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KATY LE BLANC

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Smile

Released •Dec 21, 2018

What a year 2018 has been. A complete exploration of the creative arts, guided and encouraged by several people and made this year very special for me. Here is my first song which I wrote and recorded under the amazing guidance of Corinne Gibbons, the producer. The photos I took myself while visiting the beautiful Sapphire Coast of New South Wales, Australia under the helpful eye of photographer David Rogers, who also put this video together. Thank you both from the bottom of my heart and also to all the others involved making SMILE happen.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN LIFE IS NOT SO EASY

THERE ARE TIMES YOU LIKE TO WALK AWAY

IN EACH AND EVERY SINGLE MOMENT

THERE WILL BE A SPARKLE ON THE WAY

EACH DAY WE ARE A LITTLE WISER

YES WE ARE

EVEN THOUGH THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM SO TRUE

I KNOW LOVE IS ALL AROUND US

AND WE FEEL THE ENERGY OF THAT TOO

YES WE DO

WHY DON’T YOU SMILE TO EVERY SINGLE MOMENT

AND JUST LET THINGS BE JUST THE WAY THEY ARE

I KNOW EACH DAY YOUR STEP WILL BRING YOU CLOSE

TO WHO, WHO YOU REALLY ARE

WHY DON’T YOU SMILE TO EVERY SINGLE MOMENT

AND JUST LET THINGS BE JUST THE WAY THEY ARE

WHY DON’T YOU SMILE TO EVERY SINGLE MOMENT

AND JUST LET THINGS BE JUST THE WAY THEY ARE

I KNOW EACH DAY YOUR STEP WILL BRING YOU CLOSE

TO WHO, WHO YOU REALLY ARE

EACH DAY WILL BRING YOU CLOSER

Smile

Moments

Released •Feb 22, 2019

I wrote MOMENTS after a meditation in which I was able to realise the beauty of a moment again. I had gone through a personal burnout when moments seemed to be rough all the time. Reconnecting to my inner guidance made me appreciate the beauty in each moment. Whether it be rough or happy, each moment is worth experiencing when we embrace it with open eyes and heart.

WHAT IS IT TO TREASURE THE MOMENT

TO HOLD IT UP AND SEE THE BEAUTY

TO KEEP IT INTO YOUR HEART

IT MOVES WITH EASE INTO THE NEXT ONE

AND THE NEXT ONE YOU TREASURE AGAIN

AS EACH AND EVERY MOMENT

IS A TREASURE IN IT SELF

SO NO NEED TO HOLD ONTO

AS THE NEXT ONE IS EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL

AND THE LAST ONE IS NO LONGER THERE

Lyrics Katy le Blanc | Music Corinne Gibbons | Guitar Corinne Gibbons | Guitar Kara Grainger | Video David Rogers

Star

Released •Mar 6, 2019

I dedicated this song to my mother An le Blanc, who raised my brother and I with much love while providing us an understanding of life. After we lost our father she lived independently for forty years. She remained optimistic, started every day with five deep breaths, cooked her own meals all her life and cared for everyone around her. She loved life till the end. May she be an inspiration to myself and all women of the world. Happy International Women’s Day.

I love the thank everyone who have been playing on this recording and / or recording it. But with very special thanks to Corinne Gibbons who has been guiding me on an singing adventure which has gone beyond my own imagination. And David Rogers who has been giving me the inspiration and guidance to take many photos, which can accompany my songs, and putting it all together. Thank you both from the bottom of my heart. It has been so much fun.

It’s been a year, since you said goodbye

You left your love, your wisdom and your strength behind

Felt the loss deep in my heart

Could not find you for a while

Today you came back

We inherited strength from you

And motivation of doing things well

You understood we are all different

You showed your love for all around

Today you came back

Like a star on my shoulder

Today you came back

Like a star on my shoulder

The stubbornness, You were always right

Living independently for forty years

You accepted all who are sincere

You loved life, till the end in your way (4x)

Today you came back

Like a star on my shoulder

Today you came back

And will stay

Today you came back

Like a star on my shoulder

And will stay

Star

Video David Rogers

Canvas of Life

Released •Apr 14, 2019

In a guided meditation I found the grounds for this song and it took me to different aspects of my life. I could feel very vulnerable, but was I always honest about that. Finding my way back after my burnout I wanted to get back to my earlier strength. I realised that if I could be more honest with myself when vulnerable, I would be more gentle with myself. Not needing to push or accomplish anything other than just letting myself be surrounded by art, nature and beautiful people. To enjoy the purity of the trees, the sea, the sun, the stars and the creation of art. Be surrounded by friends who were able to share all this with me. It would make me feel small and innocent, giving me back energy in a gentle way. With this newfound tenderness and happiness I can dance through life again. Moving with what is coming along and enjoying it. Remaining gentle, as my system needs that. Feeling the depths of all friendships. Making me feel alive and connected. And seeing all aspects of life as a beautiful creation of what is.

If I am honest with my vulnerability

I am able to love myself more

And be gentle when it is called for

In my innocence, with nature all around

I feel clarity, waterfalls abound

With abundance and connection

I m standing in life’s perfection

It helps me dance through life

Freestyling in the movements

Opening up all possibilities

When the clouds disappear

It’s like all thoughts are leaving me

And there is nothing but clear horizons in front of me

It helps me dance through life

Freestyling in the movements

Opening up all possibilities

Holding hands, with my friends

Deepening the trust and understanding

I embrace the change, Happening inside me

Noticing the beauty of the colours

Feeling the joy of the unexpected

Endless spirals moving into mother earth

Endless spirals moving into higher realms

Endless spirals moving into mother earth

Endless spirals moving into higher realms

And The creation of the canvas we call life

Canvas of Life

Video David Rogers

Feeling My Feet

Released •May 11, 2020

FEELING MY FEET This song was written to honour my feet. Rather than taking them for granted I look at the importance of my feet. I wrote the song standing up all the time which helped my imagination and feelings to flow. It actually started with a IMPROV session during one of the beautiful MUSICAL IMMERSIONS I did with Corinne Gibbons. FEELING MY FEET! They gave me the inspiration. My feet have taken me to many parts of the World. Even when I fell off my feet 5 years ago, they did not give up and still showed me how to keep on going! They connected me to the earth, they took me out and they still take me out. They like to move and let me walk. They stand still when they are required to do so. They let me feel what is underneath giving me information wherever I am. The feet consists of many parts and they all play such an important role. I love my toes the most. Spreading them wide and moving them up and down. Connecting my mind all the way down. THANK YOU FEET! How important are YOUR FEET to you? Love to hear from you.

Thank you Corinne Gibbons for the music and production and for always stimulating me to go a little deeper, stretching myself a little further and appreciating what is inside. Thank you Kara Grainger for the beautiful music. Thank you Ricky Bloomfield for the recording and bringing out some more groove in me. Oh Yeah!. And last but not least Thank you David Rogers for encouraging me with your enthusiasm about this whole journey, showing me the most beautiful spots in NSW, Australia, guiding me in my photographic skills and capturing me while on the go. LOVING YOU ALL.

Feeling my feet

Touching the floor,

giving me stability

And so much more

Feeling my feet

Standing tiptoe,

Balancing my weight

They like to jump, up in the air

They like to move,

to the right

and to the left

Feeling my feet

Spreading my toes,

opening up my mind

When heals touch,

they start to receive

An intimate sensation with my feet

I treasure them,

they give me freedom

Sometimes they just go,

and I will follow

Bringing me forward

Taking me back

Till these treasured feet find centered ground

Then they stand firm.

Then they stand sound

Now they can go,

Walking and dancing

with pleasure

Yes, it is precious

Going around

On my dear FEET

Dancing around

On my dear FEET

Going around

On my dear FEET

Dancing around

On my dear FEET

Feeling My Feet

Lyrics Katy le Blanc | Production Corinne Gibbons | Music Kara Grainger | Recorded Ricky Bloomfield | Video David Rogers

Deep Inner Peace

Released •Jun 16, 2020

Five years ago I experienced a severe shock to my system. I called it a burnout, however later someone told me to rephrase it to breakthrough. It opened my eyes to many different states of being. Whatever label it was given, it never actually indicated the real situation. What I knew was that it was a very difficult time as it made me feel very anxious and restless. I was longing to feel quietness again. To just be quiet. To be able to listen to myself without doing anything and to be able to listen deeply to others. Listening and observing what it was to just be. But it was not easy when you are restless. I told myself to trust and take good care of myself.

Then one day after a meditation session I all of a sudden felt really quiet again. I just sat observing the drops of rain falling onto the water surface and I listened to the sounds of the rain. Realising these drops are visible and noisy for a while before they become completely still and disappear. And I realised that that was happening to me as well. The restlessness for a moment had totally disappeared into stillness. I had forgotten about myself. It did not last, but it was there for a while and it made me so happy. Slowly over these last few years these moments of stillness have become longer and longer and I can listen deeper again in many ways. I wrote this poem a few years ago to appreciate these moments of understanding, of feeling connected to myself and others by being able to deeply listen. I hope it might benefit others, deeply appreciating to listen.

Thank you, Corinne Gibbons, encouraging me to make this into a piece which would last by producing it. You have really played a vital part in this journey to becoming more quiet. Thank you Mo Pleasure for the marvellous piano sounds, and thank you David Rogers for capturing these perfect waves and putting them together with the sounds of the piano and my voice. Like they were there for this poem!

I am listening

Feeling Deep Inner Peace

Feeling Connected to the Source

Am I listening, when someone is talking

Am I hearing, what someone just said

Am I hearing my own inner voice

Drops on the water

Leaving their marks on the surface

Until they become one with the water

A continuous process, in which I play my part

I am like a drop on the water

Playing my part in the world

Untill one day I can reach deeper

Deeper into my own source

Being one with the water

Feeling completely safe

I am like a drop on the water.

Lyrics Katy le Blanc | Production Corinne Gibbons | Piano Mo Pleasure | Recorded Ricky Bloomfield | Video David Rogers

Wise Enough

Released •Jun 17, 2021

Herewith my latest song WISE ENOUGH. When are we wise enough? We never really know. But for me at this moment it is to realise that in honesty and appreciation for myself and others, I live a more connected life. A connection to a wider appreciation of life as it is, with all its ups and downs.

Wise enough is a meditative song. Corinne and I worked on this piece late 2019 with some refinements during the Covid period. The initial text emerged during a meditation, when words start to flow, an acknowledgement of what the deeper voice likes to say or show. As a human being I love to show my bright side, my strength, my love for life, however the deeper voice also wants me to acknowledge pain, fears and insecurities without judging them, and let other people know that they are part of me too. This is not always easy.

Understanding more and more that I have been covering up my vulnerable sides for most of my life, with strength, determination or just with a lot of love for new experiences. But there was no real acknowledgement of this vulnerable side with gentleness. Since my life shifted with tremendous force in 2015 I have been watching myself with more gentleness. A deeper enquiry of what makes me who I am. Realising that “ I am not defined by who I think I am”. There is so much more to us, than what we think. So many wonders to experience, both bright and dark. So many opportunities have been given to me, during my whole life, but even more so since burning out – breaking through. So many new beautiful people have come into my life, many many women and also men, from all walks of life, different ages, different languages, different voices. The variety I treasure.

With this in mind Corinne Gibbons and I are merging our voices and languages in the 2nd part of the song together. It becomes a reflection of our own voices, listening to one another and expressing that what is important for us, in our own language. The importance of language, the importance of understanding the other, even when we do not speak that language. Playing with the sounds of the words, proof that working together over the last few years, our work has deepened as well. Bridging feelings, experiences and nationalities, something we both deeply value.

Corinne Gibbons, working together with you has given me so much. One of the wonders was meeting you in my most tender state, and starting on the journey to express myself in songs and texts. Something I just never would have imagined to happen. Realising that “I am not defined by who I think I am.” David Rogers , you made this most beautiful clip using my artworks. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Always good to work together. Combining my two current ways of expression : through voice and paintings. Thank you Kara Grainger for the beautiful music you made for this song, and Ricky Bloomfield thank you for recording it in your gorgeous studio. It was so much fun to work on that together.

Now I am wise enough
To NOT ignore my pain
Acknowledging that my strength
is covering up my insecurity
No longer resisting what I actually feel
Loving and understanding my self

Deeper listening
It is giving me a message
Allowing my spirit to rise
To where it longs to be
Unveiling my inner side
with tenderness
and good humor
No longer covering up
That what keeps me going
And feeling totally at ease

With who I am
I am strong
And I am tender
And I am brave
And I am fearful - And I forgive myself

I am creative
And I am beautiful
And I am not good enough
blank – And I forgive myself
I forgive myself
As I am not defined by who I think I am
I am not defined by who I think I am
I forgive myself

THERE IS
Ease GEMAK
LOVE Liefde
TEARS Tranen
LETTING GO Laten gaan
Natural beauty natuurlijke schoonheid
ISOLATION afzondering
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING dieper begrip
CONNECTION contact
RAINDROPS druppels
FLOWING WATER vloeiend water
EYES of CLARITY ogen die helder zien
SEEING THE TRUTH inzicht in de waarheid
ACCEPTANCE OF SELF acceptatie van mezelf
with TENDERNESS met tederheid
And PATIENCE en geduld

EMBRACING that what is omhullen dat wat er is
Now I am wise enough Nu ben ik verstandig genoeg
I am wise enough in this moment Ik ben verstandig
genoeg op dit moment

I am happy
I am sad
And I am beautiful
And I am insecure – And I forgive myself
Acknowledgement erkenning
MOVEMENT beweging

Smile

Moments

Star

Canvas of Life

Feeling My Feet

Deep Inner Peace

Wise Enough