Benoit Magician Poet and Wordcaster

Channeling the Phoenix

“channeling the Phoenix” The fire of creation, fueling life and consuming it at the same time.And God! I burned and burned until there was nothing left to fuel my fire.Only there, from my pile of ashes, did I surrender to the wind and did I start dancing, freed from attachment and other earthly desires.And I…More

#46 cave

Metaphorically, darkness represents the aspects of ourselves that we are not aware of. Darkness dissipates when shone a light on. The idea is that one has to be willing to explore one’s own darkness. One step at a time, animated by the torch of curiosity. One advances into this dungeon by asking the right questions.…More

#45 pace

The human realm of perception. We find ourselves here in between all extremes. In between hot and cold, right and wrong, love and hatred, inside and outside. We find balance when in the space in between, where we neither do too much nor not enough. In between too much effort and too much comfort. The…More

#44 manipura

Manipura is the vedic term for the solar chakra. It is associated to the color yellow. Depicted is the journey to perceive this center from the root chakra. The perception of what pain is allows us to form our perception of pleasure.More

#43 courage

Fear is our perception of the unknown. It tells us how much we don’t know about what we don’t know. Fear dissipates when we face it and gradually understand what prompts it It takes courage to make the effort to perceive, understand and step into a larger window of perception. In gold on the canva,…More

#42 proximity inscribes meaning

Each moment one lives is recorded, translated, and responded to before finding its way to the vaults of one’s memories. Every details of one’s life are kept there. All of what is conscious and unconscious, all of what we choose to remember and all of what we have no idea we perceived. One can only…More

#41 Passion

“my heart burns with music” Can you hear the music in your heart? What is it playing? We each play out the song from our hearts. Through ours moods we share what animate us inside. We can play sad or happy, play calm or excited, play silent or play loud. When we exchange with each…More

#40 music is everything

Music is everything. Metal pen on music sheets. Trio of frames. 10 Feb 2022 We talk of the Uni-verse as a universal song in which everything dances and vibrates. Everything has a tone, a position, a frequency. Everything plays a music. Music is the first language. It is a language of Number (at the archetype…More

#39 Doorway

It is up to each of us to engage on the path leading to the doors we want to open. The concept of “Door” represent a perception one needs to open so to reach a particular understanding. It seems here important to mention that the term “guru” signifies “the door opener”. By definition, the guru…More

#38 E-motion

There is much insight to be gained in meditating on the concept of emotions. The word itself is based on the Latin “e” (variant of “ex”=out) and movere (=move). The French used “emotion” to denote a public disturbance and “emouvoir”(=excite) in the 16th century. Emotion has this sense of movement towards the outside. They are…More

#37 Spark

It only took a single spark for the universe to engage its creation process. Let’s ask ourselves today what sparks we can observe within ourselves? What passions are present? and most essentially, do we give them enough me and space so they can develop into a universe of understanding. The spark usually precedes fire. It…More

#36 Hanami

Hanami in Japan is the practice of viewing the cherry trees when they blossom. Businesses adapt their business hours to allow their staff the time to go to the parks and enjoy this custom. There is much beauty to contemplate in nature. And in fact, all our science is based on the observation of natural…More

#35 scent

How often do we close our eyes and concentrate on our sense of smell alone? What can we perceive in this space? Can you notice how your nose processes the information it receives and what it feeds to you? Now imagine a rose in front of you, and the way its essence emanate. With your…More

#34 Moments

If we were trying to picture all the moments of our current existence in the same image, what would it look like? The circle represents one whole life. Inside, the important lines that fills it. All the past and passing moments and the space for those to come. All the moments that resulted from the…More

#33 Awashening

Water washes everything. Our hearts can sometimes feel very full. From sadness to joy, all emotion we keep inside takes some room. They affect the way we make decisions in our daily lives. It makes therefore utmost sense to clean our hearts just as we clean our house. One regularly needs to own the windows,…More

#32 blueprint

Our blueprint is the plan containing the detailed instruction to build our bodies. As soon as an element enters the body, our cells refer to the blueprint so to know where the former is meant to go. Essentially, the human blueprint is always evolving, and each of us is born with a unique blueprint inherited…More

#31 Essence

Today I’ll be visiting the concept of essence. We can look at what it represents for a tree and see what parallels can be drawn with the human essence. The essence of a tree is contained in its seed, it is to become tree and produce fruits carrying the seeds The essence carries the information…More

#30 Passenger

The passenger mindset. It is said if the mind to be the seat of the soul, observing reality through its many screens and apparatuses. Each of us is on that seat, moving a ship through time, space, thoughts and emotions alongside the rest of life. One can only observe one screen at the time or…More

#29 Invite

What do we invite in our lives? And how do we make sure that what we invite takes roots and thrives? These are my reflection today. Asking the trees for wisdom, they said: “With enough space, light, water and warmth, and given time, everything grows. There is an abundance of all the above in the…More

#28 Dispel

Our mind can find itself in dark places at times. In our fast paced modern lives we re absorbing so much unnecessary information and negative energies from the busy lives we lead. It can be a challenge to process all of these correctly, let alone getting rid of them. Many of us develop conditions linked…More

#27 Unfurl

Can you feel the energy of life within you? It is the same energy that powers roots, branches and leaves to unfurl and spread for life. I’m drawing today s reflection towards the potential that we each have within ourselves, hidden and waiting to find its way to being expressed. It waits for the right…More

#26 Clarity

In a world where everything moves constantly, life can feel a little blurry and confusing at times. We are each kitted to sense reality but each of us can only sense and understand a partial part, which makes it ultimately impossible for anyone to know for sure that what we think we know for sure…More

#25 Alchemy

Birch trees and amanita muscarias have lived in perfect alchemy since before humans walked the earth. These two are some of the most ancient species of their own kind. There is much to learn about symbiotic relationships from the way these two interact. They benefit each other through an intricate underground network of mycelium and…More

#24 Observe

What do we observe? The noise? Or the silence? How many golden moments of silence do we miss for listening to or participating in the noise around us? These 2 old birch trees know the value of being silent. By observing it between themselves, they can listen deeply to themselves, each other, and everything else…More

#23 Curl

There is so much wisdom water can teach us. When it comes to the way it moves, water will always curl its trajectory to the smoothest. Rivers sinuate their path and waves curl in their movements with elegance. I am inviting the reflection on the way we move and manoeuvre our bodies today. For each…More

#22 Pause

How often do we take the time to pause and enjoy the beauty of the moment? This Frosty due drop resting temporarily on this leaf invited us to do just that! It is pausing, and contemplating this particular instant. It doesn’t matter anymore how long it had been falling, nor where it came from. Soon…More

#21 alongside

Birch. This tree is my inspiration today. There is so much magic about it. Did you know that birch trees prepare the ground before a forest can grow? Birch creates the required ecosystem for a forest to birth. Birch trees are mothering forests so to speak. Have you ever found yourself within a birch forest?…More

#20 Seek

What do you seek? Seeking to understand reality and our purpose on this earth has always been part of our journey as humans. We have been on this search since before recorded history. Let’s put it this way : Each of our senses has for obvious purpose to help us make sense, that’s why they…More

#19 Parts

There are many parts composing the self. We develop and assemble each of them to create our identity. And throughout our whole life, we have the choice to seek the integration of new parts to our selves, new skills, practical knowledge wisdom, experiences… So we can develop into the person we aim to be and…More

#18 Refine

Have you ever wondered how our dna refined itself throughout the ages so to create the very verily advanced bodies we host?How many trials so to come up with functional versions of all our organs?Have you ever pondered how each of your senses developed? What journey did the eye undertake in order to become Eye?…More

#17 Probe

Each of our senses are probes, designed to sense reality, each to their own dimension of perception.They do not make sense, their role is to feed the “I” with the information they perceive. It is this central unit, the I, that forms and shapes meaning out of in-formation. Each of our senses are cooperating, each…More

#16 Be

They’re is so much to say about what baby yoda represents. What strikes me about this character is that the force emanates from him naturally. He understands it innately and uses it as he needs. he is pretty much presence in essence. I’m orienting the reflection today on what gives him such presence? It isn’t…More

#15 Making space for time to unfold.

Time and space. These 2 concepts are often seen together. We talk of space-time and time-space.I invite you today to consider each in relation to the other.And the consider your own space, and your time, down here in this life.What do you do with them?How much time do you give your space? Time and space…More

#14 Influence

The invitation today is to reflect on the spheres that influence our lives, and we are all part of so many different circles which makes it hard for us to find an identity. How much of our identities is being influenced and how much truly is our own as much of our behaving and thinking…More

#13 Elevate

Fly like a tree What do we do to become lighter and alleviate the weight gravity has on us and others?The invitation is to lift things up today.How attached are we to the ground? How serious are we with our reality? How much a heavy baggage may our past have become? I wish you today…More

#12 Reach

There is so much we can learn from trees, especially in the ways they connect to and care for each other.Reaching is a tree’s purpose, it is in its essence to reach for everything they can and grow in every directions so to establish the structural network from which life can thrive.More

#11 ROOTS

Our roots grow deep, they give us the strength to stand tall an unmovable while they hunt for nutrients in the ground.When was the last time you walked bare foot and felt the gentle warming power of the earth?~BZMore

10# roots have wings

Roots have wings. What does it mean for you? I am choosing this metaphor to illustrate how we grow from our roots, soaking up the culture we find ourselves in, to then fly away to explore the world by ourselves. How far from your comfort zone have you been exploring? As much as we may…More

#9 Flow

How do we find a flow in which we evolve harmoniously with our surroundings? Finding your flow is to be likened to being on the path of the least efforts? How does your life s flow feel at the moment? Are you running in circles? Or into corners? Today, I’m inviting you to meditate on…More

#8 Life

How much do we understand the Concept of life? So complex from the understanding of our perception and yet unfolding so synchronously and effortlessly that it looks beautifully simple. There are a few principles governing life. One of them is the principle of growth. This is where I’ll direct my thoughts today? Are we being…More

#7 Dream

Were life a dream, would we be dreaming our lives or living our dreams? How do you connect and relate to your dreams? Dreams represent either the messages from our subconscious that we may explore while sleeping, and the conscious desires that we form while awake. How often do we listen to the flow of…More

#6 Fire

What does fire mean to you? How do you relate to this element? We associate anger and passion to it for they both burn! I’m inviting you today to reflect on what fuels your fire, what feeds your passion and inspiration? Just as much, can you identify what lights up your anger and trigger your…More

#5 Read

Today with this piece I am contemplating our faculty to read our environment by our so many senses. A long way before we understand how to read letters and fathom words, our eyes first have to learn how to form a coherent image of reality from all the light signals they are perceiving. So do…More

#4 emanate

The sun, the energy it emits is essential for life to develop and for the galaxy to hold itself together. It sustains the life that revolves around it on so many levels. We tend to imagine that the universe has one center, and maybe a central sun. Some of the latest thinking currents would oppose…More

#3 Nerve

The nerve, here to feel the intensity of life. It s role is to tell us where is comfortable and where is not. Pain and pleasure are its modes of expression. I’m inviting you with this piece to connect with your central nerve and listen to what messages it may have for you. Can you…More

#2 gift

One of the precursor piece that started my journey. I doodled this one in half an hour while In between meetings. Realising I found a new skill I could gift others with, this concept is perfect to start the year! Have you found your gift yet? Life is said to be the greatest gift. I’m…More

#1 Activation

First piece of magic. Realisation Dec 2021. I had been feeling very inspired by a calligraphy workshop held by “enso” (an amazing Sheffield artist) at the end of 2022. I realised I love taking the time to do things correctly. Especially if these things can participate to improve positively the feel in my room. This…More