Last November 2012, a friend and I rented this house, after the one we were so stoke about burnt to the ground a few days before moving in.
The Ymir house, well is an old log cabin, which had a second floor added to it at some point. The place slowly became a living hell, my friend moved out in the spring and since I have had nothing but headaches from the owners.
When things were still going good, kirsten owner of Under the Willow, Inner Wellness, commissioned me for a sculpture, I delivered the sculpture on July 13, 2013, thinking all was well and thus my rent was paid. To this point I had been doing yard work for her and her husband, on their property. As well as bringing the house I live in up to snuff, with tonnes of yard work, clearing tree's, making flower beds, putting in a garden.
During the winter one of the wood stoves died, which sucked, than in January wasps started falling from the ceiling upstairs.
Anyways back to July and August, on August first I awake to the sculpture being dropped in the driveway along with a ten day eviction notice. My guess is Kirsten did not tell her husband about our barter arrangement. The commission sculptured had sat in her store for two weeks, she raved about it and posted pictures on facebook when she received the pieces. Suddenly the barter did not exist, the work I had done in her yard and on the sculpture were not going to cover my rent.
I had a feeling a few days before that something bad was going to happen so I filed with the rent review folks in Victoria. We had our hearing and I won, which rocks. Mike and Kirsten were given two weeks to fix the leaking roof, inspect and or replace the wood stoves, fix the broken cupboards, remove the twenty year old stained nasty carpets, remove the garbage pile, remove the semi trailer, and call pest control. Two weeks have passed and nothing has happened. They claim they never got the decision from rent review, even though I dropped a copy off too them last Monday as per the instructions from rent review. Mike refused to take it when I saw him to drop it off.
Mike and Kirsten have shown the house without permission and have tried to enter on several occasion when I have not been home. They have since served me with another eviction notice which I will fight.
The house is on the market to sell or rent and I do not want to see another tenant screwed by them. The folks that lived here before me, went through the same hell I am going through and no one should live in a house that has so many issues, including mold, the top floor slowly sliding off the main floor, the list goes on and on.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Yes mutate the soil
For decades you pump chemicals into the soil, you change the DNA of the plants grown in that soil, and you find that the weeds in that soil are different, stronger, weird weeds. This soil is so different now that I would wager even a normal seed (a heirloom seed) would probably not grow in this soil, so not only do we have an ocean filling with oil, we have soil that can not substain life in it's current state, unless that seed that is planted in that soil is also modified by man, this is not good, this is really very, very, very bad!!
What the faak have we done?
Really, what have we done?
This event will forever change our Oceans, if we don't stop our dependence on oil, today we have killed ourselves, and probably every living creature as we know it on this planet.
This event will forever change our Oceans, if we don't stop our dependence on oil, today we have killed ourselves, and probably every living creature as we know it on this planet.
Friday, July 17, 2009
What's new with me
Well great news!!!!
I have my first show in the USA, yes in New York City at Pier 94 in Manhatten.
The One of a Kind Show
When they first contacted me I figured it was spam and ignored it for a week, and finally decided I should check it out, I did and guess what I am going to be showing there......wooohoooo!!!!!
Pretty excited as you can tell.
Also purchased my first motor bike, a sweet little machine named little piggy after my deceased pug, Babette who we used to call piggy. The bike is a 76 Honda CJ 360 T and after taking her carb apart a few times I finally got her running, later this week a Buddy is going to set up the timing on her and than watch out.
Anyways hope to see you all in New York in December
peace
smiling marc
I have my first show in the USA, yes in New York City at Pier 94 in Manhatten.
The One of a Kind Show
When they first contacted me I figured it was spam and ignored it for a week, and finally decided I should check it out, I did and guess what I am going to be showing there......wooohoooo!!!!!
Pretty excited as you can tell.
Also purchased my first motor bike, a sweet little machine named little piggy after my deceased pug, Babette who we used to call piggy. The bike is a 76 Honda CJ 360 T and after taking her carb apart a few times I finally got her running, later this week a Buddy is going to set up the timing on her and than watch out.
Anyways hope to see you all in New York in December
peace
smiling marc
Saturday, February 21, 2009
A Sunny Saturday in the Koots
Well, hmmm, recovering from a wee hangover and pondering why our Government once again is willing to hand money over to the Auto Industry, let the lossers die, is what I say.
The Auto Industry has had years to update and get current, they failed, so it's time to let the next group take over, free enterprise right.....right.
My thoughts on it are as follows if our Government can bail out the Auto and Bank industry than why not take all the consumer debt that is racked up on credit cards and pay it off, no interest, no questions, no problems, cause once that debt is taken off of joe public's hands than mr joe and mrs joe public will start spending like crazy and isn't that what the big thinkers want, for us to get back in the saddle and spend like there is no tomorrow for a bunch of crap we don't really need.
We are being laid down a very dark and stupid path, and still we choose to follow, it is time for a revolt fellow Canadians and fellow Americans, time to stand up, tell our Government once and for all what we want and how we want it.
Oh ya and well I am ranting I think it is time that Nelson, BC, Canada tossed our local police force, we have a right to gather, we have a right to party, charging someone with mischief for having some friends over sounds awfully like a POLICE STATE.
peace
The Auto Industry has had years to update and get current, they failed, so it's time to let the next group take over, free enterprise right.....right.
My thoughts on it are as follows if our Government can bail out the Auto and Bank industry than why not take all the consumer debt that is racked up on credit cards and pay it off, no interest, no questions, no problems, cause once that debt is taken off of joe public's hands than mr joe and mrs joe public will start spending like crazy and isn't that what the big thinkers want, for us to get back in the saddle and spend like there is no tomorrow for a bunch of crap we don't really need.
We are being laid down a very dark and stupid path, and still we choose to follow, it is time for a revolt fellow Canadians and fellow Americans, time to stand up, tell our Government once and for all what we want and how we want it.
Oh ya and well I am ranting I think it is time that Nelson, BC, Canada tossed our local police force, we have a right to gather, we have a right to party, charging someone with mischief for having some friends over sounds awfully like a POLICE STATE.
peace
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Flagrant self promotion
Oh it's been awhile since I remembered I had a blog and actually got around to updating my mews and thoughts.......hmmmmmm what is a mew anyway, maybe I spelt it wrong, if I did let me know.....lol
Late on a saturday night and instead of being out and about we are at home and I decided to be productive with my time since the day was mostly spent playing civ rev on the ps3.
Anyways to make a short thought a long though I wanted to draw your attention to some of my creations at Etsy.com.
Have a Art show and sale coming up on December 13 which will turn into a celebration of Ry's 31 years on this here planet earth. Marcel Willaert, Adam Lebal and Lady V will be showing thier works in my home.
Pretty excited and have been sculpting up a storm.
oh ya and woohooo Obama, let's belief you are on the path to making the United States and the Western world a better place..............make wise choices man we are all hoping for a huge turnaround of this planet we call earth
Late on a saturday night and instead of being out and about we are at home and I decided to be productive with my time since the day was mostly spent playing civ rev on the ps3.
Anyways to make a short thought a long though I wanted to draw your attention to some of my creations at Etsy.com.
Have a Art show and sale coming up on December 13 which will turn into a celebration of Ry's 31 years on this here planet earth. Marcel Willaert, Adam Lebal and Lady V will be showing thier works in my home.
Pretty excited and have been sculpting up a storm.
oh ya and woohooo Obama, let's belief you are on the path to making the United States and the Western world a better place..............make wise choices man we are all hoping for a huge turnaround of this planet we call earth
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Security and Prosperity Partnership
Taken from a letter sent to all the constituents of the Kootenay region
from Alex Atamanenko, Member of Parliament, BC Southern Interior
All for them and none for us
U.S. Gains the Most under Security and Prosperity Partnership
On August 20-21 Stephen Harper welcomed George W. Bush and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon to Montebello, Quebed, to discuss the progress of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), a continental initiative launched in 2005 by Canada's than Prime Minister, Paul Martin at the famous 'Three Amigos Summit' in Waco, Texas. The deal is mainly about turning Canada and Mexico's resources into 'continental resources' for the benefit of the U.S. and big business interest.
The sole advisory body to the SPP process is the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), an elite body of 33 corporate giants, ten from each country with 3 more fro the U.S., charged with fulfilling the vision of the North American Heads of State. With no mandate whatsoever from the citizens of any of the three countries, they have been moving swiftly toward establishing a continental resource pact, a North American security perimeter as well as common agricultural, health, and environmental policies.
Detailed information has been difficult to obtain even for most Members of Parliament. Heavily censored documents obtained by the NDP through access-to-information requests led to only more questions.
Under a deliberate strategy to further avoid public scrutiny civil society groups such as labour unions, human rights and environmental organizations have been restricted from these discussions entirely. It was this exclusion that galvanized thousands of protesters to descend on Parliament Hill in Ottawa and in Montebello, Quebec during the summit, in a mobilization that was finally able to bring this secretive agenda into the public spotlight.
With a dizzying array of 300 policy initiatives, this agreement if implemented would affect virtually every aspect of our lives. The architects of this continental arrangement would have us believe that the SPP is simply about tweaking existing regulations between our three countries so that in the even of another 9-1-1 or other catastrophe, security crackdowns won't cripple cross-border trade. A closer look at what is on the table reveals a much deeper agenda.
Documents that were leaked to the Council of Canadians revealed that bulk water exports are being discussed as part of the SPP under the name 'Future of North American Environment 2025'. What's worrying is that under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), water is defined as a commodity and under the proportional sharing clause, once we start to export a resource, we cannot stop or decrease the percentage regardless of our own needs. A priime example of this clause can be seen with our oil exports; as long as it lasts we must forever ship out 62% of our oil and 56% of our natural gas production to the U.S., as we import90% of Quebec and Atlantic Canada's needs and 40% of Ontario's.
Energy integration is a key SPP priority. Alarmingly, Canada is the only industrialized nation with absolutely no national energy strategy and no emergency oil reserves of our own. Constrast that with the U.S. who is doubling its own emergency stash and now expect us to provide them with a five-fold increase in the rate of production from the Alberta tar sands. It is clear that Canada's government, whether Liberal or Conservative, have long been submitting to Washington's demands to provide the U.S. with its energy security while steadily giving away any possibility of ensuring our own. http://www.polarisinstitute.org/Energy
Another example which illustrates the effects of the SPP agenda is the effort to harmonize pesticide regulatations by increasing the allowable limits, in most cases to that of the States. This comes at a time when U.S. scientists and regulators have come out fighting against the brazenly overt corporate and political influence being wielded over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) they claim is making them nothing more than industry lapdogs. It seems to me that it is most unwise to align ourselves with this failed regulatory system at a time when standards are so obviously plummeting under George Bush's regime.
I would like to assure you that I and my colleagues will be intensifying the fight, alongside civil society groups and labour unions, to put the brakes on this secretive Secruity and Prosperity Partnership, until there is a meaningful public consultation followed by full debate and a vote in Parliament.
http://www.canadians.org/integratethis/
Alex Atamanenko
Member of Parliament
BC Southern Interior
Ottawa
Room 525 Confed Bldg.
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6
from Alex Atamanenko, Member of Parliament, BC Southern Interior
All for them and none for us
U.S. Gains the Most under Security and Prosperity Partnership
On August 20-21 Stephen Harper welcomed George W. Bush and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon to Montebello, Quebed, to discuss the progress of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), a continental initiative launched in 2005 by Canada's than Prime Minister, Paul Martin at the famous 'Three Amigos Summit' in Waco, Texas. The deal is mainly about turning Canada and Mexico's resources into 'continental resources' for the benefit of the U.S. and big business interest.
The sole advisory body to the SPP process is the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC), an elite body of 33 corporate giants, ten from each country with 3 more fro the U.S., charged with fulfilling the vision of the North American Heads of State. With no mandate whatsoever from the citizens of any of the three countries, they have been moving swiftly toward establishing a continental resource pact, a North American security perimeter as well as common agricultural, health, and environmental policies.
Detailed information has been difficult to obtain even for most Members of Parliament. Heavily censored documents obtained by the NDP through access-to-information requests led to only more questions.
Under a deliberate strategy to further avoid public scrutiny civil society groups such as labour unions, human rights and environmental organizations have been restricted from these discussions entirely. It was this exclusion that galvanized thousands of protesters to descend on Parliament Hill in Ottawa and in Montebello, Quebec during the summit, in a mobilization that was finally able to bring this secretive agenda into the public spotlight.
With a dizzying array of 300 policy initiatives, this agreement if implemented would affect virtually every aspect of our lives. The architects of this continental arrangement would have us believe that the SPP is simply about tweaking existing regulations between our three countries so that in the even of another 9-1-1 or other catastrophe, security crackdowns won't cripple cross-border trade. A closer look at what is on the table reveals a much deeper agenda.
Documents that were leaked to the Council of Canadians revealed that bulk water exports are being discussed as part of the SPP under the name 'Future of North American Environment 2025'. What's worrying is that under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), water is defined as a commodity and under the proportional sharing clause, once we start to export a resource, we cannot stop or decrease the percentage regardless of our own needs. A priime example of this clause can be seen with our oil exports; as long as it lasts we must forever ship out 62% of our oil and 56% of our natural gas production to the U.S., as we import90% of Quebec and Atlantic Canada's needs and 40% of Ontario's.
Energy integration is a key SPP priority. Alarmingly, Canada is the only industrialized nation with absolutely no national energy strategy and no emergency oil reserves of our own. Constrast that with the U.S. who is doubling its own emergency stash and now expect us to provide them with a five-fold increase in the rate of production from the Alberta tar sands. It is clear that Canada's government, whether Liberal or Conservative, have long been submitting to Washington's demands to provide the U.S. with its energy security while steadily giving away any possibility of ensuring our own. http://www.polarisinstitute.org/Energy
Another example which illustrates the effects of the SPP agenda is the effort to harmonize pesticide regulatations by increasing the allowable limits, in most cases to that of the States. This comes at a time when U.S. scientists and regulators have come out fighting against the brazenly overt corporate and political influence being wielded over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) they claim is making them nothing more than industry lapdogs. It seems to me that it is most unwise to align ourselves with this failed regulatory system at a time when standards are so obviously plummeting under George Bush's regime.
I would like to assure you that I and my colleagues will be intensifying the fight, alongside civil society groups and labour unions, to put the brakes on this secretive Secruity and Prosperity Partnership, until there is a meaningful public consultation followed by full debate and a vote in Parliament.
http://www.canadians.org/integratethis/
Alex Atamanenko
Member of Parliament
BC Southern Interior
Ottawa
Room 525 Confed Bldg.
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Patrons of the art community
Well I guess this is just a rant about how difficult at times it can be to be and artist and survive. I recently held a gallery showing in my home, outside of actually having to clean a house in which three guys live, two dogs, two cats and sometimes a turtle, with our assorted guests who drop by etc, it was a huge undertaking, not to mention that we live in an old drafty heritage home. So, OK it took me two days to get the downstairs looking like a place, that art should be hung and another full day to hang said art and than a whole day of me following around my house mates, to place their coats on the coat rack, dishes in the sink, pots in the sink, you get the idea.
The day of the show arrives and all is going great we have catered food, fine wine, and some beer for us beer doers, and well a fair expense has already gone into the show, with me flyering the town, making posts on facebook and tribe and dragging my butt out to various town events so as to personally invite those I knew would enjoy my works, and yes I even invited people I was not sure would enjoy my take on the world. The house got busy about sixty people walked through, a few small pieces sold, these all being under a hundred dollars, and of course the usual array of folks saying I want that, but I can't afford it at the moment could you hold it for me. Well it has been a month since the show, today I made a few calls to those who said they would buy, I have had one person come back twice to take a look again and try and decide which piece fits into their budget and which piece fits into their life. Well I am still waiting........lol, I know, mom I should of taken a deposit, one fellow promised he would be by with a cheque, for a particular piece that has gotten a lot of attention, the said piece I held for him no deposit, and well someone else offered cash for it but being an honest and caring guy, I would not sell it on the spot, I held on to said piece, well today I broke down and called the other guy the first one to place an item on hold, and wouldn't ya know, he has changed his mind, bought his partner and air hammer, hmmmmm I was pretty disappointed because I know his partner wants this piece, and I want him to have it, I even reduced the price a bit to make the sale, so to have it still hanging on my wall after all of this, and well with bills mounting, some from the show, some personal I was pretty crushed.
My question is why make the promise of a purchase from an artist than back out, this is our living, if we are honest and hold the piece in good faith, and than you back out after others have made an offer, should I proceed to take you at your word, or realize that because you receive a regular pay cheque, you have no idea that we live off of our art. I create because it is the choice I have made, to make sculptures, to challenge the way we see things, to make a statement, too amuse you. Now damn I have to pull out my credit card and hit the mall to buy my dad the gift he wants for his birthday and my parents anniversary, my plan had been to drop off the piece today, pick up the cheque and well get my dad the gift he wanted, now with limited funds I have to make a choice to send him something cheap in order that I have food for the next few weeks, till my next show.
So all I am asking you world is to be kind, if you see something you want and make an offer follow through, cause well we artist gotta eat too.
Gee now I feel better
cheers
Friday, November 2, 2007
Why am I an Artist?
Howdy Peoples
Thought I should address the question, why am I an artist?
Seems most of my life I have been creating back in the early 90's when I still had a real job, I would create beaded necklaces and such for gay pride every year in Toronto, ON, needless to say I made a killing, which would usually fiance a weekend in Montreal were I would promptly blow my wind fall. For years I worked in the main stream, but at night I would be out an about selling other things, I always had a day job, and some of them were rather high esteem jobs, but when my sister passed away I decided it was time to jump ship and move to Vancouver. Well things there did not go as planned, I got caught up in the world of after hours and selling drugs, soon I found myself on the wrong side of a pair of handcuffs. It was a rough year, and well I went back to selling but a good friend, a mentor at the time, challenged me to create a outfit for her for a local fashion show, put on by the House of Venus, (http://www.venushouse.com/v2/index.html), the piece I created, involved 16 lp's on her head all rotating as she walked, the bodice was a turntable gutted so as not to be heavy, but the table turned and the needle moved, for her leg coverings I used chain and leather, which happen to be a few of my favourite things. Well once I had her dressed and the prompters looked at her, looked at me with Mouthe's open and eyes huge, they decided to move her from the middle of the show to the end of the show, well when Chani walked out on stage, the crowd went wild, and my heart stopped, suddenly all eyes were looking for me. I was a sketch bag hiding in a corner and refusing to accept that one of my creations could cause this much of a rumble. From there I started to make my creatures, plants, costumes. I did a few more shows in Vancouver, split with my partner of the time, got into more trouble with drugs and gangs, found I needed to leave Vancouver, my world was crashing in, I went back to the only person I could trust at the time, my ex. He suggested we leave Vancouver so I could clean up, cause that is what I wanted, we went to the okanagan for a few months and worked on his uncles farm as I started to get clean and come down. We than ventured on to Nelson, and well it has been the best choice I have made in my life. The community here has helped me grow as a person and as an artist. I recently had a hanging, the first in almost two years and well I sold more pieces than I thought I would, and those that came through for the first time were surprised at what this local freak can do with wire and rock.
Now why do I create the things I do, well cause they are running around inside me head and must be set free. Sometimes it is a conversation with a friend and well I decide to create the thought they have transferred to me, their desire, their wish, I love commissions for that, hearing what another human being would like to see come to live and than going for it.
Some of my pieces have been to help me heal from all the years of drug abuse, from the root cause of the drug abuse which was grief and never understanding what it meant to be loved. Granted I have loved alot of people and still do but I did not understand how they could love me. But that's another topic for another time. Now I create to make the world smile, to make the world think, to make the world question and well to get these weird ideas outta my head and crawling around the real world.
peace
Marcel
Zietgiest The Movie
Recently after viewing a friends post on tribe.net my partner and I sat down to watch the streaming video of Zietgiest the movie. At first I was turned off a wee bit by the religious views that were being presented, not that I found anything wrong with what was being said, just that I have read alot, and well grew up a Baptist, who attended church at every opportunity, I was even accepted into the seminary but decided at the last moment to go to college instead, which was a very good thing cause I ended up coming out and having my church, my church that I grew up in kicking me out because I had come clean about being queer. Mind you my years in the church I knew there was something different about me but I had dated girls through high school and such. So at first I took it as attack on the church, but again, my view of the church or churches or organized religion if you prefer is pretty slanted, and these days I see it as an evil crutch for most of society. I won't give out the movie's views on the church but it is certainly enlightening.
The movie than moves on to chat about society, corporations etc. and well I must say it is pretty crazy, as my partner and I talked about the movie we realized what an effect it has on both of us. In my life I have wandered alot and have seen many things that I would not subject many people too, the world is a harsh place when you live on the streets. I find it amazing and have for many years, that most people are sheep, they follow like fools, they don't ask questions, they don't question authority, they just follow. I am hoping that this movie will affect enought people to change to question to look around and see that things are really not as they appear.
That almost every war that has happened has been about making money, nothing more, nothing less, that some of those we have held in high asteem do not deserve to be there, they should not be leading us.
I believe it is time for a revolt, a quiet revolution of change, we need to change, to embrace the earth we live on, to embrace those in need around us, each of us can make a difference, how do I know this, because I have tried to change, and in the process have helped others change thier thought processes.
So go ahead watch this flick, check out the links, and get back to me, let's talk.
peace
Marcel
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/index.html
The movie than moves on to chat about society, corporations etc. and well I must say it is pretty crazy, as my partner and I talked about the movie we realized what an effect it has on both of us. In my life I have wandered alot and have seen many things that I would not subject many people too, the world is a harsh place when you live on the streets. I find it amazing and have for many years, that most people are sheep, they follow like fools, they don't ask questions, they don't question authority, they just follow. I am hoping that this movie will affect enought people to change to question to look around and see that things are really not as they appear.
That almost every war that has happened has been about making money, nothing more, nothing less, that some of those we have held in high asteem do not deserve to be there, they should not be leading us.
I believe it is time for a revolt, a quiet revolution of change, we need to change, to embrace the earth we live on, to embrace those in need around us, each of us can make a difference, how do I know this, because I have tried to change, and in the process have helped others change thier thought processes.
So go ahead watch this flick, check out the links, and get back to me, let's talk.
peace
Marcel
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/index.html
New to the blogging world
Hi World
Well first off I guess I best introduce myself, I am Marcel Willaert, aka Spankymarc. I live in the beautiful town of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, my life here revolves around creating sculptures out of wire, rock and found objects, part of the reason for creating this blog is to get feedback on my works of art and well just to chat with the rest of the world.
Hmmm, some more interesting things about moi, I have two dogs, Biggs and Idonie, Biggs being a nine year old American Staffie, and Idonie being 1.5 yrs old and hell on four legs, but I love her, she came to me last year, after a year and a half wait, my previous girl, Babette passed away at the great age of 18.5 years and well I was pretty heart broken and needed time to heal and celebrate her life before I could go searching for Idonie. In the bubble that is the Kootenay's, (the region where I live) some of us koots realize that our paths are sometimes predetermined and in this case it was destined that I would meet Idonie when I was ready.
There are also two cats, Nigel and Wabi Sabi, Nigel just wandered into my life, he is my familiar, all black and very worldly, Wabi Sabi well she was at the vet clinic, she had been fixed but her original parents never came back to pick her up, so hence we meet and I feel in love with her, she has had an interesting life, she nearly died two Christmas's ago when she was struck by a car, but her will to live was great and we struggled together to bring her back to the little wandering rascal she is today. Oh ya I forgot to mention Queenie, my painted turtle, she came into my life oh about six years ago, she was only supposed to stay a few months while her owners went off to Thailand, but alas they never came back for her, so now she resides with me in the winter and with my friends in the summer as they have a large man made pond that suits her just fine as her summer home.
I guess it would be wise to mention my art, I am a mixed media sculpture kinda guy.....lol, I have a web site but it is extremely outta date, but if you wish you can find it at http://www.spankymarc.com/ your best bet though if you wish to see the newest creations are to log on to http://www.facebook.com/ and search for me under the name Marcel Willaert, I do promise to have a grand and beautiful site up soon. (soon be relative to the way I live, which means when I get around to actually doing something productive).
Let's see what else should I mention, oh ya I am gay, not by choice but I rejoice in who I am and what I have become, I have a very hot and lovely guy in my life, pretty new to each other still but we are progressing along just great, thank-you. I have spine issues which I may get into at some point in all this chat, which makes somethings a little more painful than others. I am 43 years young and pretty crazy about life and loving.
I view the world today as a pretty screwed up place and well my job or joy is to make those around me smile and ponder thoughts of how we can change the mess we have made into the world into, how to end the corruption that is our collective governments and corporations.
Anyways I should end this for now and get on with my day, if you have any questions I would love to answer them.
peace
Marcel
Well first off I guess I best introduce myself, I am Marcel Willaert, aka Spankymarc. I live in the beautiful town of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, my life here revolves around creating sculptures out of wire, rock and found objects, part of the reason for creating this blog is to get feedback on my works of art and well just to chat with the rest of the world.
Hmmm, some more interesting things about moi, I have two dogs, Biggs and Idonie, Biggs being a nine year old American Staffie, and Idonie being 1.5 yrs old and hell on four legs, but I love her, she came to me last year, after a year and a half wait, my previous girl, Babette passed away at the great age of 18.5 years and well I was pretty heart broken and needed time to heal and celebrate her life before I could go searching for Idonie. In the bubble that is the Kootenay's, (the region where I live) some of us koots realize that our paths are sometimes predetermined and in this case it was destined that I would meet Idonie when I was ready.
There are also two cats, Nigel and Wabi Sabi, Nigel just wandered into my life, he is my familiar, all black and very worldly, Wabi Sabi well she was at the vet clinic, she had been fixed but her original parents never came back to pick her up, so hence we meet and I feel in love with her, she has had an interesting life, she nearly died two Christmas's ago when she was struck by a car, but her will to live was great and we struggled together to bring her back to the little wandering rascal she is today. Oh ya I forgot to mention Queenie, my painted turtle, she came into my life oh about six years ago, she was only supposed to stay a few months while her owners went off to Thailand, but alas they never came back for her, so now she resides with me in the winter and with my friends in the summer as they have a large man made pond that suits her just fine as her summer home.
I guess it would be wise to mention my art, I am a mixed media sculpture kinda guy.....lol, I have a web site but it is extremely outta date, but if you wish you can find it at http://www.spankymarc.com/ your best bet though if you wish to see the newest creations are to log on to http://www.facebook.com/ and search for me under the name Marcel Willaert, I do promise to have a grand and beautiful site up soon. (soon be relative to the way I live, which means when I get around to actually doing something productive).
Let's see what else should I mention, oh ya I am gay, not by choice but I rejoice in who I am and what I have become, I have a very hot and lovely guy in my life, pretty new to each other still but we are progressing along just great, thank-you. I have spine issues which I may get into at some point in all this chat, which makes somethings a little more painful than others. I am 43 years young and pretty crazy about life and loving.
I view the world today as a pretty screwed up place and well my job or joy is to make those around me smile and ponder thoughts of how we can change the mess we have made into the world into, how to end the corruption that is our collective governments and corporations.
Anyways I should end this for now and get on with my day, if you have any questions I would love to answer them.
peace
Marcel
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