Genie C Balantac

As we head into Spring, after a Year of the Pandemic and an otherwise Personally Challenging 12 Months, I have grieved, I have loved, I have tried to help others , I have given it all up to God. And believe me when I say, I have a multitude of A L O T to share, and for my busy, and full Life, I feel in bits is the best at the moment. I haven’t set foot in, closer to Kindred Spirits that are thousands of miles away, and get excited, and think it is imperative to get lost, talk to Strangers, and immerse oneself in Cultures ; to truly say, ‘I am Alive’. Foss, @unseenwalks , who has the infectious Joy of Life, of Adventure, and is truly a Top Lad, has single handedly helped me fall back in love with London, introduced me to places

With that in mind, I am in the midst of making Original Art to submit for the Artbox Project in Zurich, Switzerland. ’s been a minute, since I’ve made or even had any sort of Art show, and I am rather excited to be a part of this. And this is a Bright, Big, Thank YOU to all of you (at least 1K clicks a day) that have been visiting my wee Blog, these past few months ( particularly my Readers in Canada and Lithuania! ) Stay Tuned for a longer Post on the current state of the World, and finally, my Sojourn in Barcelona.

On My Photography Site , I posted some early words about my Life through the Lens: From L to R: With my First Camera, a Kodak Ektralite 110 in London + With my First 35mm Film Camera, a Minolta Maxxum 7000 + a Polaroid of Me (taken by my Friend Joanne) with my First (Impulse) Polaroid Camera. In my Teens, 20’s + Mid 30’s, I lived through Black + White Film: I Shot Color and Black + White Film with my Fuji Film 312 Zoom on My Trips to London + Paris (2013 + 2015) A bit of London again (My Spirit Animal) + Liverpool + Barcelona + Amsterdam ( More Coming): Click here for more of my Travel Photography …

I felt like getting into the Holiday mood, so I took an Uber to The Liverpool Christmas Market: Saw a bit of Local Liverpool: Being an Advocate for Social Justice, my Heart swelled to hear all the Empowering things they were going to do with their new Facilities! As I connected and chatted Happily with my Dear New Mate, Kat, I realized that I was going to miss Liverpool, Her SO Lovely Airbnb, and Her. As I stated at the beginning of this post, it was The Fab Four that first Introduced me to the idea of having a Tribe, of being Inspired by the People in your Life, and ‘Creating’ something larger than Yourself, because of them.