Manifesto of the Blooming Moon by Chloe Lalonde

Manifesto of the

Blooming Moon A List of Rules, Beliefs, and Values ChloĂŤ Lalonde

Manifesto of the Blooming Moon A List of Rules, Beliefs and Values

ChloĂŤ Lalonde

Manifesto of the Blooming Moon

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Manifesto of the Blooming Moon

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Manifesto of the Blooming Moon

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Manifesto of the Blooming Moon

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PREAMBLE /hypothesis or introduction, intention, prologue, and foreword. Even prelude, and preface, some other fancy words Google suggests. A letter, to you, from me.

I was always interested in storytelling, it’s in my family, in my blood. Narrative & Definition Who am I? What do I mean? What meaning is there? I always compared myself to a character in a movie. It’s how I validate myself. How would a writer describe me? What are my quirks? How would I, as an artist and a writer, describe myself? The girl with red fair, fair skin, hardly any freckles and dark eyebrows. She who has difficulty [verbally] expressing herself. Never seeming to find the proper words to describe the colours. She thinks too much. Obviously. How typical. But it’s true. This is an ode to myself, my home, my space, my truth, and my lies. Some text. My hypothesis is that I will not feel any lighter when this is complete. Sorting through thoughts, feelings, emotions and plans. Mapping myself out may not be as satisfying as I thought. Or maybe it will be.

RU BEL VAL

LES IEFS UES

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RBV1: OF THE SELF, INDIVIDUAL SELF & OTHER SELVES

Your self is unique, although from a common energy source, the individual self is alone, like a snowflake, it is different than others before and after it.

The individual self, the you who you are, can learn from the self of others, and can grow in their paths. Your individual self will have an influence, make a difference, as the other selves around you will.

Labeling the self is immoral. It may serve to ease the mind, but it is better to come to ease with the thought of being completely individual, completely yourself.

Label-less (Multimedia, Multi Individual) 2016

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RBV2: Be free in your expression.

And in it, do your best to do no harm to yourself, or anyone and anything else.

BeeeeFreeee (The Essence of Freedom) 2016 15

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RBV3:

TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED !!!! INCLUDING ALL [NON-HUMAN] THINGS NATURAL AND UNNATURAL YES THIS INCLUDES THE ENVIRONMENT, AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS ANYTHING CREATED BY MAN, FOR MAN BE RESPECTFUL AND GIVE THANKS

Ring Rule (The Essence of the Golden Rule) 2016 17

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RBV4: Telling the truth is not always the best policy. But a version of the truth must always be told.

Somethings are better left unsaid.

There is no such thing as sin, no such pure clarity between the good and the evil. What is right may not always be what is good, and just because something is not good does not make it bad.

Whatever you choose to do, remember to be total in your actions.

The Essence of] Honesty + Lies (Juxtaposition, diptych) 2016 19

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RBV5: OF FORCE & FLOW

Let yourself float. Let yourself absorb. In time you will glide into your perfect fit. Do not use force, for you have no need to. It is not made to be that way. Force does not mean effort. Effort is natural. Force is unnatural. Let yourself be carried by the flow of your [controlled] actions. Do not be sloth in action. Nor succumb to greed. Make the best decisions for yourself, and let that carry you.

FF 2016 21

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RBV6: Love is real and stronger than anything. Love has a magnetic strength, affecting everything it touches, and everyone in its path. Love is everything. It cannot be defined, only felt. Not even my translation is accurate. Love is greater than anything I can imagine. But Love is not permanent. Eventually it will die alongside you and I, when there is no one and nothing left to love. We will no longer feel it, it will have disappeared to us. But like life itself, Love is an energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed, it grows on, it will spread from individuals to individuals throughout time. It will always be present as long as the universe is alive, and beings are still capable of loving. To one in Love, it is all that seems to matter. It is like a gas that takes over all the space it is given. Love can be chaotic and toxic and dangerous. It can be ephemeral, and yet it can be wonderful and everlasting and beautiful and simple.

Literal Translation The additional influence of the colours associated to Love by society truly cloud the translation. But in actuality the word itself - L O V E contains a majority of letters whose colour blur with those adjacent to it. But in this case, the letters L-O-E overpower the plum-like colour of V, rendering the word virtually colourless.

The Essence of Love is this: love is everything, it cannot be translated into colour other than in a literal letter-by-letter sense - Love is Chaos, and Chaos is King.: Love Complications [Frustrating] 2016 23

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RBV7:

Urges should not be repressed.

Repression is not healthy.

Always carry out actions, feelings and whatnot, wholly. Be whole in your actions. Be complete. Be total. Do not hold back. Holding back is a restriction of the self, and when you restrict the self, you repress. You no longer are true. You have became false. Be total, think totally, then act totally. Be true to yourself.

The Essence of Repression (do not be tempted by the colours or the urge - Deceiving), 2016 25

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RBV8: OF SPIRITUALITY, RELIGION, & THE UNIVERSE

Jesus was a prophet, like Muhammad, like Moses, like Gautama Buddha and many others.

There is a Great Power. A creator. A Holy Spirit. A something.

We are all sons and daughters of the Great Power.

It is possible to reach a higher state of consciousness through ultimate awareness, wisdom, knowledge and acceptance.

[Chakra] Meditation and other similar phenomena are made possible through visualization and empathic awareness.

Energy never dies, it transforms.

Untitled, Uni V, 2016 27

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RBV9:

Observation, Ponderation, and Listening

is key.

These three lead to a deeper UNDERSTANDING. And to understand is one of the most important things.

The Essence of Understanding What Is U? 2016

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RBV11: Society is a construct.

It has been constructed to keep order and stability to provide a sense of belonging and purpose. But this sense may be false. As this construct is highly faulty. One must be aware of this. What ever is constructed can also be deconstructed.

The Essence of Reality, The Essence of Construct, The Reality of Constructed Society, 2016 31

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RBV12: Practice Impermanence. It is important to know that nothing is permanent. The body never stays exactly the same. Neither does the mind. The mind and the body are in constant states of flux. Emotions are not permanent. Emotional states are not permanent. Physical states are not permanent. The body is not a permanent structure, it will eventually decompose. But decomposition is not permanent. For from it, plants will grow. Death is not permanent. Life is not permanent. Change is inevitable. Evolution is inevitable. Flux is inevitable. Growth is inevitable.

Dirty a Clean Slate, Clean a Dirty One, 2016

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POSTSCRIPT /conclusion

or ending, finale, fin, epilogue, finish, close. You get the point

It worked. I think.

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Artist Book Produced by ChloĂŤ Lalonde October 2016