this episode is meant to both alleviate, comfort, laugh, rejuvenate and thrill your soul.

I’ve made the journey.

I’m weird. I don’t fit in. I know how much norms can hurt and divide.

Intersections? That’s where I am.

Joy? That’s where I live and create.

Norms have been one of my specific interests for so long,

as someone who’s searched for the blue print of living in society for a long long time…

I just want to tell you:

Let yourself be in all of your aspects.

Let your art shine through your wounds and your glory.

You’re not separate. You might feel different but you also can experiment this vital sense of belonging. That happens when you create both with your soul AND your body AND your mind. Take care of your bodyvoice to take care of your art.

Gentle warning:

this episode was made humor and therefore with love. The normal artists I mention are those who have a life that seem opposite to mine and yet sometimes they are so similar. When I say "normal artists", I will mention elements that concern me personally by contrast and others that I see around me or that I imagine.. do not seek for true or fake, to discern general from particular: there is none, for the same is true of the norm.

The norms in general have always fascinated me as a person who has long felt or believed different, fragmented, separated, To the point of writing a thesis when I went back to university at 30 years old to study sociolinguistics... since then I can say that I happily remain in the middle of many intersections.

To take distance and laugh at oneself is the most natural and powerful act to free ourselves from our neuroses and the beliefs we nourish about us, others, the world. The tone here is both ironic and tender. The new artist, on the other hand, is very real to me; he/she is the one to whom I address myself and with whom I collaborate, he is the one for whom I wrote my last book.

And whoever I’m writing this episode for, if it’s you, then welcome, and thank you for being.

Marion

PS: what is your current definition of being an artist? Did you ever think you had to fit in an artistic norm? Do you still struggle with it?

Memovoix bodyvoice practice - Youtube art channel - Instagram

Even creative spirits can burn out… here are some pieces of my own journey and a vulnerable sharing about my ongoing process with my upcoming book about ADHD and creativity (french edition - I hope I’ll be able to translate it).

Burning out of parenting,

out of work,

out of creating,

out of life?

Capitalism, religion, education, culture teach us that our worth depends on our results.

Craving for numbers and results is a modern addiction.

But pushing too much is often the sign of one of our deepest fears as humans:

the fear of not being loved.

Not being enough, not doing enough, not being recognized…. it all ends up with the same pattern: Love is missing somewhere inside of us.

And Love is energy.

I went through a burn out when I was a primary school teacher, about 10 years ago.

I know now that my exhaustion was a misleaded energy. I missed the things I loved to put energy in : creating, singing, being light, joyful…

As I’m struggling a bit through the last milestone of my upcoming book about creativity and ADHD, it seems to me the right time to give myself and maybe you too this nice reminder:

Keep your inner flame intact by keeping in touch with what brings you Love, lightness, pleasure.

Keep time where you have nothing to achieve, to finish, to compare with.

Keep some silence pockets too - one of my 32 mindful rituals for ADHD people…

And if you find yourself in a time of mental mist and physical exhaustion,

ask yourself:

where does my energy flow easily?

Even if your can’t do anything right now, just think about it: this sensory evocation will bring back in your body the sensations of lightness, pleasure that you need in ordre to pursue your journey.

For those like me who have to finish an artistic creation, let’s keep in touch with pure creative moments.

Don’t stay in the linear mood where everything has to be done step by step… be circular a bit too, don’t get back in the rigid way (yesterday I gave myself a special treat by doing some research for the cover of my next poetry book. Shhh! Yes I “should” have let this away until the present book is finished BUT atypical brains need fun and arborescent ways in order to stay healthy)

Here’s a bit of what I put into this episod.

Thanks for listening.

Take care of your art and take care of yourself,

Marion

Hi,

this episod was recorded at the end of 2022.

Friday is the day I use to tidy up my computer:

• deleting useless material,

• renaming what needs to,

• making space in the watch/listen list on youtube

• in other words: refreshing this virtual space in order to help my brain process better.

Actually I don’t know what happened but I found this recorded file that I did not share in time.

ADHD welcome! :) As I practice what I write in my upcoming book for artists dealing with ADHD, I took it one step at a time :

1 reframe the record

2 send it

3 don’t rush into making much more for today, no need to DO more but need to do LESS and let my nervous system take a rest in the sweet silence.

Just because my life is not on Substack… neither my creativity

(oh do you ever tell yourself the same? I’m litteraly exhausted if I take a look at all that is suggested on the feeds : overwhelming overbinging… quite painful when you have known ED by the way).

I might have been quite anxious and feeling perfectly imperfect about this lost episod.

I decided to share it to you, even with delay, even if I have already recorded 2 other episods in french since that one!

But I found that in the french episods I did not talk about vulnerability the way I did in this session. So this all sounds appropriate:

finding myself quite vulnerable at this time,

as I need both to rest AND to keep busy on my writing deadline,

as we’re all constantly rushed and overwhelmed in this messy suffering yet hopeful world,

I send you this as a nice reminder

to treat yourself kindly,

to keep yourself surrounded by inspiring nurishing gentle funny people (all in one would be great!) - quality over quantity

to laugh, to love, to live.

Take care of yourself to take care of your art, because this world needs healthy artists,

thanks for listening.

Marion

Do you meditate?

Do you have trouble with it, or does it help you in you art practice?

Did you ever consider building your own personal way of meditating, not just sitting silently on a cushion?

I started to meditate 25 years ago as I was this 18 very anxious-feeling-weird-and-separate girl.

Meditation and singing were two distinct parts of my life at that time.

Now my meditation practice supports and nurtures my art practice, both vocal improvisation and writing.

I realised through the years how vocal improvisation is close to the meditative spirit, and brought the same benefits.

And how meditation was really helping to bring more breath and easiness into my poetry writing.

In this episod I share some aspects of my art practice that have been transformed thanks to meditation. And how I finally feel this strong and natural unity within myself, joining all my parts into a more harmonious way of living.

I hope you will find some inspiration in my words.

Take care of your art

as you take care of yourself.

Marion

Bodyvoice flow to nurture your art practice

If you’re interested in reconnecting more easily with your creative flow, I invite you to the Bodyvoice flow sessions to discover a unique creative routine that you can make your own to anchor yourself in the present moment before moving to your art practice. We gently and creatively wake up our body and voice through intuitive movement, energetic exercises, guided vocal improvisation and a slice of reading poetry.

Each Saturday morning 9.00am CET or replay. Infos : Bodyvoice flow sessions

I took some time to sit with these questions:

• Am I really a creative loner ?

• Which environments give birth to my creation?

• How people are involved in my creation gesture?

• How I as a socially awkward person became this artist creating and co-creating naked soul into the world

• What kind of creative activity or creative stage of my process do I like to spend alone or to share with other people?

Though I may seem (even sometimes to myself) to be a lonely artist, 

I teach my bodyvoice practice to people in a co-creative way.

And there are also many beings involved in all of my creations… even if they don’t know about it at all. :)

I hope this episod will inspire you to have some reflections about your own ways, maybe to let go of those that don’t serve your creative soul, or maybe to develop those you feel like you need to expand your own creative voice.

Take care of your art

as you take care of yourself.

Marion

Hello,

how do you label yourself : amateur or professional?

Or some other category?

And what about your life? Do you consider your process your life as a professional or do you enjoy it like an amateur ?

In this episod:

1. why I still don’t manage to define myself in this world of constant duality.

2. a conversation about deserving to be a professional and being allowed to mix amateur and professional artworks in exhibitions

3. my only way to feel as a professional artist, even if I’m an outsider from some points of view.

I hope it resonates with you.

I would enjoy readings your comments and hearing about your own process!

Take care of your art,

Marion

🎶🙏👣 SUFFERING VS MASTERING

or : a famous singer, a zen master, can also endure ups and downs on their journey.

Healing is for everyone... even when you reached the stars once.

Do you know this pressure to reach a point where you would master

your art

your body

your life... ?

🎧 EP6 LIFE.CREATIVE PROCESS

In this new episod:

1. How I deal with imperfection as a…

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Initialement tout ça ne faisait qu’un épisode… bien trop long.

J’engage des conversations trop longues avec moi-même, et pourtant il en ressort parfois des choses auxquelles l’écriture seule ne me donnait pas accès.

Je ne dirai jamais assez à quel point le fait d’oraliser, prendre la parole, donner de la voix, nourrit l’écriture en retour. Les mots ne seraient rien sans la voix!

Il ne s’agit pas seulement de faire face à la douleur en tant qu’artiste appelé à créer, mais bien d’intégrer la douleur dans la création de notre vie. A mon sens la création c’est notre chemin de vie, et donc je ne sépare pas la démarche créative des uns et des autres… seul change le support, les moyens de s’exprimer, le temps consacré… et la façon de le vivre et d’en vivre.

L'épisode démarre à 5'35 à propos de la lecture de mon texte "Douleurs de ne pas écrire". L'extrait est à retrouver dans l'épisode 5 du podcast.

Bonne écoute!

0:00 Je souffre ET je crée - démystifier les idéaux

3:18 Reconnaître sa souffrance pour s’alléger peu à peu

5:35 Souffrir pour créer? Et Mozart alors?

9:50 Etre privée de sa voix de chanteuse - l'artiste peut faire alliance avec son corps 12:00 comment l’écoute de mon corps a radicalement changé mon enseignement de la voix

15:35 créer sa vie.voie les jours sans

17:15 évoluer sur sa Voie malgré la douleur - le chemin spirituel ne vise pas la non-douleur

Retrouvez l'ensemble de mes services sur https://memovoix.com Marion Dorval

Pour aller plus loin et ancrer en soi la sécurité intérieure pour oser sa voix.e:

- les consultations individuelles/abonnements Les mots doux et puissants

- les séances individuelles de chant créatif/soul songs

- les pratiques autonomes en ligne/ les séances Bodyvoice flow sur mon site https://memovoix.com

Prenez soin de votre voix.e, Marion

Hello,

are you dealing with chronic pain ?

I do.

I mostly write on a keyboard and know some days where my hands can’t bear it anymore.

This is why I spend more and more time - even during the good days - experimenting embodied writing.

In this short episod I share with you :

1 Why creativity can find a new breath through pain (even if it sucks at first !)

2 My ways of rediscovering handwriting and playful writing games and the power of poetry writing to empower your artistic path

3 A poem about the simplicity - Alda Merini

Take care, have fun, find each moment of feeling good as a gift to embrace inspiration.

Marion @hluizar

un épisode plus personnel sur la place de la douleur (physique et morale) dans mon processus créatif de vie. Je m'aperçois que j'ai fini par amalgamer douleur et souffrance par moments...

Merci pour vos likes.abonnements.commentaires, si cela résonne chez vous exprimez-le! :)

Minutage de l'épisode ci-dessous.

Prenez soin de votre voix.e,

Marion - Mémovoix

Soins de l'âme par les mots & la voix. Réunifier ses facettes, oser sa voiX.E

Pour faire appel à mes services, rdv sur mon site https://memovoix.com

🎶 Séances individuelles chant créatif et soul songs

🎶 Séances en ligne à la carte/ Bodyvoice flow ✉️ Consultation lecture d'âme /création poésie d'âme

🖋 Abonnement Les mots doux et puissants

📖 mes livres CORP(S)_US la délicate articulation du je-nous : https://memovoix.com/corps-us-livre/

0:00 : Mon vécu avec les douleurs chroniques

3:07 : parler publiquement de la douleur.souffrance avec justesse?

5:20 : la place de la reconnaissance dans la résilience

8:25 : le pouvoir de guérison de l'écriture incarnée

10:20 : la pratique du corps-voix-mots pour s'alléger

13:45 : "Douleurs de ne pas écrire" extrait de mon livre CORP(S)-US : la délicate articulation du je-nous (infos ci-dessus)

16:57 : être sa propre médecine par les mots et la voix

LIFE CREATIVE PROCESS EP #3

Being this true awkward presence in the world

Presence should be the most natural thing to experience in this world.

But it comes with so much injunctions, fears, rejections… many times we would like to be more present, many times we would like to avoid people, things, events…

What if being present could be experienced in a more « being » than « doing » pattern?

Meditation is of course a key to practice the art of being present.

But all our sensory experiments can help us there.

In this episode, I explore:

• how I use a foreign language to bring in me more awareness, truth and hopefully presence.

• how as a pupil and then a teacher, I experienced the evaluation of the presence in the classroom.

• our awkward precious ways of being present with our beloved ones.

• And I also mention two books which made me think about how presence can be defined in another way:

Radical friendship - Kate Johnson : being present does not mean being perfect and acting perfect! #buddhism #embodiment #metta #kindness 

Bewilderment - Richard Powers : the art of wondering in nature, which remembers us how to simply be present to ourselves and to others. #autistic #HSP #universal #intimate #nature #presentmoment

Thanks for listening.

Marion / hluizar

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Repeating is part of learning.

Part of growing.

Part of letting go.

I believe we have to repeat until our heart tells us we can break the loop and go further.

In this episod, I explore:

• My beliefs about repetition in life and in art: patterns in relationships, patterns in art

• The borders between routines, addictions, healing, suffering.

• My sensory experiences to get another lens about my repetitions

Thanks for listening.

With love,

hluizar

« Time for releasing

Time for being grounded

Time for blessing

and being blessed »

so this is the first episode of life creative process.

I record this one between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

So it seems to me that it perfectly resonates with the subject of today which is

LOVIN THE IN BETWEEN

but you might listen to it any day any how and I hope it will bring you a slice of peaceful tenderness toward your doubts and your insecurities.

Well we’re just in the middle of nowhere, like a piece of breath clenched between 2021 and 2022.

What’s  coming next?

In this episod:

The sense of releasing comes from deeply feeling

How art and especially music are perfect trainings to love the in between

My sensory experiences to cross the in between

Take care of your art, of your life, of your soul.

Thanks for listening.

Hluizar/Marion

Welcome to this very first episod of

Life creative process

In this podcast I want to share about how we feel, how we deal, when it comes about creation and life:

how we process from life to creation

how we process from creation to life.

This podcast is for those of you who create and live with high intensity and love for inner peace.

So here is the “zero” episod. I recorded it two months ago when I got this idea.

I wanted to leave a trace of this very particular moment when we get thrilled by what comes up to our mind and hearts, when we feel so much joy and excitment, knowing something new - someting ALIVE - is going to emerge from ourselves into the world.

I hope it will bring some releasing feelings, joy, compassion, laugh and connection.

Let me know if you relate to what I share with you.

Thanks for listening.

Hluizar/Marion