C. JoyBell C.'s Blog, page 35
February 7, 2014
Introducing My Muse
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Savonna Sanzeri, my Muse. Savonna Sanzeri is Filippa in Wolves of the Sapphire Sun.
Photography, hair, makeup, costume all by Corinne of Hampton Photography.
Photography, hair, makeup, costume all by Corinne of Hampton Photography.
February 6, 2014
Here's To The Wild Ones!
I haven't had a wink of sleep the whole night. Aside from the technological quirks that always seem to PMS at this exact point in the process of book-making (it's always a different, new issue for each book I publish), I have been pondering the photos from the Wolves of the Sapphire Sun photoshoot.
Choosing a Muse for my book-my story-my poetry, is a huge deal for me. It's not something I take lightly and I've been blessed good enough to have been presented with three beautiful girls to choose from!
Fact about this book— when I wrote it, I had "the differents" in mind. People who are labelled as clairvoyants, empaths, telepaths, telempaths, clairempaths, claircognizants, witches, wizards, indigo children and etc. Whatever names they've come up with to try and "understand" you— I had the YOU in mind when I wrote this book! I want this book to be a source of comfort and revelation for those of otherworldly origins/ who have otherworldly abilities and life stories to tell. It therefore follows that what I'm looking for in a Muse is someone who can embody that exact aura. I want to feel that aura when I look at her and when I look at my book cover. Of course, I could just be my own Muse for this book; but then there's just no fun in that! Hahha! So what I'm saying is, there's so much more that's going into this process than just choosing a beautiful face. I am, in fact, choosing an aura!
I hadn't seen Yukon (our wolf) prior to the photoshoot. But I had already envisioned him in my mind. Needless to say, the moment I did lay my eyes on him— he matched my visions precisely! Yukon is Ezekiel. He IS our wolf incarnate.
I think I've almost got this, and I should be able to introduce my choice of Muse to you, later today. As for my manuscript... don't worry, I'm killing the bugs and this should be good later in the day, as well.
I hope all of you are happy to join me on my journey of introducing to the world, a work which is entirely and extraordinarily dear to me.
Here's to the wild ones!
Choosing a Muse for my book-my story-my poetry, is a huge deal for me. It's not something I take lightly and I've been blessed good enough to have been presented with three beautiful girls to choose from!
Fact about this book— when I wrote it, I had "the differents" in mind. People who are labelled as clairvoyants, empaths, telepaths, telempaths, clairempaths, claircognizants, witches, wizards, indigo children and etc. Whatever names they've come up with to try and "understand" you— I had the YOU in mind when I wrote this book! I want this book to be a source of comfort and revelation for those of otherworldly origins/ who have otherworldly abilities and life stories to tell. It therefore follows that what I'm looking for in a Muse is someone who can embody that exact aura. I want to feel that aura when I look at her and when I look at my book cover. Of course, I could just be my own Muse for this book; but then there's just no fun in that! Hahha! So what I'm saying is, there's so much more that's going into this process than just choosing a beautiful face. I am, in fact, choosing an aura!
I hadn't seen Yukon (our wolf) prior to the photoshoot. But I had already envisioned him in my mind. Needless to say, the moment I did lay my eyes on him— he matched my visions precisely! Yukon is Ezekiel. He IS our wolf incarnate.
I think I've almost got this, and I should be able to introduce my choice of Muse to you, later today. As for my manuscript... don't worry, I'm killing the bugs and this should be good later in the day, as well.
I hope all of you are happy to join me on my journey of introducing to the world, a work which is entirely and extraordinarily dear to me.
Here's to the wild ones!
February 5, 2014
Introducing: Wolves of the Sapphire Sun
I can find no language to express my state of feeling towards my upcoming book, Wolves of the Sapphire Sun. I can't seem to form thoughts in order to to make you understand the mystery of this book and how proud I am, of it. I think that I will have to call it, indeed, a mystery, a state of feeling, since I simply can't express the sublimity of my attachment to the works contained in this book. It is indeed, a raw expression, a raw song, a loud call! I am eternally proud of this particular book of mine, I feel that it is a culmination of all my books of poetry and yet it is entirely distinct in itself.
And now, introducing the making of Wolves of the Sapphire Sun! Photography, costume, hair and makeup by Corinne Knapp Rogers of Hampton Photography NY.
A big THANK YOU to Savonna Sanzeri, Corrie-Anne Knapp and Danielle Ann Porcella for being a part of this extraordinary experience! A big THANK YOU to Anne Bassetti, Frank Bassetti and Donna Bassetti for allowing and encouraging Yukon (our wolf) to be the Alpha, leading man of our story! And of course, a huge THANK YOU to Corinne, for making my book cover dream come true!
I will be choosing a Muse for Wolves, to represent all the poetry and to embody Filippa (the main character of my poems), but regardless of whom I choose as Muse, every girl involved in this photoshoot has added to the flavour, to the experience, and I truly hope that I have been able to add to their own personal journeys, through my writing of this book. They'll always be my wolf girls!
Now to go pour myself a LARGE glass of wine! I am so happy, I have honestly cried just looking through the photo album! Again, Corinne, thank you for the tears of joy! Thank you, girls! And thank you, Yukon's family!
A viaxe continúa! Here's to the wild ones!
And now, introducing the making of Wolves of the Sapphire Sun! Photography, costume, hair and makeup by Corinne Knapp Rogers of Hampton Photography NY.
A big THANK YOU to Savonna Sanzeri, Corrie-Anne Knapp and Danielle Ann Porcella for being a part of this extraordinary experience! A big THANK YOU to Anne Bassetti, Frank Bassetti and Donna Bassetti for allowing and encouraging Yukon (our wolf) to be the Alpha, leading man of our story! And of course, a huge THANK YOU to Corinne, for making my book cover dream come true!
I will be choosing a Muse for Wolves, to represent all the poetry and to embody Filippa (the main character of my poems), but regardless of whom I choose as Muse, every girl involved in this photoshoot has added to the flavour, to the experience, and I truly hope that I have been able to add to their own personal journeys, through my writing of this book. They'll always be my wolf girls!
Now to go pour myself a LARGE glass of wine! I am so happy, I have honestly cried just looking through the photo album! Again, Corinne, thank you for the tears of joy! Thank you, girls! And thank you, Yukon's family!
A viaxe continúa! Here's to the wild ones!
January 27, 2014
Don't Get Stuck!
I feel the need to do the humans of Earth a good service in pointing out that too many of you are getting stuck in the muddy areas that surround the Path of Enlightenment. As a result, a great number of you are falling by the wayside and are on the brink of never even getting to the destination! Please allow me to "un-stick" you!
See, the first thing that happens to you is that you realize your worth and it’s during that time when you start seeing that you should not be begging for love, that you should be realizing and living your worth, whilst seeking people who will reaffirm that which you have found to be true about yourself... you might even get to the point when you start saying “I’m going to be the CEO of my life and remove and add people as they are beneficial to me and of service to me!” But that’s when you go off the deep end. You need to stop right there. Because the next step isn’t that, but the next step is when you come to know that since you have all of this worth, you ought to be able to give of that worth, give of yourself, add beauty to not only your life but the lives of people around you and you also begin to realize that everyone else has that same worth that you do! They might just not know it yet! You realize that you are a creator and that creators create beautiful things and share those beautiful things that they create! You realize that you are much more than someone who needs to be on a lookout for people to be of service or of benefit to you! You realize that you’re more than just a CEO of your life! You realize that you are in fact, an immortal soul and your vision begins to expand far beyond yourself, on towards others, out towards a whole, into the whole of the world, and even on into eternity. This is the highest stage of enlightenment. The CEO stage is something you’ll really need to step out of.
STUCK HERE?
YOU CAN STILL GET OUT!YOU CAN MAKE IT!
To Have An Eternal Relationship
Dreaming of that one eternal relationship? It really is just as simple as shifting your scenery. When you are given a certain window by society to look out of, and all you look out of is that certain window— that's the direction in which you are going to head. But once you shift your vision and begin to look out through a different window, you begin to cultivate the neurons in your brain to actually go into that direction you're looking into. Buying thick books on how to have good relationships is unnecessary. Here, I will give you the window to eternal relationships...
I believe that the most important thing for a couple of any sort, to realize in their relationship with each other, is that neither are a limited source. You see, the idea of the soul is that it is eternal and that it continually receives from an Eternal Source. So the idea in any relationship is never really what you can get from it; but the idea is what you can give to the other, what you can put into it. Withdrawing from eternity— and depositing into the physical realm. Of course, as you both give, you are also both receiving from one another, thus a beautiful relationship is formed and maintained. It’s that certain flow that needs to be encouraged and allowed. I say “allowed” because it’s natural, however, it’s usually not “allowed” because our human faculties are taught and bombarded by stupid ideas in magazines that relationships are all about what one can get from it; it’s never about giving! So in a nutshell, the idea is to give because you know that you are receiving from an Everlasting Source, but to also remain graceful and eager enough to also receive gratefully from the other. And this is how eternal relationships are born. We are all conduits of eternity and we happen to meet another conduit whom we feel we belong with, then we share what we receive from eternity and receive what the other has to share.
And now, just to give you an idea of how eternal and fathomless and limitless Eternity really is, here’s a short Astronomy lecture for all of you:
Let’s take a look at what we call “Molecular Clouds.” Molecular Clouds are regions in the universe where stars and planets are born. Within these regions, we find nothing but hydrogen, helium, a smaller quantity of other gases, all of this mixed with dust. Molecular Clouds are the “motherly wombs” of the universe, giving birth to stars and planets in extremely frigid, cold environments (-263 to -223 *C). Now, Giant Molecular Clouds are the clouds that exceed the mass of 100,000 Suns! Stop to think of the mass of our single sun. Then think about the mass of 100,000 of those. A single Giant Molecular Cloud exceeds the mass of 100,000 Suns and reaches up to 300 light years in diameter! Here’s the thing, in our galaxy alone, which we often refer to as the “Milky Way,” we have 1,000 - 2,000 Giant Molecular Clouds! That’s only in our galaxy, which is only one of billions of galaxies that have been discovered. The remaining undiscovered galaxies just in our own universe are probably times billions more than the number that we’ve already discovered. And the fact is already given that our universe is constantly expanding! Now think about this, we might not even be existing in only a universe. We might in fact be existing in a single cosmos which is only a part of the multiverse! That means there could very well be billions of other universes! This, my friends, is eternity! When you say “eternity,” Astronomy gives you a very good idea of what you're talking about!Bottom of Form
Moreover, what about applying this concept at a personal, individual level? Why don't we do just that:
When you see and know that your wellspring is an Eternal Source, and not other people around you, or your past experiences, not even your life story, that is when you are able to truly give to others, without running out and without feeling empty. Because I see God in everything that I touch and feel and think and because I believe that He sees me in everything, too, hence I am able to give to others without thinking of myself as limited source. What I have doesn't come from others, it doesn’t come from my life story and it doesn’t come from a box. What I have comes from a wellspring, an Eternal Source. The good news is that it never runs out, there is plenty for all and for everyone.
Now I'd just like to add, that if you do not believe in God as I believe in God, that does not mean you are incapable of understanding Eternity. On the level of Astronomy, we can all get a good grasp of what it means to be Eternal, whether or not there is a belief in God existing in the heart of the seeker, the knower, the asker, the thinker.
And that about wraps up my discussion for today, I hope this does nothing less than truly transform your lives!
xx
C. Bells
I believe that the most important thing for a couple of any sort, to realize in their relationship with each other, is that neither are a limited source. You see, the idea of the soul is that it is eternal and that it continually receives from an Eternal Source. So the idea in any relationship is never really what you can get from it; but the idea is what you can give to the other, what you can put into it. Withdrawing from eternity— and depositing into the physical realm. Of course, as you both give, you are also both receiving from one another, thus a beautiful relationship is formed and maintained. It’s that certain flow that needs to be encouraged and allowed. I say “allowed” because it’s natural, however, it’s usually not “allowed” because our human faculties are taught and bombarded by stupid ideas in magazines that relationships are all about what one can get from it; it’s never about giving! So in a nutshell, the idea is to give because you know that you are receiving from an Everlasting Source, but to also remain graceful and eager enough to also receive gratefully from the other. And this is how eternal relationships are born. We are all conduits of eternity and we happen to meet another conduit whom we feel we belong with, then we share what we receive from eternity and receive what the other has to share.
And now, just to give you an idea of how eternal and fathomless and limitless Eternity really is, here’s a short Astronomy lecture for all of you:
Let’s take a look at what we call “Molecular Clouds.” Molecular Clouds are regions in the universe where stars and planets are born. Within these regions, we find nothing but hydrogen, helium, a smaller quantity of other gases, all of this mixed with dust. Molecular Clouds are the “motherly wombs” of the universe, giving birth to stars and planets in extremely frigid, cold environments (-263 to -223 *C). Now, Giant Molecular Clouds are the clouds that exceed the mass of 100,000 Suns! Stop to think of the mass of our single sun. Then think about the mass of 100,000 of those. A single Giant Molecular Cloud exceeds the mass of 100,000 Suns and reaches up to 300 light years in diameter! Here’s the thing, in our galaxy alone, which we often refer to as the “Milky Way,” we have 1,000 - 2,000 Giant Molecular Clouds! That’s only in our galaxy, which is only one of billions of galaxies that have been discovered. The remaining undiscovered galaxies just in our own universe are probably times billions more than the number that we’ve already discovered. And the fact is already given that our universe is constantly expanding! Now think about this, we might not even be existing in only a universe. We might in fact be existing in a single cosmos which is only a part of the multiverse! That means there could very well be billions of other universes! This, my friends, is eternity! When you say “eternity,” Astronomy gives you a very good idea of what you're talking about!Bottom of Form
Moreover, what about applying this concept at a personal, individual level? Why don't we do just that:
When you see and know that your wellspring is an Eternal Source, and not other people around you, or your past experiences, not even your life story, that is when you are able to truly give to others, without running out and without feeling empty. Because I see God in everything that I touch and feel and think and because I believe that He sees me in everything, too, hence I am able to give to others without thinking of myself as limited source. What I have doesn't come from others, it doesn’t come from my life story and it doesn’t come from a box. What I have comes from a wellspring, an Eternal Source. The good news is that it never runs out, there is plenty for all and for everyone.
Now I'd just like to add, that if you do not believe in God as I believe in God, that does not mean you are incapable of understanding Eternity. On the level of Astronomy, we can all get a good grasp of what it means to be Eternal, whether or not there is a belief in God existing in the heart of the seeker, the knower, the asker, the thinker.
And that about wraps up my discussion for today, I hope this does nothing less than truly transform your lives!
xx
C. Bells
January 26, 2014
Eat Cake and Laugh
You can find this in my upcoming book, Wolves of the Sapphire Sun! Coming soon! I hope that you will love it!
Eat Cake and Laugh
You are too seriousYou need to take your shoes offMore oftenYou need to laugh louderAnd more than you laugh nowYou need to eat weird thingsAnd then laugh at the factThat you eat weird thingsMaybe one dayYou should take off all your clothesAnd jump into a lakeMaybe one dayYou should walk aroundIn a patch of clovers BarefootAnd watch the bats fly around overheadWhile you try to take away the moonMaybe one day you shouldTurn into a wolf and say“Oh how wonderful it isTo be so free like this”And then you will eat cakeLots and lots Of cakeDrink some Vodka
Too
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Eat Cake and Laugh
You are too seriousYou need to take your shoes offMore oftenYou need to laugh louderAnd more than you laugh nowYou need to eat weird thingsAnd then laugh at the factThat you eat weird thingsMaybe one dayYou should take off all your clothesAnd jump into a lakeMaybe one dayYou should walk aroundIn a patch of clovers BarefootAnd watch the bats fly around overheadWhile you try to take away the moonMaybe one day you shouldTurn into a wolf and say“Oh how wonderful it isTo be so free like this”And then you will eat cakeLots and lots Of cakeDrink some Vodka
Too
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People
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Wolves of the Sapphire Sun. I hope you will love it!
People
Just the way that people’s fleshCovers their bonesAnd creates a formThat’s covered in that skinSome freckledOthers dimpledThere are little hairs in all placesAll of this togetherAlong with their sweatThe scent of pheromoneThe specks of golden hewIn the eyesCreate etchesAgainst this stuffWe call the air around usAnd sometimes they sighThey close their eyesDust lands on their eyelashesSometimesOr a snowflake when it’s wintertimeAnd those eyes can containFear or loveSometimes fear and love at the same timeThe way breath sounds on your ear
Is warm and hollowBut full at the same timeFull and held within itselfWithin lungs and then upon lipsAnd nostrilsIn and outThey breatheIn and outAnd so these sketches moveAnd they feel and they seekThey are lost And then foundThey grow up and then down All of these people
Copyright © 2014 Wolves of the Sapphire Sun C. JoyBell C. All rights reserved.
People
Just the way that people’s fleshCovers their bonesAnd creates a formThat’s covered in that skinSome freckledOthers dimpledThere are little hairs in all placesAll of this togetherAlong with their sweatThe scent of pheromoneThe specks of golden hewIn the eyesCreate etchesAgainst this stuffWe call the air around usAnd sometimes they sighThey close their eyesDust lands on their eyelashesSometimesOr a snowflake when it’s wintertimeAnd those eyes can containFear or loveSometimes fear and love at the same timeThe way breath sounds on your ear
Is warm and hollowBut full at the same timeFull and held within itselfWithin lungs and then upon lipsAnd nostrilsIn and outThey breatheIn and outAnd so these sketches moveAnd they feel and they seekThey are lost And then foundThey grow up and then down All of these people
Copyright © 2014 Wolves of the Sapphire Sun C. JoyBell C. All rights reserved.
That's What I'm Talking About!
"We are all united by both pain and love. Both a smile and a wound. We are all united by these very basic yet very influential things, because we all recognize them, we all know what they feel like to have or to give. Everything else, all the other things that do not unite us— those things are all illusions." — C. JoyBell C.
January 20, 2014
A Little Pink Book for Valentine's Day!
Click here for direct store.This little pink book is a sweet treasure for you this Valentine’s Day! Introducing the limited edition Vade Mecum for the Feast of Saint Valentine, 2014. Within this small and very pink fieldguide- for- life, you will find C. JoyBell C.’s world-renowned aphorisms, more commonly referred to as “C. JoyBell C. quotes.” An indispensable source of beauty, truth, wisdom (and love); this book is styled to be savored and cherished for life, to be handed down through generations, to become your very own vade mecum. Valentine’s Day is for lovers of every kind, but more than that, it is for those who love themselves, buy themselves chocolates whenever they want and laugh too much all throughout the year! You are wished a very happy and memorable Day of Love (and Chocolates!)
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January 9, 2014
With a Piece of Chalk
I've watched this video four times now, each time I watch it, tears stream down my face! I need to share it with everyone...
