Ypsos

27/03/2024

Determination…
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23/03/2024

Gratitude …..
Ευγνωμοσύνη …..

23/03/2024

Καλημέρα!

20/03/2024

Starting a trend …

«Η Αγαπημένη του Κυρίου Λινκ»
Πρεμιέρα 22 Μαρτίου 2024

Σκηνοθεσία Guy Cassiers
Ερμηνεία Κωνσταντίνος Μαρκουλάκης

24/12/2023

It seems very challenging to have compassionate and particularly challenging to have peace-promoting discussions lately - which is a common, if not very useful byproduct of any sort of violent hostility that activates trauma and fear in humans (which we all carry to some degree) which is usually when our capacity for compassion and connection goes out the window. Yet without recognising the humanness of “the other”, no matter how little we trust and how much we blame “them”, we are truly doomed, especially in a world where destruction on a mass scale as we are currently seeing in various places is easier and easier to engineer and achieve for just a small amount of people.

I have a feeling that our idea of “war” dates back to a medieval setting of “men against men” and some warped sense of justice and honour that is coded with that which is truly not the case in modern warfare.

War by definition is an event that leaves everyone scarred, injured, traumatise and maimed - or dead - no matter whether I find myself on the side of the winners or losers or bystanders. This is a truth that’s understandable to any 3 year old child. I wonder how we engage in the mechanisms that allow us as adults to discard and twist this truth into some sort of necessity logic… hmmm, probably through fear again and a loss of trust.

I truly belief that as long as our fascination with (and attraction to) violence is bigger than our attraction to and fascination with peaceful living, this state of perpetuated slaughter will continue.

This holiday time is supposed to remind us of the initial state of wonder and incumbent calm and peace, a trust in being cared for with which we come into the world, the gifts of a newborn child.

Watch the cynic in you trying to ridicule and shove away that thought, marking it “idealistic” and “removed from reality”. It truly is far from many people’s reality in the world right now who are suffering unfathomable harm and distress. That’s what ideals are for: to fu***ng change that, to devote ourselves to align our actions with the wishes we had of the world as a safe place to grow up and explore when we were little children. Care for that little one, the one that was you once, outwardly too, that still resides inside you, and the little ones near and far that share this planet with you.

We are all in this together. Let’s act accordingly!

💜+☮️

🌟✨💫🌟⭐️✨💫🌟⭐️✨

17/07/2023

Απόψε καλεσμένη η Sibylle Meder με το ντοκιμαντέρ Το λεωφορείο του νησιού/ The Island Bus (2013). Μια ταινία για τους ανθρώπους και τη ζωή στην Τήλο που υλοποιήθηκε με την υποστήρι....

07/07/2023

2 more days to vote - and only 1 more vote needed for THE ISLAND BUS to become a finalist!!! Could it be yours?

Watch the film and the other contestants in the features section and book your ticket here: https://checkout.liftoff.network/f-lift-off-sessions-june-2023/ (link in bio)

Thanks so much for your support!

30/06/2023

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

30/06/2023

THE ISLAND BUS is now also in the official selection for the global Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions June 2023

The online festival is now live and accepting votes!

If you haven’t watched THE ISLAND BUS yet - or would like to watch it again - support independent filmmaking and vote for THE ISLAND BUS, tickets are now available for purchase via: https://checkout.liftoff.network/f-lift-off-sessions.../

This will take you to the checkout page for the Features program. Tickets are $12 and you can watch dozens of films and vote for those you like best.

The Island Bus is screening in the FEATURES program and has already been voted for, so with your help, it might get into the finalist selection. 🙂

Enjoy and thank you for your support!! 💙

Checkout page for F: Lift-Off Sessions June 2023 - Features.

30/06/2023

Tuesday night, I had an invitation to attend the Greek Film Academy Iris Awards ceremony.

Greece just experienced a landslide election victory for its right-leaning conservative government and some far right parties with n**i and fascist agendas. Many of the ceremony’s attendees - filmmakers, actors, journalists - shared their fear and shock about the developments.

With every person I talked to, there was a feeling of community and compassion when I shared that I believe that often in an exhausted and scared population (as Greeks are after a decade of crisis and three years of pandemic), there is a tendency for assigning scapegoats and someone who presents easy solutions will be welcomed and supported. Traditionally, the Left tends to be more analytical, see more diversity, problematise more (and become very brain focussed) whereas the Right promises to solve it if you just give power to the one, paternal leader who will fix it all, “don’t you worry, child”. (I’m generalising, of course.)

So in order for the q***r community, refugees and immigrants, minorities, all of us whose lifestyles don’t confirm with the church doctrines and some “traditional” patriarchal structures in this country to feel safe and heard, I believe progressive groups need to be less “against” the conservative stance, and present more how what they are “for” actually gives room to breathe for everyone.

It felt delicious to see and hear the resonance of these beliefs in the conversations we had on Tuesday among colleagues. I felt the “aroma of possibility wafting” around us.

I believe that filmmaking has an incredible way of reaching people as a whole, not just their mind, but also their emotions and deeper being. The project I call Body-intelligent Filmmaking, the integration of deeply healing and universal tools into my work, behind and in front of the camera, feels even more timely and important now.

I came away from Tuesday’s ceremony with two new film ideas. It feels expansive and beautiful and my intuition is lighting up with excitement.

30/06/2023

Mmmm, the delight when I see bees coming to feast on the flowers of my recently planted lavender. I’ve had one bush since last year, and realised lately that it was very popular with the humming folks. So I decided to do both, them and me, a favour and get some more of these plants for the empty flower pots outside my bedroom window.

It’s pretty astounding how happy it makes me to see a bee fly by and have a snack. Small joys.

🐝

12/06/2023

THE ISLAND BUS is in the official selection for the Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions June 2023

The online festival is now live and accepting votes!

If you haven’t watched THE ISLAND BUS yet - or would like to watch it again - support independent filmmaking and vote for THE ISLAND BUS, tickets are now available for purchase via:

https://checkout.liftoff.network/f-ft-sessions-june-2023/

Enjoy and thank you for your support!! 💙

30/05/2023

Here is your Creative Journey prompt for May. (And if you are not yet a patron and are curious, you might want to consider subscribing for as little as $5 a month to join us for these fun reflections.)
Take out your notebook, grab your pen and jot down whatever comes to you when you answer the questions.
There are no right or wrong answers in journalling. Also, answers don't have to be written. They can be painted, sung and sewn - whatever works best for you.
Have fun with the theme and the questions and see what's up for you!
See you next month!
With gratitude,
Sibylle

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

30/05/2023

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Official Post from Sibylle Meder

13/05/2023

Filmmaking - Creating New

The of telling new, inspiring stories in is bubbling inside me. I believe this to be in my zone and I’m fine tuning it constantly.

being the multi-layered that it is, there are various aspects to it.

One level is creating those blame-free, and -fuelled work environments in which those stories can be told and the films created. When I sense into my , this is what feels and in : to have the ground from which this work blossoms match the content. I’m currently designing that can assist with that. (Check links in bio to connect and be updated about when these become available.)

And there are the stories themselves: moving away from a “what’s wrong?” depiction of the status quo to surprising, , fresh and that creates a pattern interrupt in the familiar grooves of how we tell certain stories.

In my vision, there will be many new films coming out with an attribution to tools in their credits. 😊 (My mentors Gay and Katie Hendricks have devoted their lives to creating some of the most comprehensive tools for living life in integrity and conscious connection. Tried and tested over decades, their work deserves to be prominent in popular culture.. for the sake of the wellbeing of all of us.)

I’m tossing out the open, free-form invitation for further play. If you like the idea of being involved in any way, form or shape, get in touch and let’s see how we can collaborate and play.

29/04/2023

Here is your Creative Journey prompt for April. (And if you are not yet a patron and are curious, you might want to consider subscribing for as little as $5 a month to join us for these fun reflections.)
Take out your notebook, grab your pen and jot down whatever comes to you when you answer the questions.
There are no right or wrong answers in journalling. Also, answers don't have to be written. They can be painted, sung and sewn - whatever works best for you.
Have fun with the theme and the questions and see what's up for you!
See you next month!
With gratitude,
Sibylle

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

29/04/2023

https://www.patreon.com/posts/monthly-visual-82245646?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

26/04/2023

Today’s wonder question:

How can I reach and foster my tribe so we can play and be creative together?

I’m moving filmmaking to a supportive, nourishing environment that fosters creativity and connection and is run on dopamine instead of adrenaline. With Body Intelligence practices for decision making, burnout prevention and creativity boost. Making films that renew energy, and - rather than deplete - invigorate their makers, their audiences and the planet.

Program and projects loading…
Link in bio

28/03/2023

Here is your Creative Journey prompt for March. (And if you are not yet a patron and are curious, you might want to consider subscribing for as little as $5 a month to join us for these fun reflections.)
Take out your notebook, grab your pen and jot down whatever comes to you when you answer the questions.
There are no right or wrong answers in journalling. Also, answers don't have to be written. They can be painted, sung and sewn - whatever works best for you.
Have fun with the theme and the questions and see what's up for you!
See you next month!
With gratitude,
Sibylle

https://www.patreon.com/posts/creative-journey-80658053?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

28/03/2023

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Official Post from Sibylle Meder

24/02/2023

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

24/02/2023

Here is your Creative Journey prompt for February. And if you go to my Patreon page and are already a patron, you can find all the other Creative Journeys from November to January right there for you. (And if you are not yet a patron and are curious, you might want to consider subscribing for as little as $5 a month to join us for these fun reflections.)

Take out your notebook, grab your pen and jot down whatever comes to you when you answer the questions.

There are no right or wrong answers in journalling. Also, answers don't have to be written. They can be painted, sung and sewn - whatever works best for you.

Have fun with the theme and the questions and see what's up for you!

See you next month!

With gratitude,
Sibylle

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

24/02/2023

https://www.patreon.com/posts/monthly-visual-79138641?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

31/10/2022

https://www.patreon.com/posts/creative-journey-74023530?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

31/10/2022

https://www.patreon.com/posts/monthly-visual-74020219?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

13/10/2022

https://www.patreon.com/posts/73259903?pr=true

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

26/09/2022

https://www.patreon.com/posts/monthly-visual-72493867

Official Post from Sibylle Meder

25/08/2022

https://www.patreon.com/posts/71017199

Official Post from Sibylle Meder