Dominique's

Pros and Cons of Being a Bartender

As you might know, my main income comes from being a bartender. For many people very far from their dream job. For me? Depends… Some days are amazing, some days are hell. Here are some pros and cons I can come up with after three days of work after being back from holiday. PROS PEOPLE…

Surprise Box Swap

Do you feel like you are not doing anything outside of the walls of your routines and crave the little spark of joy you experience around Christmas or someone’s birthday – but there is literally no one around having birthday and Christmas is still pretty far? Then you might like the idea of small surprise…

Storytime and Reframing

I just recently came across a book named “The subtle art of not giving a f*ck” by Mark Manson. I was at the Schiphol airport waiting for my flight back to Denmark, absolutely drained and stripped off my hopes and illusions. Therefore it is easy to understand why I picked this book /along with The…

Femme

I remember trying on my newly delivered body harness. Having a series of thoughts running through my head as I was looking at myself in the mirror. I felt confused. How does it make me feel? How do I actually want to feel? How men feel while being exposed to something like this? The emotions…

Look Closer

“Look Closer”, 2018, acrylic on jute canvas on hardboard, 64cmx81cm Painting made for a local exhibition with a topic “Look Closer”. If you look closer, one’s hands can tell you a story. When you go to the farmers’ market, always look at people’s hands; neat hands mean they probably just bought the veggies in the…

What the F am I doing + a little introduction

Yep, I am having one of those moments again – moments when you are asking yourself what the heck are you doing with your life? It seems like everybody is getting along with their lives. Having a proper jobs. Travelling. Getting married. Giving birth to children. Adopting a pet. Whatever really! Meanwhile I do feel…

Simple Latex Neck Wound Tutorial

On Halloween 2017 I tried out my luck with some liquid latex and fake blood to create a fake wound on my throat. A lot of people actually liked it, so I decided to give it a go, get some use of my fairly new camera and create a How-To 🙂 Here are some pictures…

Drawing Exercise – 10 Minutes Per Sketch x 6

Last summer I felt the urge to practice bit harder with my drawing. Therefore I decided to throw myself into a wee challenge – I would pick 6 photos and draw portraits based on them. For each portrait I had 10 minutes. For some reason the first and last drawing were definitely the most difficult…

So we start again

The second month of 2019 just started and I feel stuck. 30 days ago I was full of hopes and did literally feel the fresh breeze of new possibilities coming into my life. Where did it go? The year was supposed to sky rocket with my trip to Amsterdam on the 23rd. Couldn’t wait to…