Festive Season Reimagined - digital book flash sale
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
1y ago
Festive season reimagined digital flash sale So much to share from this year and so many intentions to share it here! But here we are in December of 2022 already. For now, I want to let you know that I’m having a flash sale on the digital version of Festive Season Reimagined as it’s the only book I have available for you all at this time of year! And I love this book and everything it stands for, and if you are feeling the calling to add some wonder and depth to your end of year, this is the book for you. Click on the cover image below to order your copy now. I have one more incredible someth ..read more
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The Great Overwhelm...
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
1y ago
I’m calling this time The Overwhelm. But since everything is Great these days, it’s The Great Overwhelm. Are you feeling it? I’ve written a little about it on my Patreon page, The Everyday Alchemists, here is an except from the latest post… Sunday July 10, 2022 I feel like this period of time should be called The Great Overwhelm… One of the collective feelings I picked up on the most while being back in Sydney was overwhelm.  I felt it before the pandemic, particularly in the area we were living in, in the Inner West, and then after the first lock down was lifted, the overwhelm was heig ..read more
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{new work} VISUAL ODE TO THE CIRCLE...
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
2y ago
I do not know how this photographic feature slipped by without being shared with you (such is life over the past 2 years!) - it was featured in issue two for 2021 of Happinez. It is my favourite of all time & marks a very important change in my life - it is the first shoot in my new hometown, a ten year long goal actualised. To receive this brief from Happinez in the first month of moving up to the Northern Rivers was wonderful and felt serendipitous. The issue is all about silence - harnessing the power of silence and stillness, listening deeply, listening within. And for this I was aske ..read more
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{new work} with Happinez...
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
2y ago
It’s been a while since I’ve updated my published work here on the journal. There has been so much going on in the world and in our own personal lives - not just mine, everyone’s, everywhere. I won’t get into it, I need a break, we all need a break. So I’ve set myself the task to update this journal space with the work I’ve done with Happinez these past 6 months, and then I am aiming to get back into online journalling, with the hope to get a rhythm and flow with writing and sharing. This visual story was special - I know I probably say that for all of them! And it’s true, they are all specia ..read more
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{new work} with Renae Cohen...
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
2y ago
This is my beautiful friend Renae and her sweet boy. Back in July, I had the pleasure of creating a collection of photographs for her new website. We took our kids down to the creek at the bottom of her garden and let them guide the visual story, no styling and minimal direction, as natural as can be. I’m thrilled to be able to share them with you here now… I’ve known Renae for… well, let me say instead of how many decades, that we met when we were 15 years old, when I came back from my early teenage years overseas to finish high school on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Guringai nation, whe ..read more
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Subtle hearts in unexpected places...
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
2y ago
“This became my new way of surviving, contentedly, the emotional turmoil of leaving the known for the unknown. I would spend my time looking for subtleties that connected me, subtleties that would touch and inspire me…” pg 30, My Heart Wanders. Where is all began. A powerful wave of gratitude to every soul who was drawn to the wandering heart collective when I sent the idea out into the ether 13 years ago, which then turned into the book 10 years ago. The words & wisdom in this book have been a companion to me all these years and with all we are going through in the world, we need them ..read more
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{new work} TEA TIME ALCHEMY...
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
2y ago
Carrot top tea served with carrot and date mini muffins with beetroot frosting. Teapot and tea warmer from Organic Merchant, plates, coasters and shell spoon made by hand by me. Letting them make their own teas with different ingredients, like little alchemists. "Brewing potions from vegetables and herbs, it looks like witchcraft" This shoot was for Happi Kids, shot this time last year, August 2020. The brief was "a winter tea party for kids, with 5 different themes" and "very little or no sugar, with gluten and dairy free options" and also "unisex, so that boys can get into the idea of enjoy ..read more
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{new work} DIY DREAMLAND
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
2y ago
This was all about interpreting & materialising children’s dreams, and finding ways to honour and nurture those dreams and nightmares. I shot this story back in May 2020 in my studio in Balmain, Sydney, and it didn't come out in The Netherlands until the end of September I think. And due to covid restrictions I haven't received the hard copy, but the team at Happinez sent me the PDF to share with you here. The following text is an edited excerpt from my Patreon post about it in November 2020, where I share a more raw/in depth look at the process from receiving the story brief from the art ..read more
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It's been a while...
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
2y ago
Bonjour, it’s been a while. Around 14 months or so since my last journal entry here, by the looks of it. A lot has happened since then. So where to begin? When a lot has transpired in such a short space of time and it feels overwhelming to write down, I know it’s best to start from where I am, rather than try to make sense and order of all that has been. This is my third attempt at writing this catch up post, the first two did begin with a summarisation of sorts, but I know it’s not possible to sum up events when the aftermath is still in effect, reverberating and spinning, creating new event ..read more
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Let the alchemy begin...
Pia Jane Bijkerk - Journal
by Pia Bijkerk
4y ago
"Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay." Maya Angelou Dear Wild Hearts, Twelve years ago I embarked on my first online, global collective art project, inviting readers of my blog  - enhance the everyday - to submit photographs of wandering hearts found in their homes and environment. It was called My Heart Wanders: Finding subtle hearts in unexpected places. The intention of the project was to encourage us all to be more present, to connect with the nature around us no matter where we lived, and to connect with our hearts: the intuitive part of us ..read more
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