Category: Musings
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How To Be There For Friends on World Mental Health Day
On World Mental Health Day, we are reminded of the importance of truly checking in on others. Listening when asking “How are you?” can reveal hidden struggles. Small gestures, like sharing memes and sharing laughs, show care and strengthen friendships. We must also remember to be kind to ourselves, treating our inner dialogue with compassion.
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Bare Spring, Bold Summer.
One of my favourite feelings in the world is when the weather starts to change. You can sense it in the air, taste it on your tongue. Blue skies for miles—you know that Spring has finally sprung. There’s excitement behind your smile when the season rhymes with spontaneity, and serendipitous are the days. I’m flooded…
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Unveiling the Model Magic: Behind-the-scenes Photography
#ToowoombaFashionFestival models were all smiles behind the scenes at their shoot with Style Magazines Toowoomba. Modelling, like art, is subjective. I aspire to be seen as an essential part of what makes an artist’s work, amazing. Emma Hartwig, curvy model. Photography by Melanie Canosa Like an artist uses brushes and colours to paint a masterpiece,…
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What was your experience with tattoos?
I was 23 when I decided it was time to get my second tattoo, and I settled in on an image of a blue and black butterfly inside my mind. I can’t tell you what it was exactly that stuck out to me about the butterfly: it mostly had to do with the contrast of…
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The Light.
A little while ago I spoke about the Light and the Dark. We face a challenge daily, inside ourselves, of honoring our Light or feeding into the Dark. But it is not God versus demon. It doesn’t have to be that deep. It is simply leaning into our vices, which too often make us feel…
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IWD 2023.
On the morning of the eve of International Woman’s Day, I think to myself, what have I done for womankind in the past 365 days? Not much, my inner critic says. I call her Negative Nancy. We all have one. Some bigger than others. I brush away my initial thought. In this past year, I…
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Writing Prompt I
I was never really any good at colouring in. I coloured outside the lines, my patience wore thin. I always stuck to scribbling words on pages instead. At a young age I wrote down stories I’d make up inside my head. As I got older, poems were a cure. Poems were a cure for my…
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Nights that sparkle
Hôntô: An experience There are few moments in life that I truly value: among the list are nights that sparkle. What constitutes a night that sparkles, you ask? First things first, start it with a special dinner reservation. Choose somewhere you’ve never been before, somewhere you’ve always wanted to go. Some place suited to your…
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Death before Decaf (and a note about novel coronavirus)
Here is a little update on where I’m at and what I’m up to: “Death before Decaf” and ain’t that the truth! CoVid19 restrictions are easing in Australia, slowly but surely, and state by state. We, as a Country, have managed to keep our rates of infection (and subsequently, death) extremely low in comparison with…
Couture Chronicles by Melanie Canosa 