and intuition is vital to connection to
spirit. We rob ourselves, and others when we forget or ignore that. It never
felt safe for me to share feelings as a child. I had no words to describe my
feelings even if I had the opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">That's why I co created </span><a href="http://www.thecreativekindgroup.org/">The Creative Kind</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I have spent many adult
years doing the soul work I’ve needed to do…Peeling away the layers of
suffering, confusion and pain to get back to the essence of me. The love, light
and joy that I am. To feel my life through life and be in touch with and
engaged in what lights up my spirit is a beautiful feeling. When my spirit calls I listen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The green’ness and
nature of this place has healed me more than I ever knew possible and put me
back in touch with my own nature. Nature has nurtured me over these last
18months in the most beautiful way. Surrounded on all four sides by forest and
an abundance of wildlife, myself included. I am in my bliss and looking forward
to sharing more about it all as it unfolds.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">Can we speak for a
moment? speak of what’s only true.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">What’s true for
you and true for me maybe entirely different matters.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">Can we both
acknowledge that, accept it and can we speak our truth.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">Sometimes my heart
wanders as if it’s searching for a lost part of itself.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">It seems as if
it’s searching for a memory that’s been left behind, somewhere, some place,
some other time gone by.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">If I speak of this
with you, perhaps you may know what I mean, I wonder will you understand?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">There are those
who talk a lot, they seem to have all the words.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">But when you
listen closer there is nothing to be heard in all the noise they make.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">I need a place and
people where I can share my truth, even if it’s painful and most especially
when it hurts.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">I will no longer
bury my thoughts and feelings in the underground of myself. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">I can no longer
ignore that I am waiting here for me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">I have met some so
comfortable behind their façade of indifference and ignorance. There are those
who would rather guard the pretence with the power they posses, as opposed to
shine a light and expose their every weakness.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">I fear not the
parts of me that may bring me undone, for it’s in my vulnerability that lies my
greatest strength.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">Buried beneath the
wreckage of circumstances that I once could never speak, lies a truth so potent
with the power to set me free.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">So can we speak
for a moment, to speak of what’s only what is true.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d;">So that you may
feel your freedom and I will feel mine too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I'm writing a book about it, I have been writing it for a while…It's a challenge, trying to make sense of experiences that just didn't make sense. The most important thing to me is that I share the love and the lessons. I want people to know that even though I have been through so many challenges I am always </span><span style="color: #38761d;">swimming towards the light and that there is an out the other side of everything. One way or another there is an out the other side…So I choose to empower myself and those around me to define that for themselves…and yes it can be messy and painful, it certainly is if you come form a childhood of abuse and have experienced trauma in your life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Creativity has set me free. It has helped me to find my voice and continues to be a channel for growth, inspiration and freedom. I'd be lost without it, I love to get lost in it and I always find my way into the deeper parts of me. I invite you all to MAKE the time to find your creative expression, whatever it is that speaks to you and allow it room to breathe and move through you and out into the world.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am primarily a self-taught artist. I enjoy the freedom that
this gives me to explore several different mediums and styles and mix them
together as I please. While I am a fan of study of all sorts I do find it to be
somewhat frustrating in that often, what please the eyes and taste of some
teachers dissatisfies others. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Times New Roman";">It has led me to the conclusion time and time
again that to follow my own path creatively is in my best interest. Life and
its experience both good and bad, the world around me, my relationships with
family, my partner, friends, lovers and adversaries have all ultimately been my
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I find inspiration comes and goes and when it arrives, life is
bliss and I get easily and happily lost in amongst my own creativity, ideas and
passion. Inspiration has often snuck up and surprised me when I wasn't even
looking for or expecting it. Often it has come via some of life's most painful
experiences and when I have been able to draw from those times creatively my
life and my spirit have been enriched by it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">It has been my experience that art
in which ever form I choose to create with or find myself exploring gives depth and
meaning to my life.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Creativity lives and breathes inside us all and however it
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> I am out and open about my life’s experiences the beauty and the pain because I believe in that expression is the key to </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">moving and growing through it all with love, hope and grace. I’m all for shining a light into the darkness, the mess, the secrets and lighting it up</span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">…</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">All the better to help see the way through to the 'out the other side'. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"The disconnection of our children leads to the disengagement of our youth. This disengagement and disconnect and the way it plays out leads to great losses, for our children, our youth, their communities and society as a whole.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> If we are to create a generational change in which we engage youth to use their energy for the greater good of all human kind there needs to be a strong emphasis on creati</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">ve, innovative and radical new ideas that flood the education system with resources, support and opportunities for all children, not a selected few. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">'The Creative Kind' that understand first hand the life force, power, necessity and wealth of creativity inside of our children.</span><br />
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A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-42824772737013797072014-04-25T16:56:00.001-07:002014-04-25T16:58:52.212-07:00Letter to My Children<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Dear Kids,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">For every time I said hurry up and I’m busy, I’m sorry.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Life is short, for some it is fleeting. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It seems the older you get the faster time passes. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Time a man made invention. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Please do not allow it or the expectations of others to rule your life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Be yourself.<br />It’s common to get lost in the crowd, rise above it.<br />Be brave walk out on a limb and stand there, even if you stand alone, stand with courage and integrity and you’ll be in great company.<br /><br />Think for your self; trust your guts, your instincts, and your intuition. Never be afraid to ask questions and question the answers. Learning is a lifetime journey; feed your passions, live an inspired life. Look for inspiration it’s right there in front of you, it's all around you, it's everywhere.<br /><br />See the magic in everyday moments and see everyday as a gift. Be creative; know that we are all born creatives. Find out what makes your heart sing and spend your creativity there and it will always replenish itself.<br /><br />Nurture hope in yourself and others it is the gem of life.<br />Never be afraid to share your hope with others for life becomes bleak without it. For some you might be the only light that shines in their life on any given day.<br /><br />Make mistakes, lots of mistakes. Fail and keep failing until you succeed. Failure is full of learning and hidden treasure. Remember to rest but rise every time you fall. Measure success by the love and respect that you have in your life, for yourself and for and from others.<br /><br />Seek first to understand. Allow space for confusion it’s only natural but don’t get lost in there. Confusion is a great place to hide but do not park there.<br /><br />Remember there is always an out the other side, of everything. Happiness, oh elusive happiness it’s not so elusive when we realise its right here now…If we choose it. Feel your way through life. Travel with a smile in your heart and share it along the way, it will multiply :-)</span></span>A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-14609325745078823592014-04-17T15:48:00.001-07:002014-04-17T15:57:29.781-07:00Introducing A Boy In The World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Children are a gift and their energy lights up the world.</span></div>
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<br />A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-2299500921778453842013-12-03T14:21:00.001-08:002014-04-09T00:25:08.240-07:00Children's Book A Girl In The World…Visit our Big Cartel store to purchase, see link below.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;">A children's book that appeals to girls and boys of all ages. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Written simply and beautifully illustrated, it is a universal story about the ups and downs of life </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Click the link below to visit our Big Cartel store to order your copy.</span><br />
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A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-17557169526145380442013-11-27T15:51:00.001-08:002013-11-27T15:53:52.313-08:00My Vision for a Sustainable Future…Melanie Lee<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">My vision for a
sustainable future is one in which love, kindness, compassion and respect for
self, others and all living things is the foundation beneath everything that we
do in our lives and our world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Always when thinking
of sustainability issues, whether its related to poverty, water, energy, air
quality, wildlife, petro chemicals, heath, agriculture, food systems and
wellbeing, the state of the ocean, the worldwide economy, deforestation, human
rights, animals rights, the lack of sustainability focus and the loss of
thriving habitats …whether its environmental or humanitarian…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I’m always considering
the impact on the next generation and how little and ill prepared they are at
every junction. </span>For me, it always
comes back to children, they are our future….and they live in a world where
their future is being hijacked by the agendas of those who’s primary aim is to
serve themselves and the financial bottom line.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I want to envision a
world where children are not homeless, starving, no longer dying from
preventable diseases, used and abused sexually, sold into slavery and treated
as disposable as I know is the case in so many parts of the world both near and
far. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I want to live in a
world where the rights of children are upheld everywhere in ever corner of the
globe, a world where children are valued, and respected and have a voice. Where
the rights of the child, the world most ratified of human treaty are not just
words on paper, but actioned in every possible way throughout the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I envision a world
where children are nourished, every part of their being is awakened and
excited, explored and enjoyed, where education is a fundamental right of every
child everywhere and that education full of imagination, creativity and
innovation and is all about empowering them to be the very best human being
that they are capable of becoming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">A world where all
children have free access to an education that serves children and the
communities they are growing into. An education that draws on the wisdom of
indigenous cultures, wise elders and enlightened visionary leaders to preserve
the environment and pass down ancient knowledge that benefits the world as a
whole. An education that inspires children to learn and raises their awareness
of their capacity to love, understand and care for themselves, others and the
world around them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I envision a world
where children are connected to their emotional, mental, physical and spiritual
wellbeing and live their lives from that place and space of connection. That
children grow in understanding that at the deepest part of their being
everything and everyone is connected and what we do to others, animals and the
environment - the world out there… we do to ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">My vision for a
sustainable world is a world where children are loved and adored for the
miraculous beings that they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
world that has children revered for their spirit, their innocence and their
enormous and enduring capacity for love. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I dream and plan for a
future where children are cherished for the hope and promise that they are and
that they bring with them into the present, our presence and into the future. </span>I envision children
being bold creative inspiring capable leaders across all areas of humanitarian
and environmental sustainability platforms. I see them creating a world where
they are thriving and empowering all else to thrive in the process.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">If we educate rather
than shield our children from the inhumanity, injustices and environmental
destruction involved in the challenges and issues we face in our world today,
we open the doorway to the possibilities that they may in fact make very
different choices in their lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">If children knew the power
that they held, if they understood the true cost of things, the production
processes involved, where stuff comes from, how things are made and the cost to
others, to other children in the world, to animals, to our planet…would they
choose such destruction? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">If one whole
generation of children were empowered from the beginning of their lives to
feel, to know, understand and take responsibility for their physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual health and wellbeing, to comprehend that it is in their
hands, and that everything they do, every choice they make has an effect and an
impact out there…imagine what the world would look like.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Children are a gift, a
force and the potential to empower them in a meaningful way is still so
untapped. I have experienced first hand the difference it makes when we raise
the awareness of our children as we raise them…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.”</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>I am very excited to be involved in this wonderful event Carnival Of The Bold</b><br />
<a href="http://carnivalofthebold.coalitionofmischief.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://carnivalofthebold.coalitionofmischief.com</span></a></div>
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Eight artists lead the ranks on the quest for social change with works that highlight cultural awareness, indigenous rights, consumerism, sustainability, peace and racism. Carnival of the Bold presents a lineup that will captivate, challenge and inspire you.</div>
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Carnival of the Bold holds its inaugural event at the<a href="http://changemakersfestival.org/" target="_blank"> <b>Changemakers Festival</b></a> this year. Showcasing a mix of performances and work by various artists, the night will touch, entertain, humour and provoke, and also connect you with changemakers and others who care about a better world.</div>
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<b>Simon Hunt aka <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paulinepantsdown666?fref=ts" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pauline Pantsdown</a>:</b> Political Satire Artist</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.artsconnect.com.au/adamhill/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Adam Hill</a> aka Blak Douglas:</b> Indigenous Artist & Activist</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Andreea-Kindryd/102899346441855" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ande Kindryd</a>:</b> African American Storyteller</div>
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<b><a href="http://photography.crowdsourced.travel/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mikey Leung</a>:</b> Social Change Photographer</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ggzgUNH0DQ" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Chris Wright</a>:</b> Slam Poet & Political Ecologist</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.agirlintheworld.org/about.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Melanie Lee</a>:</b> Children's Book Illustrator & Speaker</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/OneWorldChoral" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">One World Choral</a>:</b> Culturally Diverse Choir</div>
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Plus an opportunity for a Q&A with the artists at the end.<br />
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<b>To purchase tickets to this event visit</b> <a href="http://carnivalofthebold.coalitionofmischief.com/">http://carnivalofthebold.coalitionofmischief.com</a></div>
A Girl in the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10399466834799772226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256292604223215155.post-82563942838927178722013-10-16T20:40:00.002-07:002014-12-11T16:48:26.221-08:00A Girl In The World Follows Her Dreams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;">"There were others that thought her dreams were too silly, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">A Girl In The World Follows Her Dreams :-) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The story & illustrations for the second book in the series are finished.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I look forward to sharing the adventures with you soon.</span></div>
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