This is one of my favourite times to be in Montreal. The Winter has finally dissolved and the city is all a bustle with primping and cleaning and planting to get ready for another great summer of non-stop festivals, concerts and fireworks.
I love how these flowers are so rich in colour under a grey sky. They are so luscious and deep.
What can I say about the past few months? The winter was manageable though I have to say it is still one of my goals for next year to be some place hot and sunny for at least some of the cold months. I did my best to remain active and positive and overall I'm happy that I made it with very little sinus, aches, sniffling and shivers.
A lot has shifted in my career. Over the Holidays I lost an important DJ gig which accounted for a lot of my finances. With the help of Daniel, my financial advisor, I was able to stay on track and turn to Zumba for more of my steady pay. It's been an interesting transition and pretty organic in a lot of ways. Through all of this it became even more apparent that my love of both Zumba and DJing both fulfill a basic need of mine and that who I am as a contribution is a space for people to be fully expressed through movement.
Two things I wanted to share about that before I sign off. Recently me and my partner Veronique Pierre created our first Zumba Party at an after-hours club in Laval. It was such a joy to see so many men and women of all ages and sizes fill that club with love, passion and energy. Some of those ladies were in their sixties and it truly was a powerful moment. I cannot wait to do it again.
That same weekend I DJed at Sky in the Village. Sky Club Complexe is one of the oldest gay clubs here in Montreal. Through my whole process of losing my other DJ gig this really opened the door for me to take on other opportunities and now I am at Sky twice a month.
There is such a rush when you're getting ready to drop a song and you have an idea and a hope that the people respond to it positively but you're not entirely sure. Finally you play the song and people go crazy! It's so awesome. I look out onto a sea of young boys and girls having fun with their friends or starting new romances and I can recall not too long ago how that was me. Even though I am in the shadows I can see everything. And for a moment, everything seems beautiful.
