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Home » I’m Still Here

I’m Still Here

November 18, 2013 By Laura Dal Farra 6 Comments

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Still from the film Devil’s Night by Mikey Brand Productions, Toronto, Canada, 2013

A number of you have sent messages inquiring about my whereabouts. What have I been doing? Am I okay? Is the blog still active? I want to thank you all, including those who remain silent but continue to check in for new content. I never would have expected to deviate from posting twice weekly on MBSB but the reason for it all has been rooted in the positive.

 

I’ve been living in the present. I’ve gotten lost. In June I returned to Toronto, a city I previously lived in after an approximate four and a half year hiatus. I spent an estimated ten years of my life here and this is the first time I’ve been able to experience it in the way I truly desire.

 

The Toronto I now live is one filled with laughter, creativity, and plenty of sleep. I’m intellectually stimulated and creatively inspired. I’ve worked as an art assistant, modeled for a jewellery line and regularly work merch for out of town bands. A little over a week a go I was cast as Evil Cheerleader in the independent horror short Devil’s Night (stay tuned). Life is good and I have no complaints.

 

This all contradicts my previous existence here, a life restrained in various office environments and subsequently in varying states of emotional and spiritual disarray. The monotony and inauthenticity of it all was slowly killing me. I prefer to be challenged and I seek to evolve, thus Thailand, which inadvertently came dangerously close to the same outcome albeit by different means.

 

I’m very thankful for my current time in Toronto. It has helped heal wounds I didn’t realize were in need of care.

 

Living what may seem an ordinary life in an uncommon way can be pretty amazing.

 

I’m also training muay thai again.

 

More to come.

 

Sunday, November 17, 2013

 

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From the film Devil’s Night by Mikey Brand Productions, Toronto, Canada, 2013

 

laura dal farra movie
From the film Devil’s Night by Mikey Brand Productions, Toronto, Canada, 2013

 

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From the jewellery photo shoot, Toronto, Canada, 2013. Original Photo Credit: Michele Witt

Read the next memoir, Devil’s Night – A Film I Was In, here.

Read the previous memoir, Full Circle Cuba – Returning To The Roots Of My Nomadic Life, here.

 

 

Filed Under: Memoir Tagged With: cinematography, Devils Night

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About Laura Dal Farra

After a six month adventure training Muay Thai in Thailand in 2007, Laura Dal Farra returned to her native Canada, sold most of what she owned, and boarded a plane set for Bangkok alone. She spent the next 3.5 years training in traditional Muay Thai gyms, pushing her limits, and embracing the unknown. Realizing little was being written on the subject, she began to blog about it. Laura Dal Farra is the founder of Milk.Blitz.Street.Bomb.

Comments

  1. Cid Capezza says

    November 19, 2013 at 07:13

    Good to see that you you’re doing well LDF.

    Reply
  2. missbe says

    November 19, 2013 at 08:44

    is greta to live totally in the moment no??? happy you have found the toronto that makes you smile 🙂

    Reply
  3. Umbe says

    November 20, 2013 at 05:43

    glad to read this 😉

    Reply
  4. ldf says

    November 20, 2013 at 17:59

    Thank-you Everyone!

    Reply
  5. Lindsey says

    January 2, 2014 at 02:20

    Blonde — a surprisingly good color on you! Glad to see you’re doing well and I look forward to more of your always-excellent posts! Any more long-term international living on your horizon right now, or happy to stay in Toronto for a while?

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  6. ldf says

    January 6, 2014 at 12:56

    Thanks!!!

    Toronto has been incredibly kind and I have a lot going on right now….looks like I’ll be here for awhile. Yeah! I still have tons of info/etc to share from Thailand, etc. and am working towards getting it on the site. The change in lifestyle has been great!

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