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Quickly quickly.. because *singing in unison* I am super busy:
\nThis is very old drawing. At least\u2026 5 or 6 months !!! wouhou.<\/p>\n
I said “very old<\/em>” because things are rapidly changing here in Australia and there around the world, that 6 months can be a long long time.<\/p>\n I said \u201chere in Australia<\/em>\u201d because obviously, being in exchange is not quite the same as living at home. Here, I am constantly watching the landscape, the vegetation, the people (I know it is not polite, but hey! people are fascinating). I perceive so many new things that I always want to give my own interpretation of these through my drawings. When you are away, you see everyday life with new eyes. Like.. what seems to be ordinary for local people might actually be very curious for me. I strongly feel that way, even in a western culture such as Australia which apparently seems much alike France or Swiss\u2019 culture. I think that is partly why my drawing skill is changing everyday, because my creativity is fed by such novelty. Even when I am asleep, or while I am studying, or while I am talking I feel like the way I draw evolves. It is also because the act of drawing is related to the right side of the brain (I read something about that, it is a riveting topic by the way!) blabla.<\/p>\n Anyway, let us come back to the topic: The changing nature of things<\/p>\n I spoke about changing things \u201caround the world<\/em>\u201d because this semester, Geography and I have decided to make peace after 4 years of love-hate relationship. I am proud to say that I took the first step in this endeavour by taking \u201cGeographies of Global Change\u201d class. And guess what? Geography has seemed to feel the same way so far \u2665. I am absolutely delighted! The teacher is so good, interesting and it is really refreshing to study a \u201cwell-known\u201d subject from such a different perspective, especially when she talks about France or Europe (she hasn\u2019t mention Switzerland \u2026..yet). I put \u201cwell-known subject\u201d between commas (that\u2019s irony-) because I feel that, even though I have gained knowledge about Geography during my 3 years study in Switzerland (hell yeah! Sometimes with pleasure for human geography and sometimes unwillingly when it was about geomorphology), I always felt like I couldn\u2019t really, deeply understand the purpose of my studies and why geography matters so much. BUT NOW I GET IT!! Explaining now the secret would take too much time. J\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 explos\u00e9 mon forfait msn et blog du jour. Pur\u00e9\u00e9 je suis en forme aujourd’hui.<\/em><\/p>\n So quickly quickly, to give you a small explanation of the drawing: this is a picture of Byron Bay that I did start during our road trip<\/a> in September and that I have just finished (procrastination hello). It is all for today.<\/p>\n Abruptly & joyfully \u266a \u266b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quickly quickly.. because *singing in unison* I am super busy: This is very old drawing. At least\u2026 5 or 6 months !!! wouhou. I said “very old” because things are rapidly changing here in Australia and there around the world, … Continue reading
\nByron Bay is such a cool place. Cool place for cool kids. If I was cool and if I was a surfer, I would definitely live in Byron Bay. (East Coast Baby!)
\nSince I am not cool (apparently to be uncool is the new cool haha) but above all I do not surf, I just don’t. If I ever move there, I am not sure that I would fit in.
\nYet, I still really enjoyed our stay in Byron Bay, especially at the Arts Factory \u2013 Backpackers <\/a>Lodge (bon l\u00e0 on atteint le sommet de la coolitude les gars!).<\/p>\n