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    • 5 Things I’ve Learned About Real Life from Video Games

      Posted at 3:03 pm by Gelene Celis, on February 3, 2016

      …by Arieces (Washington, D.C., USA)

      1. When you meet enemies you’re going in the right direction.
      – Winston Churchill, one of the most badass people to ever live, once said: “You have enemies? Good. That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life.

      2. One level can make a really big difference.
      – You are not supposed to be the same person you were ten years ago, or five years ago, or one year ago. Hell, you’re not even supposed to be the same person you were yesterday. Living life has taught me that you need to do something each and every day that will improve yourself somehow.

      3. It pays to have friends.
      – I’m a strong believer in the phrase, “friends are the family you choose for yourself.”
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      4. Life is not fair, and you have to be okay with that.
      – Sometimes, I really feel like life is one massive game of Mario Party. No other game has been able to accurately replicate the sheer amount of WTF moments you’ll experience during your time on Earth.

      5. Learn to live with yourself.
      – I try to ask myself the same question every morning, “Are you who you want to be?” The answer often dictates my mood for the rest of the day. When I don’t feel like I measure up to the person I should/could be, it bothers me a lot.

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    • Heart

      Posted at 1:28 pm by Gelene Celis, on February 3, 2016

      …by Erick Oh (originally from Korea, currently based in California, USA)

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      Check out his site here
      And his Vimeo here

      I forget which film fest I discovered it from but it was one of those shorts they show before the feature.

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      Posted in Arts & Culture | 0 Comments | Tagged animation, art, asia, california, culture, film, north america, seoul, usa
    • What Does Having a Biracial or Multiracial Background Mean in Your Country?

      Posted at 5:18 pm by Gelene Celis, on January 19, 2016

      …by The Stream, Al Jazeera (Worldwide availability, based in Doha, Qatar)

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      Check out the page on Al Jazeera here

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    • 6ixsaem | Isaĕm | XIII

      Posted at 1:11 pm by Gelene Celis, on December 28, 2015

      …originally from France, based in Toronto, ON.

      Stay humble and work hard.
      Stay humble and work hard.
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      Life ⏳
      We are the power 📣
      We are the power 📣
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      Snowy night ❄
      La haine 💥
      La haine 💥
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      Cold shots ❄❄
      Christmas eve 🎄
      Christmas eve 🎄
      Wanted 🚨
      Wanted 🚨
      Wanted to celebrate my 416 followers with that picture to show my gratitude for the opportunies that the city offers and to the people that support me and my art. God bless you guys! 👊
      Wanted to celebrate my 416 followers with that picture to show my gratitude for the opportunies that the city offers and to the people that support me and my art. God bless you guys! 👊
      On the road to glory 🆓
      On the road to glory 🆓
      Blessed for another year on earth, be grateful for what you have... God bless you guys 😇
      Blessed for another year on earth, be grateful for what you have… God bless you guys 😇
      Don't play too much with fire 🌋
      Don’t play too much with fire 🌋
      Hard work is key 💯
      Hard work is key 💯
      A night in Chinatown
      A night in Chinatown
      God Bless Toronto
      God Bless Toronto

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      I compared his work to Brassaï, as the sensibility is very similar, to which he responded, “Oh cool!  Is he on Instagram?”
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      “No no he’s one of those academic, dead ones from like the 20’s or something.”
      Jokes.

      I would write more about him but he’s trying to stay anonymous so no dice, folks.  Sorry.
      And I know his photos look like it was shot on film, but he’s actually using a DSLR.

      Check out 6ixsaem’s Instagram here

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    • Three Most Important Life Lessons

      Posted at 4:20 pm by Gelene Celis, on October 23, 2015

      Anthony Robert's avatartonysbologna : Honest. Satirical. Observations

      What is life without knowledge? To the delight of myself, elementary teachers, and guidance counselors nationwide I’ll follow up the previous question with the classic schoolyard cliché’ “Knowledge is power.”

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      Somewhere a sixth grade student is rolling their eyes. Do you even lift bro?

      In my short but turbulent life I have experienced three main life lessons that have affected me to my core. I now consciously live my life in alignment with these lessons and am pleased with the results. This isn’t a self-help, raspberry, bullshit article where I’ll promise you the world on an ice cream cone but rather real world truths that I have lived and all of us instinctually know. Sit back, relax, grab a coke, put on a smile and enjoy.

      Life Lesson One: Whatever You Think About Intently Will Transpire.

      The older I become the more I realize that life isn’t random but rather…

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    • Lip Photography

      Posted at 7:35 am by Gelene Celis, on August 10, 2015

      by Leann Parker (Toronto, ON)

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      Worked with her in an ad agency.

      Check out her blogspot here
      And her site here

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    • The Aga Khan Museum

      Posted at 1:07 pm by Gelene Celis, on June 24, 2015

      …is a museum of Islamic art, Iranian art, and Muslim culture.
      …
      also North America’s first Islamic Museum right here in Toronto, ON

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      There were pieces from Sicily and Spain though, which got me confused, but then I read on and realized that European cultures had a pretty heavy influence on Middle Eastern & predominant Islamic nations.  Duh.

      Here’s my personal favorite:
      “Said the Prophet, most glorious: Abandoning the world is more righteous than any worship.” 

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      There was a cool part on the second floor too:
      “Marvellous Creatures: Animals in Islamic Art”

      img courtesy of Aga Khan Museum

      img courtesy of Aga Khan Museum

      Photos weren’t allowed on the second floor, so I don’t have anything for you, unfortunately.

      Check out The Aga Khan Museum’s site here

      They’re open on Tuesday-Sunday from 10-6.  Admission is $20.
      On Wednesdays, hours are extended til 8 as admission is free from 4-8.

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    • Schitz: Excavator – Coffee Beans

      Posted at 2:53 am by Gelene Celis, on June 7, 2015

      “Yeah, I was operating a bulldozer back home.  I might do the same thing here.  I love what I do.  I just stand from where you operate it.  You sweat so much…

      Some people hate it…but I love it.

      Back home, I’d just be in my beaters, sweating…like not too much, but just enough body heat to be kind of moist… when the sweat is like dews on your skin.
      You feel everything:  you feel the warm tropical breeze, the smell of the earth, the wind… on all your senses.

      And the ground…it all depends on the day and the kind of job, but my favorite is the kind that’s not sticky, but not like gravel either.  It’s brown, but dry enough to separate, not too moist to clump…it’s like…sandy but bigger than sand grains…like…like…

      Coffee beans.”

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      😊 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

       

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    • Schitz – The Bad Tape

      Posted at 10:18 pm by Gelene Celis, on June 6, 2015

      “I went to audition in Canadian Idol.  I slept overnight in the line-up and then I woke up with a sore throat!  I was crying!  I called my dad.  I was like, ‘Dad!  They’re going to put me in the bad audition tape!’ I was crying so much…I went back home. I didn’t audition!”

      Wait what?  What’s bad audition tape?   What?

      “At the end of the show, they play the worst auditions in the episode!  It’s like bloopers!”

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      He ultimately got cast a leading role in a theatre in Madrid for almost a decade though he rooted for Hollywood in the beginning.

      Morals of the story:
      1.  Sometimes, as we walk our paths, we are shown a different direction that is better for us.
      2.  Before we get to our destination, we have to fail many, many, many times… arguably, to prepare us better for where we’re actually headed before we even know, ourselves, where that is.

      I don’t really care much about these things but since he’s my friend, I told him he should’ve gone to the audition anyway so I can watch it for my own entertainment… but yeah, no, had I been in his place, I would’ve done the exact same thing.

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    • Ghislain Poirier

      Posted at 12:42 am by Gelene Celis, on December 15, 2014

      ...is a musician/DJ/producer/promoter from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

      Here are a couple of my favourites:


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      I had a ton of posts on this guy as he is one of my favourite DJ’s/Producer/Musicians.  I thought his talk, “PLAY: It’s a serious thing” is really important.  A lot of people seem to think that art is all unicorn farts but like he mentioned, someone wanted to do a doc on a day of his life to which he responded, “It’s gonna be fucking boring then” ’cause all he does is sit in front of the computer at home and make music.
      I’ve hung out with musicians -> true story.  Shows are where they drop it.

      Check out his site here
      And his Soundcloud here

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