Colour Inspiration
Inspiration - where does it come from? When inspiration strikes it feels like magic, another dimension reaching out and whispering it’s secret. When it eludes you it feels like you will never have another creative idea for the rest of your life. In short inspiration in art is a most elusive and fickle friend.
Inspiration - where does it come from? When inspiration strikes it feels like magic, another dimension reaching out and whispering it’s secret. When it eludes you it feels like you will never have another creative idea for the rest of your life. In short inspiration in art is a most elusive and fickle friend.
When I’m creating my art prints and I say art prints rather than the singular art piece because turning them into prints is always part of the vision (although why is a topic for another time), I look for colours in my everyday that just happen to collide in most unexpected and delightful ways. Whether it's from the plate, I just ate a delicious pastry from and then happened to place it on a recipe book left open on the coffee table (as pictured on this blog post) or from mix-matched bath towels hanging against the tiles of an outdated yet cheerful bathroom. It is in this meeting of colour within the practical things we use every day that the spark of inspiration begins to stir, even if I’m not sure what direction it's taking me, I’m down for the ride.
I suggest taking photos of these meetings of colour in order to build up a library of inspiration to have on hold. There is just something about these different colours and shapes in our everyday that, for me at least, begin to open up new ideas. It is no surprise, I guess when you break down what art is at its core: the gathering of the life we observe as we try to make sense of it and express our perspective or, at the very least, come closer to understanding this thing called the human experience.
Happy colour collating in your everyday!
Delaquise
Everything is connected
It’s been over a week now since I deleted my posts on social media and decided to delete the apps from my phone altogether and I’m not going to lie, it hasn’t been easy. However I wanted to get rid of the distraction and
It’s been over a week now since I deleted my posts on social media and decided to delete the apps from my phone altogether and I’m not going to lie, it hasn’t been easy. However I wanted to get rid of the distraction and the ever nagging feeling that I must post, share, post, create, post in this never-ending cycle of content creation, which is not at all where I wanted my creative energy to go. So here I am on my blog sharing a little of my work without the pressure for likes or approval of any kind.
This is a photo of a piece I’ve been working on lately under the working title Everything is Connected, it won’t be available as an art print for quite a few months but I just wanted to share a little of the process. I like where it’s going so far although I feel a little unsettled in saying it. I always seem to get this feeling of panic, if by some miracle I actually like how the painting is going I feel sure that I will mess it up in the next step. So for now it is on hold while I concentrate on a piece of music I’m composing called Catching the light, as I wait for the courage to take up the brush again.
Anyway that’s all I had to share, maybe this will become and art print one day or maybe it will just end up being something I paint over and try again some time. I guess that’s why art is a living thing, it’s always changing or at least it should be.
Pink
I hated pink as a child
Pink was a box or a cage
In pink I was only a girl
Pink was the colour I fought
Today I like pink in the winter sun
I hated pink as a child
Pink was a box or a cage
In pink I was only a girl
Pink was the colour I fought
Today I like pink in the winter sun
I wear it sometimes but prefer green
It’s funny how subtle a rebellion can be
The colour of resistance in hues of pink
From a seed
What if
Life could be
Peaceful
The road not yet taken
The formula gone
Creating beauty
From a seed
Watching it grow
Leaving only what life needs
Nothing more
What if?
Hope conquered fear
And joy was for all
A better world, for sure
Moving past what has had its day
No perfection, please
Just free
Available as an art print here.
Where has all the colour gone?
Where has all the colour gone? My latest single release.
Where has all the colour gone? Is out Now take a listen on your favourite streaming service now.
As always I began this song by writing the lyrics, however when it came time to complete the music I tried something new. Firstly I sat with the feelings evoked by the story within the lyrics and then I sat at the piano with those feelings, chose a random key and then just started playing notes that felt right. Listening intently as one section flowed into the next.
Where has all the colour gone? - Lyrics
A flower picked too soon
I was younger once
But I didn't know that then
Left dreaming, heart beating
Stopped at a crossroads
Time travelling in the past
Give all you can
Don't be left lingering
In the prime of life
Like a woman fading
If the clouds are gathering
Leave, what you don’t need
Here today, gone tomorrow
Summer anthem of our youth
Caught in the rush of life
Sun shining bright
Another drink for the road
The one rarely travelled
And stories waiting to be told
Dance your troubles away
In the prime of life
Like a woman fading
If the clouds are gathering
Leave, what you don't need
Lines of shattered tokens
Have nothing much to say
Bring you to your knees
Take all you need
Where has all the colour gone?
White rooms and empty spaces
We're just tracing circles
Howling at the moon
If the clouds are gathering
Leave what you don't need
Leave what you don’t need
Living on the edge of time
Living on the edge of time out now.
From poetry to music, I share with you “Living on the edge of time”. Its been a long journey but here I stand grateful for the opportunity.
Living on the edge of time
To take a listen on your favourite service click here
Track Listing
Living on the edge of time
TRACK NAME
1.Blossoming Again Camille Delaquise 04:44
2.Strange Weather Camille Delaquise 03:55
3.The Temple of Neon Lights Camille Delaquise 03:00
4.Song Four (The Romance is Over) Camille Delaquise 03:38
5....Because I Was Born A Girl Camille Delaquise 04:15
6.Pocket Note for The Dark DaysCamille Delaquise 04:05
7.Over The Rainbow Camille Delaquise 03:08
8.A Little Gypsy Song Camille Delaquise 03:19
9.Never-Ending Story Camille Delaquise 06:13
10.Time Passing By Camille Delaquise 03:40
11.Litte Bird (a Poem) Camille Delaquise 01:59
Strange weather - New Single
Strange weather, new single release.
Strange Weather
Strange weather is out today you can listen here.
Strange Weather - Camille Delaquise
We've known for awhile now
Alarm bells sounded
Broken promises falling like ash
Thick air and grey skies
When will we see the light
We're dying
When we gonna change our ways
Set sail for a new day
There's some strange weather coming
And it's no surprise
We all loved that money
But it never did love us the same
Fossil fuels choking out
Their last breath
Responsibility lies heavy
Water dripping on a stone
Rain falling isn't so peaceful anymore
It's a humbling thought
Living on the edge of time
Like the last leaf falling
How many days
How many chances
Will we let pass us by
The message is clear
No time to waste
There's some strange weather coming
And it's no surprise
We all loved that money
But it never did love us the same
Fossil fuels choking out
Their last breath
Responsibility lies heavy
Water dripping on a stone
To find out more about my music, art and poetry check out the music page.
The Precipice
The Precipice follows from my previous works, Behind the Facade and Rise. This work finds itself at the place in which the world now collectively holds its breath as we try to overcome the existential threats currently facing humanity. However, the threats of climate change and nuclear war have a common underlying cause: rising inequality.
The Precipice
The Precipice follows from my previous works, Behind the Facade and Rise. This work finds itself at the place in which the world now collectively holds its breath as we try to overcome the existential threats currently facing humanity. However, the threats of climate change and nuclear war have a common underlying cause: rising inequality.
In this context, inequality is, at its core, the battle of people over profit. Extreme wealth is growing to become an unaccountable governing power (as money transforms into power) around the world and, as such, becomes a threat to the world.
It's time to get political, for people to participate in the debate, to examine where we stand, and decide what kind of future world we want. In short, it is time for some deep reflection. These conversations help inform public opinion that, in turn, has the power to guide government policy. A government is nothing without the support of the people.
There are some pressing issues to take another look at, such as the function of an economy. I believe its role is to civilise trade, but in order to do that, it must put people before profit; it is the only way to achieve a decent society. A society that can resist the shackles of minority rule can solve the core issue of inequality.
Within a more equal world, the collective self-interest would shift to protecting life rather than exploiting it. For who would choose to be exploited if they had the power to choose?
Humanity may be on the precipice, but a better world is possible. Feeling secure is the starting point: when we are secure, we are able to cultivate productivity and create beauty.
This poetry collection confronts the world unapologetically as it is, an unequal world facing the ramifications of gross inequality. We have the resources to solve our problems. Will we address the core issue of our existential crisis, or will we continue the delusion of tinkering at the edges?
A brief overview of the two books that set the groundwork for this collection.
Behind the façade
Actions flow through from me to you
Connecting all paths, all walks of life
No island escapes what the weather brings
Brought together by a common thread
Binding ever tighter
Rise
Not fit for purpose, a ruling class
Capitalism rules with absolution
People come second, earth a distant third
The race is over, we all lost
Change is on the way, one way or another
To purchase a copy of my poetry book The Precipice Click Here.
No apologies - 4zzz Brisbane
Had so much fun chatting with the girls from No apologies on Brisbane radio 4zzz.
Had so much fun chatting about music, art and poetry with the girls from No apologies on Brisbane radio 4zzz.
RTRFM - Interview
I will be having a quick chat with Bec from RTRFM 92.1 in Perth about my new single Blossoming again. Tune in AWST: 11.30 am (1.10pm EDST) on Friday 1 October
RTR FM Radio Perth
I will be having a quick chat with Bec from RTRFM 92.1 in Perth about my new single Blossoming again. Tune in AWST: 11.30 am (1.10pm EDST) on Friday 1 October
Blossoming again - Single release
Blossoming again is a story about reflecting on the status quo and challenging it. Letting go of this notion of a perfection, always striving to keep up, this pressure often leads to escapism. But what if we refuse to conform to these rigid stereotypes, what if different isn’t defective and what if success cannot be reduced to one simple formula. Like in the music industry that has somehow constructed this formula that means music belongs only to youth. How ridiculous really, I mean our stories surpass youth so then must music as a storytelling tool.
Blossoming again
Blossoming again is out in the world available on all streaming platforms here is a link https://ffm.to/blossoming
Some wish for continuous sunshine
I just want some shade
Both whisper the allure of escape
You don’t feel broken in a new dress
This ain’t my first heartbreak
Won’t you leave me just one little piece
This is my life
I’m gonna take it back
Watching leaves turn and fall
The dark before the dawn
Transformed, shedding the old
Winter holds her own majesty
Even when memories overstay
Playing on repeat
No shelter from the storm
The winds will change
This ain’t my first heartbreak
Won’t you leave me just one little piece
This is my life
I’m gonna take it back
Sitting at my desk morning breaks the spell
Tending the forgotten garden
Blossoming again
A butterfly takes to the sky
Tears have fallen
Rage paid a visit
Hate faded away
Love endured it all
In the end, this life is mine
It belongs to me
Camille Barr
You could purchase the art print for Blossoming again here.
Correnti Incrociate
So honoured to have 3 poems included in this amazing project! Wildflower, What would you say if you knew? & Eradication of absurd wealth. ITALIAN STUDENTS TAKE LITERARY TRANSLATION TO A NEW LEVEL English-language poetry transformed in the hands of postgraduate students at the University of Salerno
So honoured to have 3 poems included in this amazing project! Wildflower, What would you say if you knew? & Eradication of absurd wealth.
ITALIAN STUDENTS TAKE LITERARY TRANSLATION TO A NEW LEVEL
English-language poetry transformed in the hands of postgraduate students at the University of Salerno
Literary translation is a skill that sits comfortably in the background when it’s done well, invisible to the eye and ear; an art form in its own right to delight and engage its audience in whatever language they find it.
Correnti Incrociate (‘Cross-currents’), the latest in the poetry chapbook series from Mosaïque Press, is one such gem – with a twist sure to delight lovers of language and artistic expression. Alongside the Italian interpretations of 49 English-language poems in this 150-page volume are the originals, line for line, to provide fascinating insights into language itself.
Correnti Incrociate is the result of a collaboration with the University of Salerno’s Department of Humanities, in which postgraduate students studying literary translation with Prof Linda Barone translated poems selected by book co-editor John Eliot.
“I was interested in giving the students an experience of works that they might not normally come across,” he said. “Of course, quality was also important.”
Here is an anthology that reflects excellence in poetry; an anthology with as many different styles as poets. The subject matter is equally broad and ranges from freedom’s never-ending will , an appreciation of Brugel, and observing Amish on a pier, to navigating Kings Cross station, and speculating on Kalashnikov’s regrets. “The list is quite endless,” said Eliot.
Publisher Chuck Grieve said: “It’s been a delight to produce this book. The poems are consistently entertaining and thought-provoking, and the great thing about the face-to-face format is you don’t need fluency in Italian to appreciate how they work in that language too.”
Eliot, whose involvement with the 2019 Salerno Literary Festival led to the companion chapbook Canzoni del Venerdi Sera, said: “This whole exercise has been a pleasure from start to finish. I want to thank all at Salerno University who were involved in the project and of course the poets without whom this would not have been possible. We’ve produced an anthology that we can be proud of.”
Correnti Incrociate is published on 1 June by Mosaïque Press, priced at £6.99, and available through online retail bookshops.
Surf Coast Times - Household name opens up about directing new music video
Torquay-based poet, songwriter, storyteller and dreamer, Camille Barr, better known by her stage name Camille Delaquise, has teamed up with Nicky Buckley to create a new music video which focuses on gender equality.
…Because I was born a girl
“Nicky said that for every song there are different interpretations but this song resonated with her after growing up in a household with four brothers.” Nicky Buckley
Great little write up about …Because I was born a girl music video.
Geelong Advertiser - Nicky Buckley: Sale of the Century star directs music video
Great write up in the Geelong Advertiser about Nicky Buckley and …Because I was born a girl music video.
…Because I was born a girl
The music video was filmed on Saturday, February 20 on the beach at Point Addis from lunch time to 5.30pm and Landy Field in Geelong until just before 1am…
…Because I was born a girl IWD 2021 Music Video
Doors were closed, ceilings felt heavy, questions were not asked, opportunities were lost – a million battles have been fought because I was born a girl – ‘…Because I Was Born A Girl’ This lyrical extract from Camille Delaquise’s anthemic single ‘…Because I Was Born A Girl’ from her 2020 debut EP Living In A World Of Silence, unfortunately represents a shared gender experience and has resonated with females across generations who too have suffered injustice on the equality scale for too long.
“Doors were closed, ceilings felt heavy, questions were not asked, opportunities were lost – a million battles have been fought because I was born a girl” – ‘…Because I Was Born A Girl’ This lyrical extract from The Last Folk Singers anthemic single ‘…Because I Was Born A Girl’ from her 2020 debut EP Living In A World Of Silence, unfortunately represents a shared gender experience and has resonated with females across generations who too have suffered injustice on the equality scale for too long.
For International Women’s Day 2021, we a have made a music video in aid of gender equality. We hope to bring awareness to current obstacles that women face today in order to grow the momentum of what is now the fourth wave of feminism. There has been significant ground lost within this area with disarming language that tells us we no longer need feminism.
We would like to, with your help, make up for this lost ground by sharing our stories together. Please share on social media and lets finish what the suffragettes started over 100 years ago.
Hi FI Way interview - Camille Delaquise
The project headed by poet and songwriter Camille Barr sees her seamlessly blend her two worlds of artistic expression to capture the kaleidoscope world where exploration is key to understanding the depth of existence. Sitting upon a delicate piano bed with curtains of strings draped around it, Barr creates ballads that underscore deeper political, sociological and environmental messages
“The project headed by poet and songwriter Camille Barr sees her seamlessly blend her two worlds of artistic expression to capture the kaleidoscope world where exploration is key to understanding the depth of existence. Sitting upon a delicate piano bed with curtains of strings draped around it, Barr creates ballads that underscore deeper political, sociological and environmental messages.” HI FI WAY
Read full interview here
Scenestr Interview - Camille Delaquise
Angelic Celtic folk, alternative chamber music, and indie pop with strong hints of medieval hues anchor The Last Folk Singer in a folk-soundscape that twinkles and bursts forth with an almost fairytale charm. At other junctures, haunting pianos and fierce vocals carry ‘Living In A World Of Silence’ into dark, foreboding territory that is strangely alluring.
“a folk-soundscape that twinkles and bursts forth with an almost fairytale charm”
“Angelic Celtic folk, alternative chamber music, and indie pop with strong hints of medieval hues anchor Camille Delaquise in a folk-soundscape that twinkles and bursts forth with an almost fairytale charm.
At other junctures, haunting pianos and fierce vocals carry ‘Living In A World Of Silence’ into dark, foreboding territory that is strangely alluring.” To read more -Scenestr –