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3. tags should write a journal of these facts
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1. Music means everything to me. If I have my music with me, I feel home very fast.
2. My band is also a very important thing in my life. It's my ideal way of combining music and learning
3. If I don't play music, I dance to it. Salsa is my favorite kind, I'm taking my third semester of lessons.
4. I have a weakness for design books and magazines. It really difficult to not buy anything when I see some of them
5. I still can't drive a car, don't know why...
6. Photography is my best way of communicating with the world. You can explain so much by one picture, the power is immense.
7. If I had the time and money, my first thing I would buy is a horse.
8. I hate bad food...

Now I tag:



]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/13027128/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/13027128/ Sun, 20 May 2007 14:47:49 PDT

So check out my new site, and comments are more than welcome

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Thanks and enjoy,
Cas

]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/12200627/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/12200627/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:22:30 PDT
So if made a MySpace-account (I know, MySpace,...):
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Hope you like it!

I'm still busy with our official website. So it will be available soon.

I know I didn't post anything for the last few months, but I'm very very busy. I've got a lot of websites I'm working on, and have a lot of work for school. But I'll try to post asap

Greetz,
Cas

]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/10588416/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/10588416/ Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:01:04 PST
I'm finally 19, not that it's so different from being 18

The real party is probably next week, because this week I got to much work for my portfolio. It has to be finished this monday, and they informed us 2 weeks ago. If you then know that the portfolio will count around 100 pages, you get the idea
I'll probably put some designs in my scraps or perhaps in my gallery, so you can see how it looks.

Anyway, hope you guys have a nice holiday. Here in Belgium, today is the most pathetic day in the year, but for me, the best day

I'm off to work on my portfolio!
See you around,
Cas

]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/10102660/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/10102660/ Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:17:53 PDT That way a found a few very cool sites like [link] , an amazing flash-site. I also found a great essay about the difference between a designer and an artist: [link] . Next up, I found an online magazine [link] . They have an amazing cool design, an they feature a few very cool photographers.
But the best thing I found, were design companies that are using art to support certain well-fair companies. You've probably heard about the Million Dollar Homepage [link] . Well, 6 people came up with the idea to do the same thing for charity, and this is the result: [link] . Another similar project is The Bridge: [link] . This one is sponsored by big companies like Adobe and Quicksilver who will donate money to charity for each mile added. Everyone can add a mile with their own piece of art.
I think it's becoming much more of a trend. Thanks to the internet, small artist can help well-fair companies by supporting projects like this, and they also get notified. A few years ago, design-companies were located in big cities, in the center of it all. Today, you can pretty much be everywhere. Projects like those last 2 are a beautiful example of the advantages that that brings us.
Hope you like it, and if your fingers tingle to make a piece of art for these projects: don't hesitate. It's good for you, for the world and for your karma. ]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9664600/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9664600/ Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:18:22 PDT ) and many (really many) pictures of Sfinks (a multicultural festival). And won't put them on my deviant all at once, because I want to give them the time they need, so I'll wait a few days before I post the next one.
But still, enjoy

P.S.: I've got one new set waiting for me in the store ]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9444462/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9444462/ Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:03:34 PDT

I've got to say, it's got a lot of advantages, but still, I'm not convinced. But perhaps I will in the next week...

I'm still waiting to finish my roll in my camera. Yes, I still work with old filmrolls, and with a terribly old camera. I'm at photo 23 of the 36. Then I got to develope them, and then I can put them on my deviant. So it'll take a while. But they'll be good, I swear.

Have a nice vacation everyone!

]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9386710/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9386710/ Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:43:59 PDT I just wanted to give a link.
It's the gallery of my dad. He was, is and always will be my greatest mentor
He travels a lot around the world for his work, and he takes that as an oppurtunity to take some pictures. He collected his most favorite works and put them on his own site.
If you want to comment his pictures, please do that on his site, you can write your comment underneath the picture. He will be very glad with it, and so will I

[link]

Hope you like it

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Ok, I just discovered that you can't put any comments underneath the pictures. Sorry for that. You can leave them here if you want ]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9179685/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9179685/ Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:34:06 PDT
I few years ago, I participated in a contest called 'De Kunstbende'. You could participate in different categories like music, dance, film, ... I off-course took the category Photography.
I had this idea of a portrait for a very long time in my head. I wanted to make a portrait about a guy who had had a lot of problems. Somebody who lost his job, lost his wife, ... I wanted to make the portrait at a location that symbolized his sorrow and his anger. I had al the pictures in my mind before I took them, I had it all figured out.
I found my model quit fast, but the car and the location not. I was searching for a really old car, something from the 70's. Big, with a lot of charm. And then suddenly, such a car stood right in front of my house. Out of nowhere... I put a little letter behind the windscreen wiper where I asked the owner if I could use it for my portrait, and if so he or she would call me.
A week later and old lady called me to say that I could use the car. She asked me where I wanted to take the pictures. I said I didn't find the appropriate location yet, and explained to her how it should look like. She lived in Doel, and she said that that location was the thing I was searching for.
Now, you have to know some details about Doel. Doel is a small village right next to a big power plant. A few years ago, they announced that Doel was going to disappear because the power plant, and the harbor right next to it, wanted to expand, and Doel stood in the way. A lot of people didn't want to leave, and protested (even today) so that Doel would live on. But, in spite of the protest, Doel became an empty village. A ghost-town...
The year I took the pictures, was I think 3 years after the announcement, and 3 years before the village had to be completely empty.
So I went to Doel, and she was right. She owned I thing 3 houses in Doel, and I took the pictures right next to the house were she lived. The location was exactly what I was looking for, deserted cold, lonely... My model was a pleasure to work with, and the car fitted perfectly, so I was really glad with the pictures.
After the shoot, we went to a bar (the only one in Doel) for a drink. The woman told me about how Doel was at the moment, and how sad she was. It was really interesting, and she was really happy that her car and her village was used by me.
And indeed, Doel was and still is a real ghost-town. You see nobody on the streets, no cars, no people, just empty. All windows were closed, all curtains were closed... It was really creepy... I'll never forget it...

At the end, I didn't won the competition. But that's not important.
I hope you like my portraits. Personally, it's my favorite work

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[link] ]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9065955/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/9065955/ Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:25:31 PDT , so thanks a lot

1. Name: Cas
2. Nickname: isn't Cas short enough?
3. Birthday: November 2nd 1987
4. Place of Birth: Wilrijk, Antwerp
5. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
6. Male or Female: male
7. Education: Computer Sciences, but next year Graphical en interactive media
8. Schools you went to: 3 O.L.V. Pulhof, St. Stanislas en the university of Ghent
9. Occupation: Music, and second studying I guess.
10. Residence: Ghent during the week, Antwerp during the weekend
11. Screen Names: Castemelijn (deuh...)
__Your Appearance___

12. Hair Colour: Brown
13. Hair Length: *holding the ruler against my hair (for fuck sake)* 14 cm
14. Eye colour: Blue grey
15. Best Feature: you tell me
16. height: my ruler isn't that long...
17. Braces?: no
18. Glasses?: yes
19. Piercing: no
20. Tattoos: no
21. Righty or Lefty: Lefty!

___Your 'Firsts'___

22. First best friend: *Digs in memory* I think that was Juul
23. First Award: perhaps in the future
24. First Sport You Joined: Horseback riding
25. First Pet: 2 fish
26. First Real Vacation: France (with huge forestfires)
27. First Concert: I think Polé Polé the first year I was born (not that I remember anything of the concert...)
28. First Love: a sweet girl

___ Favorites___

29. Movie: Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation, and many many others
30. TV Show: euhm nothing really
31. Colour: I like lots of colours
32. Rapper: the ketnet-rappers
33. Band: my band
34. Song Right Now: Nicola Conte - Wanin Moon
35. Friend: I don't like to choose between my friends...
36. Candy: Haribo Jelly Beans
37. Sport to Play: none!
38. Restaurant: Bar Italia (it's a restaurant, not a bar...)
39. Favorite brand to wear: dunno, I don't pay attention to that
40. Store: Bilbo
41. School Subject: Esthetics
42. Animal: Horses
43. Book: Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - Adam Douglas
44. Magazine: Computer Arts
45. Shoes: o_O dunno...

___Currently___

46. Feeling: pissed off! Yesterday I flunked on my exam, for wich I worked very very hard
47. Single or Taken?: Single
49. Eating: pasta (and I'm full of it)
50. Drinking: Cola
51. Typing: this
52. Online?: indeed
53. Listening To: Outlines - A Matter Of Time
54. Thinking About: vacation!
55. Wanting To: party
56. Watching: my screen of course
57. Wearing: clothes for fuck sake!

__________Future__________

58. Want Kids? dunno
59. Want to be Married: not necessarily
60. Careers in Mind: not at all, I just wanna travel a lot and see the world
61. Where do you want to live? where I feel good
62. Car: pff there are more important things...

__Which is Better With The Opposite Sex___

63. Hair colour: blond or red but it's not really important
64. Hair length: the longer the better but again it's not really important
65. Eye colour: green but it's not really important
66. Measurements: don't care
67. Cute or Sexy: cute
68. Lips or Eyes: eyes
69. Hugs or Kisses: Both
70. Short or Tall: not taller than me!
71. Easygoing or serious: something in the middle
72. Romantic or Spontaneous: romantic
74. Sensitive or Loud: Sensitive
75. Hook-up or Relationship: Relationship
77. Trouble Maker or Hesitant One: hesitant


___Have you ever______

78. Kissed a Stranger: nope
79. Had Alcohol: Yes
80. Smoked: no
81. Ran Away From Home: No
82. Broken a bone: 2 times my middlefinger and once my big toe (in 3 pieces)
85... ]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8929424/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8929424/ Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:54:23 PDT
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It just can't be denied...

Sorry for the links, I'm not (yet) a subscriber, so I can't put thumbnails in my journals... Too bad... ]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8741241/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8741241/ Thu, 11 May 2006 15:06:42 PDT The guy walked through one of those streets. He saw a girl. He took is gun, and shot here. He walked on, turned into another street. He saw a another girl about 20 years old, with a baby. He shot both. When he turned around, he saw two guys, looking at him, full of disbelief. He aimed with his gun, but they managed to escape. Then he heard the voice of a policeman: "Please put your gun down on the ground!". He didn't move. "Please put your gun down on the ground!". He didn't saw the policeman. "Please... put your gun down on the ground!". He turned around, fast... The policeman shot him, in the middle of his stomach. He lost consciencennes....

It looks like a scene from a movie. Or a thriller... But this is exactly what happened today in Antwerp, the city where I live. The guy was a racist, he had connections with skinheads. The first girl he shot, was from turkish origin, she's in a hospital, but luckily not in critical condition. The second girl was black. The baby was only 2 years old, and white... They both died immediately...
The witnesses didn't saw any cause of why the guy started shooting.
I don't know what to say... When I heard the news, I cried. Every weekend, I walk through the streets where this happened. My best friend, who studies in Antwerp, drove with her bike through those streets, 5 minutes before the guy came around.
I have no words, only questions... ]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8692427/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8692427/ Sat, 06 May 2006 15:16:27 PDT My mother doesn't talk to me anymore, and my dad doesn't believe me...

I've studied informatics for 1 year in Ghent. My parents paid my university costs and my studio where I live during the week. For the passed few months, I came to realize that informatics is really not my thing: far to much mathematics and practically no creativity. So it is entirely not what I want to do for the next 3 years. I've searched for somethings else, thought about what my hobbies are, what my interests are, and they all lead to photography. And if I see what I'm going to learn, I can't wait to start...

But apparently my parents don't seem to understand that... They think there is no future in photography. They think I can do better... Why do people always think that when you study at a university, you're smart, and when you study at a high school, you're stupid. It's so misunderstood I understand that my parents are worried but they both studied photography themselves. I just don't get it.

I thought I did something good by telling them, but apparently it came out the complete opposite... ]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8653709/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8653709/ Tue, 02 May 2006 15:58:17 PDT
So tomorrow is chillday, and YES I'm going to that jazzcafé again, and YES I have rehearsal and YES I'm going to take pictures !! Wohooo!! New pictures coming up!! Ow riiiiight!
(Excuse me for my crazy behaviour, it's late, I'm tired and I have seen to many monospace-character...)

And after getting this great comment from Nassia :
"Niet alleen AMAN, maar ook Cas is absoluut de moeite waard. Cas zal met zijn geniale foto's de pixels op uw beeldscherm doen trillen van plezier! De vibrante kleuren zullen u uw omgeving grijs en levensloos laten vinden, en de interessante en originele composities zullen u inspireren in uw dagdagelijkse bezigheden. In een woord briljant! Ge had al geklikt moeten hebben!"
I just wanna give a shoutout to 2 of my best friends from Urania who are making beautful drawings and pictures:
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Even your pixels will be speechless when they need to show up their art So click them! Visit them! Love them! And you'll know what I mean when I say: beauty!

Woohooooo!! Ow riiiight!!!


Signing off...

]]> ~Castemelijn http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8600701/ http://Castemelijn.deviantart.com/journal/8600701/ Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:33:55 PDT We ended the rehearsal at 23.00, but the evening just started. We went to a really small jazzcafé, right around the corner. There was also a jamsession in that café. Musicians how wanted to jam, just had to go the band who was playing, ask if they could join, and just play with them. I nor anybody of my band dared to jam with those musicians because they were far too good. But we listened. And it really was amazing. Once again I was stunned by the power that jazzmusic has on me.
I play the bass and drum myself, and the bassplayer last night was a great inspiration for me. He played a fretless bass, and you could tell that he was a leader in the band. He always gave the signs, and lead the melody. His solos were magnificant, subtile, light, smooth... Like it has to be
The drummer was, of course, waaaay better than me. If I go to a jazzconcert, I always come to the conclusion that jazzdrumming is much to difficult for me, and that it would take me years to get that good. But yesterday evening gave me a new perspective. Suddenly there was this small guy, I think he was 16. He asked the drummer if they could switch. So he sat down behind the drums, and you had to see the faces of the other musicians: "O no, a little kid, this is gonna be bad". The bassplayer was telling him what to do during the song. And than they began: the boy was amazing. He played as good as an average jazzdrummer, but sometimes he would just put a hip-hop-rithme in the song. He did that during one of the solos of the bassplayer. He was really amazing. So now I know: you don't have to be old to be a good jazzdrummer
Ok perhaps this is al a bit boring, but what I wanna say. If you wanna listen to jazz, you have to learn it. And the best way to do that, is to go to jamsessions. Yesterday-evening I saw 5 set-ups, everytime with different instruments like: bass, drum, piano, tenor-say, bariton-sax, alt-sax, trumpet, guitar and vocals. You get a taste of al the instruments, so it's ideal for people who want to meet this kind of music. And believe me: if you love music, it worth learning jazz!

Sorry I don't have any pictures. We probably go back next week, so then I'll take my camera with me, and delivere you some pictures ]]> ~Castemelijn