Queer writer writing!
I am the type of person who tends to think a lot about what I’m doing, in this case, how and why I write. I guess the form I prefer… Read more Queer writer writing! →
Being Distributed!
Here’s an update on what’s happening with my memoirs; the ebook and the paperback are being distributed worldwide as I post this.For the moment, the ebook is easily available through… Read more Being Distributed! →
Second Book on the way!
I am so happy to announce that this second book ” Circé’s Art: a post transition evolution “, different from the first one which is a memoir and yet so intimately attached to it since it is also about my transition and identity as a woman. This time, it will be through my paintings that I document and visually narrate my views and awareness of certain aspects of coming into my own as a woman. The paintings from 2001 onwards speak to my evolution since transitioning, as a woman of… Read more Second Book on the way! →
Lovely words from an equally lovely friend.
. Today I would like to take the time to praise and celebrate a very important person in my life: Joelle Circe!!I’ve known her since I’m 16 years old, so… Read more Lovely words from an equally lovely friend. →
Happiness after all.
Over the years and with all manner of ups and downs, I have come to think of how I am in terms of being an artist, a woman of trans… Read more Happiness after all. →
Fresh winds, new hope.
I find that my life is filled with exciting and new activities and events, ever since I decided to write my memoirs ” Breaking Free:45 Years In The wrong Body“. Still working on getting the French version done as well as that coffee table book of my paintings that pretty much follows my evolution since transitioning, and it will be bilingual.There is another project that may very well see the light of day to which I will be attached but I will wait until it actually takes off and that… Read more Fresh winds, new hope. →
Motivations.
I wrote my memoirs partly because I saw it as a way to show women like myself as being human, with all this entails. My story is imbued with tragedy and humour, with self-loathing and acceptance, I wanted to share how my mind was able to survive thanks to what I would describe as my creativity which allowed me to often transport myself elsewhere when things got too difficult.I wanted to tell a story of hope and of coming into one’s own with a good measure of happiness and I… Read more Motivations. →
The other
When I created this painting, I was already sadly aware of the dangers inherent with being a woman of trans origin, not the least was the solitude, the exclusion and othering.I am actually fortunate to have encountered Dany when I did, it saved my life and I have had but privilege ever since, not a whole lot to complain about on a personal level. Yet I can get triggered by what passes as journalism and free speech that seeks to demean and demonize women of trans origin. I have lived… Read more The other →
