2009年7月 6日 (月)

Bisou-Chan's Summer cushion/ビズちゃんの夏用クッション

Yesterday, Yuri and I brought Bisou-Chan to her Beauty Salon, "Veronique" at Ebisu.This year it looks like Bisou wants to keep her gorgeous summer fur so for the first time in 2009, no summer cut...

昨日ユリと一緒にビズちゃんを恵比寿にあるビューティサロンベロニカへ連れて行きました。今年のビズはゴージャスな夏仕様の毛皮のままでいきたそうなので、2009年、初めて、サマーカットなしです・・・。


Back home, I went shopping at the Daiso in Nagahara and found a perfect summer cushion for our cat!

家に帰りがてら、長原のダイソーへ寄り、そこで僕たちのネコちゃんにぴったりの夏用クッションを見つけました。

Yuri introduced my "present" to our cat explaining her that I bought it specially. Then she left it a nice spot near a window where a soft summer breeze blows...

ユリは、我が家のネコちゃんに“僕からのプレゼント”を見せながら、これは僕が特別に買ったものだということを説明し、夏のやわらかなそよ風が流れる、窓のそばの特等席にそれを置きました。

Since then, what happened with the cushion?
Here are some shots...

それからそのクッションとの間になにが起きたと思う?いくつかのショットです・・・。

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10:00 AM

10時

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11:00AM So relaxing!

11時 すごくリラックス!

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13:00 I am still here. I just changed side.

13時 私まだここにいるよ。ちょっと向きを変えただけ。

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14:00 I really like this new cushion! And you?

14時 このおニューのクッションすごく気に入ったわ。あなたはどう?

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15:00 Siesta...

15時 お昼寝

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15:30 Some fur cleaning...

15時30分 少し毛皮のお手入れ

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Very nice!

なんて素敵なの!

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Merci Daiso!
メルシー、ダイソー!








 

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2009年7月 5日 (日)

Interesting Quote/面白い引用文

Today I got an interesting quote in my mails, I share it with you  :

今日、メールに面白い引用文が届いたので、紹介しましょう。


"Freedom is actually a bigger game than power. Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash."


自由でいることは、力を持とうとするより、実際のところ、強い。
なぜなら、力とは、状況を支配しようとすることであり
自由とは、自分自身でいることの表現だから。


-- Harriet Rubin Author of "The Princessa ; Machiavelli for women"--


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July's PJ Creators workshop : From product design to "lifestyle" design/7月のワークショップ:プロダクト・デザインから“ライフスタイル”デサインまで

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Until now, during this workshop, I have mainly taught "non logic approaches" to answer the question "How to design your lifestyle?". "Inspiration" and "Channeling" are very important aspects because they allow new ideas to emerge but if we stay on a level of ideas the risk is to go nowhere.

A dream is not a design, it is just the starting point of the design process. For any "bright idea" to be useful we need to move on the next step of the process : the "design" step.

"Design" is a general word to describe the planning of any object or system. Product designers work on the "imagination" level and at the same time on what is called the "constraints" level, this is the only way to give birth to a NEW product.

Designing a new product, a new fashion, a new brand, a new house or a new "lifestyle" requires a similar approach, it is the reason why we can learn a lot from the philosophy of famous product designers to also create a lifestyle.

During the workshop, in july, I will introduce important "rules" and "philosophies" in the field of "product" and "fashion" design and show how they can easily be applied also to any kind of "lifestyle".

Next Creators Workshop :  Sunday 26 of July 2009 (Normal Session)

"How rules for "product design" can also apply to "lifestyle design""
Second floor of the Boat House just in front of the Station of Senzoku Ike (Ikegami line).


From 13:30 to 16:30


Participation fee : ¥5000


Reservations & informations : bureau@patricejulien.com

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2009年7月 3日 (金)

PJ Dojo (part 2) Dogs and the "Law of attraction"./PJ道場(パート2)犬と“引き寄せの法則”

After presenting the difference between "Inspiration" and "Channelling", I sat, closed my eyes and the process started...I must confess that I was very curious about the way the talk would start because so many things have been written about this topic of "Law of attraction"...Really was it possible to have something new coming out?...

Then the "voice" came out. (It is still difficult for me to get that "other" energy adjust to my body''s usual feeling so in the beginning, the voice flows with some difficulty....)

It started slowly with a kind of meditation. Participants were asked to close their eyes, relax and concentrate on the space appearing in their "inner field of vision", then to just let things happen and look at the space inside like at a TV screen.

Then they were invited to see if they could see something about their "everyday identity" on this "inner screen". For example with my eyes closed it is evident that in my field of vision there was no more Patrice Julien, no more French, no more "born in Morocco", no more age,... just nothing.

This "neutral" state is our basic state, just I AM... Not Patrice but just something in me that is an I-dentity, a state of being...We do not have to think it, just to feel it...

From there, the voice asked : now imagine you are a dog. More precisely a French Bulldog (was it a joke about me being French I don't know. Why not a Shiba Ken?). Participants were invited to get the feeling of being this dog from the top of their head to the tip of their feet, something like "I AM 100% A FRENCH BULLDOG...)

Then, they were invited to feel about how the "Law of attraction" would work for a French Bulldog. For sure not about attracting BMW cars and High Brand bags, for sure much more oriented around some good dog food, a nice place to run, other dogs to play with, a nice owner, etc...

Through this example, the "voice" was showing that "attraction" always depend on what you feel you already are. To be a "French Bulldog" is like to be a "rich person" or a "poor person"...It is just a "state of mind". The reason why "poor" people tend to attract more lack and "rich" people more money...is just the same thing as dogs attracting dog food and cats cat food...

The difference between the example of the animals and us is that we, humans, have the possibility to change our ideas about ourselves. The theory of "Mind only" in Buddha's teaching teaches that " Both delusion and Enlightenment originate within the mind, and every existence or phenomenon  arises from the functions of the mind, just as different things appear from the sleeves of a magician."

Which means that the "Law of attraction" will attract to us according to what we feel we ALREADY ARE and not what we feel we NEED to get or become...

Then, practically, how can we do that?
I will post the answer given during the session in my next post.

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2009年7月 1日 (水)

Birthday present from Yuri/ユリからの誕生日プレゼント

Today I received by takkyubin a very awaited present  ordered by Yuri a few weeks ago for my Birthday . It is a specially made African instrument called Kalimba made by "BUN", a Japanese artist and musician who just released a CD with Sandy (His Site)
For the sound I prefer to wait a little bit of training before giving you a sample but here is how my new Kalimba looks :

今日待ちに待ったプレゼントが宅急便で届いた。ユリが数週間前に僕の誕生祝いにオーダーしてくれたんだ。カリンバと呼ばれるアフリカの楽器で、つい最近サンディと一緒にCD を発売した日本人アーティスト&ミュージシャンによって特別に作られたもの。(彼のサイト)

音をお聞かせする前に、ちょっと練習が必要かと。でもね、僕のおニューのカリンバのルックスはこんな感じ:

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And I found a very nice African song with a Kalimba, I share it with you...

それから、カリンバを使ったアフリカの素敵な歌を見つけたんで、皆さんと分かち合いましょう...

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2009年6月29日 (月)

PJ Dojo report Part 1 : "Channeling" and "Inspiration"/PJ道場レポートパート1:“チャネリング”と“インスピレーション”

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Yesterday's Dojo was a "channelling" about the "Law of attraction". Because the informations can be interesting for all the readers I decided to publish in this blog a detailed report about the main points that came out.

At the beginning of the session, to introduce this idea of "channelling", I first presented the difference between what I call "Inspiration" and "Channelling". Here is my personal experience of this difference :

In fact we are all "channeling" life naturally because we are part of the "whole" universe and we are in a large part "remote controlled" by an unknown principle of Life. Why do our heart beat? How do our liver work? How does the breath come in and out? From where do our ideas come from? We try to explain it but we do not know and will never know because it is not useful... To know why the wind happens is certainly less important than knowing how to use it for a better life. Don't you think so? Better to have food to eat than to know where does the food originate ultimately...

So we channel 24h a day. But those "hints" we receive from the Infinite are filtered by our tendency to try to control everything about the world, separating what we judge "good" or "bad" for ourselves. The  information we get trough channeling has no words on it, we do not get its meaning by our "brain" but through our whole being.

To feel those first level of informations we have to be very receptive, very open to everything. It is why a majority of people do not notice this continuous flow. They are too busy thinking! They do not notice it in the first stages (non verbal stages) they notice it only when it comes through the filters of their knowledge, this second stage is what I call "Inspiration".

To give an example, yesterday, during the channeled part, I was answering the question of a participant about how to overcome some apparent obstacles in her way. Suddenly, listening to her words with my  eyes closed I felt a baby playing around her. So without any filter I could say directly : "I see a baby!" and the person incredibly amazed says "Yes! Yes! This is part of the actual situation!".

If I had thought, "mmm...this baby is just an illusion, it may have no relation with the question"  I would maybe have not reported my feeling. I would maybe have tried to find answers inside my "own ideas". It still could have some relationship with the original energy, but remixed with some of my knowledge.

During a "channeling" we just have to let the ideas flow like a download in a computer without being critical about the contents, we just have to let it come out like a TV program on a screen, without expectations.

But very often we do not accept this flow as it is, we more or less unconsciously do a selection and give it a "nice" shape, it becomes what I call "Inspirations", a transformed pattern looking almost logical for us.

During a session of the Dojo since a few months ago, I started to feel the difference between the two types of informations. Now it is generally clearly stated in my blogs as "Channeled session" when I decide to channel. When it is a "normal session" or "inspired" session I write nothing or mention "Normal session".

For example, this Sunday's session was "channeled" but the next one, on Sunday July 26 will be a "normal" class about Lifestyle Design on the subject : "How can we design a lifestyle?".

To be sincere, I must say that I personally feel "channeling" much more enjoyable, relaxing and powerful than "inspiration" talk. I feel it like letting a child express freely and I am very often amazed by what come out. Even for me channeling is like listening to the words of somebody else and learning something new every time...

(Part 2 coming soon : "The Zero point")

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2009年6月16日 (火)

Happy massage to you!/あなたに、ハッピーマッサージ!

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Yes, today I am reborn again one more time... A birthday is a new chance to start from zero but also a new year gives us the same chance, a new day also, a new hour, a new second, a new instant...

I got this very lovely and funny artwork from my Dear Jeannie (Translator of this blog, Creator, Mother, Witch and Angel,...) this morning. This cute image teaches me that I must joke even more...Thank you Jeannie for your talent and your love. I promise I'll do my best to improve my Joker's abilities (I'll take some more lessons in "dajare" & "Oyaji gags" ).

One year ago, one of our friends who does healing work with singing bowls gave me an healing session as a Birthday gift. It was my first experience of this kind of "gift in nature" and it was a very delightful experience. Because her birthday is also in June, yesterday I gave her the present of a "Body Tuning" session...

While doing the session" I was feeling so good, connected with her, with the mystery of life and with the Universe, I felt that it would make the world feel so good if many of us started to celebrate  friends birthdays with an "Happy massage to you!"...What do you think of this idea?

And this is not a joke!

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Birds are artists/鳥はアーティスト

Very charming song...

惚れボレする歌声…

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2009年6月12日 (金)

Next PJ Creators Workshop : "The Law of Attraction"/次回PJクリエイターズ・ワークショップ:引き寄せの法則

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With the hit movie "The Secret " what is called "The Law of Attraction" have become a well known keyword full of promises. And yes, it is the Key of the realization of our dreams and passions.

Because this is an universal law it is supposed to work without errors like any physical law but it still looks like some people have difficulty in getting results...Why?

The "Law of attraction" is not new, it was known since the beginning of times. In the past it was just understood by very few initiates and priests but now more and more people are able to understand it and use it.

Within a few years, this law will be used as easily as the Internet because it is already part of the capacities of our "mind". It is a potentiality of the universal Spirit and it already gives unusual results through what we call "miracles".

In fact, there is nothing "special" in it. You already use it every day. Every time you succeed in doing something , even in cooking pasta, you apply the "Law of Attraction"...

So why do you feel more difficult to use it for the "Big" things than for the small?

Imagine. When you will be able to use it for everything, small or big, you will become able to re-model, to re-design your reality according to your dearest dreams.

The next PJ Creators Workshop will be a Special Channeled Session about "How to use the Law of Attraction" in your everyday life...

Next Creators Workshop :  Sunday 28 of June 2009(Channeled)

"Using the law of Attraction"
In everyday life

Second floor of the Boat House just in front of the Station of Senzoku Ike (Ikegami line).


From 13:30 to 16:30


Participation fee : ¥5000


Reservations & informations : bureau@patricejulien.com

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2009年6月11日 (木)

Food and Love/食と愛

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June 4 Happy Apéritif.Judge at Bartender Concours

Between green and pink!

6月4日ハッピーアペリティフにて。グリーンとピンク、どっちがいいか

バーテンダー・コンコースで審査中。

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Happy Apéritif : Avec Mikuni San!

ハッピーアペリティフ:ミクニさんと

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Sunday 7th Talk Show for the first " Journées du Goût "at the French Institute ("Petite France" à Iidabashi - Nichi Futsu Gakui). My first time back for an event since 1994.Good weather and festive atmosphere all around.Very nostalgic.

7日日曜日、日仏学院(飯田橋にあるプチ・フランス)にて行われた第1回“食の祭典”でトークショウ。1994年以来初めて戻りました。素晴らしいお天気で、あちこちお祭り気分。とっても懐かしかった。

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After the talk, relaxing time with Yuri and Michi san (Former CFA staff) at Crèperie LE BRETAGNE at Kagurazaka.

トークの後、ユリとミチさん(元CFAのスタッフ)と一緒に、神楽坂にあるル・ブルターニュでのんびり。

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Monday 8. Talk show with Yuri before the screening of the movie Eatrip at Ebisu Garden Place. On the picture : Let's eat a lamune candy together. A symbol of sharing an Love...

8日月曜日、恵比寿ガーデンプレイスにて、映画イートリップの試写会の前に、ユリとトークショウ。写真:ラムネキャンディを一緒に食べよう!愛を分かち合うシンボル…

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