PUBLISHED ARTICLES & PRESS RELEASES:

http://www.facebook.com/l/f19a5FQEI5CE7DB_FurGzAmGMsQ;biadesalles.typepad.com/blog/2010/06/how-much-do-you-use-your-computer-for-work-vs-fun-1.html (How much do you use your computer for work vs. fun? - Beatrice de Salles's blog “CONNECTING WORLDS AND FOLLOWING MY BLISS – BECOMING GLOBAL KIDS”: Life is a voyage full of the unknown; we cannot see what lies ahead. It is like the vastness of an ocean, all that can be seen is the calm, blue sea. We can sail in any direction, explore the horizon, and go where the wind takes u...)

http://www.brazilianpacifictimes.com/pdf/0310/37.pdf (Article published on page 37, March-2010 edition)

http://www.brazilianpacifictimes.com/pdf/0210/37.pdf (Article published on pages 17-37, Feb.-2010 edition)

Contemporary Language Teaching Methods For Children in Their Early Years by Beatrice de Salles - April, 2010
1st International Conference "Lingual Identity in the Contemporary World"-2010 Ingush State University (RF), The Kazakh University of the International Relations and World Languages (Kazakhstan) and the Institute for Regional Researches (RF). To be held at Ingush State University in Magas (Ingushetia, Russian Federation) on 6th-7th May 2010. http://files.mail.ru/P6LI9P

http://issuu.com/brazilexplore/docs/ed101  (Interview published on pages 24-25, Jan-2010)

http://www.divinecaroline.com/22111/91952-curious-mind-pure-heart    Dear Beatrice, Congratulations!

Your story is published and it is being featured on the front page of Parenting Magazine.

https://www.atanet.org/conferencesandseminars/conf2009_photos.php

http://www.la-quinta.org/Index.aspx?page=288&recordid=2216 and  http://www.la-quinta.org/index.aspx?recordid=2215&page=572

http://www.brazilianpacifictimes.com/pdf/0110/37.pdf  (Article published on page 37 and mention on pages 6 & 17, Jan-2010 edition)

http://www.brazilianpacifictimes.com/pdf/1209/12.pdf  (Article published on page 12, Dec-2009 edition)

http://www.brazilianpacifictimes.com/pdf/1109/18.pdf  (Article published on page 18, Nov-2009 edition)

http://www.lqchamber.com/pdf/gem-aug07.pdf  (Picture and mention published on page 22)

http://www.lqchamber.com/pdf/gem-jul07.pdf (Picture on page 6 and mention on page 20)

ONCE UPON A TIME:

How often does it feel as if we are counting in our culture for a deeper recognition,
significance and sense of our saga,
or even for a validation of ourselves?

Have you ever dreamed about flying on a magical carpet to a distant land, meeting an enchanted fairy, a brave knight, a potent wizard?
What about meeting a sacred oracle at his fire pit, fighting with dragons, or being saved by a mysterious healer?
If you could, would you chose to become a beautiful princess, a silly pirate or a cautious spy?

Have you ever kissed a frog or encountered a prince who couldn't really save you?
What about riding an unicorn through the foggy forest?
Did you see many witches on your journey?

Well, in my life, fantasy always came alive to surprise me,
nearly inclusive with witchcraft, costumes, masks, characters, treasures, spells, potions, and missions…
that’s how I have been living…

It gets worse when I try to take control of it, so now...I just enjoy it!
But we all know that life is no fairytale.
I had to learn how to face the insensitive reality that is encountered on a daily basis.

While still searching for the happily ever after!

By Beatrice de Salles at Omega Institute - A Weekend to Change Your Life Retreat with Joan Anderson - Rhinebeck, NY September/09

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I WRITE AS IF I WHISPER TO THE EARS OF MY LITTLE ONES:

Childhood is sweet, full of dreams and fun!
Enjoy smiling and playing with excitement.
A child's world is wonderful and new and beautiful!
Just like butterflies and ladybugs dancing around the nectar
you are blossoming now!

There is something else, intangible...
an accomplishment in the deepest way possible
about the enthusiastic relationship of love and identity
between a mother and her baby.

I gave birth for you
to come and discover this magical place,
an enchanted and adventurous experience...
called life!!!

By Beatrice de Salles to Lorenzo & Annaliz at Spirit Mountain Retreat - Annual Writer's Retreat - Idillwild, CA June/09

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THE PURPLE PASHMINA:

The amethyst color of that shawl enhances my vision and makes me feel warmer than I am now!
To just imagine how the soft touch became tangible through its fine wool and cashmere fur raises my senses,
suggesting me a tease of a smile when I notice by its label that it was hand made..

I love the way the old tales of Ganesha reunited the ladies from India,
who used to sit together to work on the fabric and create rhythm to the patterns.
How different it looked in different tones of cream, magenta and lavender!

They chatted and enjoyed their time together washing clothes until moonlight dust would be mirrored in the river,
but meanwhile they would patiently weave the frames around the shawl and listen to their barefoot kids who danced and singed around them.
The Indian ladies near the Taj enjoyed creating shape and the feeling of the fabric around their head, neck and waste.

They just assured the touch was soft and the threads firm!
Together with their art, the sunset would form a masterpiece while reflecting on the water.
They didn’t even realize the act per se gave them access to the core of their femininity…

All pieces were inspired in nature and the ladies were blessed
in this eternal gathering under the immensity of the sky!
Their tools kept evolving, but their art was timeless!

By Beatrice de Salles at Tending the Soil of Your Writing Writing Workshop with Katya Williamson - La Quinta, November/09

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Beatrice de Salles call for Presentation - August 3-5 at University of CA, Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus
Language & Globalization: Language and culture are both a limiting factor in globalization and the enabler for globalization.
Does globalization result in leveling our regional difference or does it increase awareness of and response to those differences? Does globalization necessarily involve a center-periphery model, or do recent changes allow for the periphery to challenge the dominance of the center? How do organizations deal with the issue of translation and cultural adaptation (localization) when entering new markets? How can demand for language best be met in a cost-effective manner that allows organizations to speak to individuals in their own languages?

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 A PERSONAL PROCESS:

Writing for me, helps me live and re-live each moment and like in a mirror, is a way to study my reflection and describe life as I see it.
It is for me, an act of confidence that is flowing and reflective. Because taking concepts and ideas into a physical dimension it’s a way to connect with our higher self and wholeness potential. The words we chose to write are our "marks" and as distinctive as our fingerprints. In my case, I pick the visual figures in my manuscript that deepens the content of my writing, making it more personal and expressive. In a way this work is a deep personal process that expresses simply one's authenticity.It can be a tool for self-discovery. It is a resource for awareness, just like living twice: In the moment and in the memory...Like transcending this experience we all call as life!
Writing is a progressing process because it allows us to grow and change, truly offering sometimes a personal transformation. It is such a paradox that on my search for a way to communicate to future generations in case of memoir writing.That is how I connect with my present while experiencing the creation force within. At the same time, exploring my past while celebrating the passage of each stage of my life. Through this exercise, it becomes easier to understand our milestones. In the awareness of where we have been, where we are and where we are going.
What a beautiful and truthful journey it is to write! It is a way to describe life through what we see, the language and words we hear, the senses we experiment in our own minds.It is a real unique experience for everyone...And just like in a treasure box, it makes it possible to give forms for our memories to live!

By Beatrice de Salles at Women's Writing Workshops with Tammy L. Coia - Palm Desert, Dezember/09

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WHAT IS TO BE A LOCAL OUTSIDE OF ONE'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN?

This question seems foolish, even dubious, but it makes all the sense when we are abroad, living away from our country of origin.Our behaviors, values, attitude, music, food, places, scenes, taste, all things that make us remember our homeland; do contribute to the development of our identity.Even to our identity as far as being an expatriate or a foreigner.Who never felt the craving, sighed with desire or sensed the pain of the distance?
Has anyone ever been identified by the accent, the laugh, the look or the way to welcome someone? Our approach and style, contribute to the way that we see ourselves and also to the way that we identify with others; whether part or not of the same nationality.So in reality, what does it mean to belong to this or to that country?The color of an attire, the model of an eyeglasses, the pattern of a fabric or just a sample of a letter written by hand; should beenough information that allows us to identify, recognize or characterize someone. What is more important? Our identity or identification? Our equality or differences? We are driven by divergence and naturally feel more attracted to the exotic. So, what does this really mean and matters today in the prespective that we are all part of the same society? The essential is to be able to observe diversity and mixture, while recognizing and learning the possibility that the differences can sometimes complete, shape and match what we feel by being people or simple human beings. The important is to just accept and be who we currently are with the wisdom that we bring from where we come from! To remain and continue to be part of what we really absorb from the new experiences and at the same time preserve our customs and values!
Let’s be proud for being whatever we are in reality: a native, an expatriate or a foreigner in the country we live! To have the opportunity to live abroad is a fantastic skill, but if there is not enough maturity and understanding in this experience, we can risk the chance of success and put everything to lose. Only with a balanced mind and a strong and centered intellect, can we transform adversity into a more noble feelings and above it all, the loneliness into the hope that everything will be somehow worthy! In general, it is not always easy being an immigrant. However the experience of living abroad can sometimes leverage our love for our own country and make us aware that there are problems out here too, as there are great and extraordinary possibilities.The most important assimilation in this case, is to never lose our own identity but instead, to learn how to respect and take advantage of the differences between ourselves and the others. Globalization can lead us to improve and take advantage to the fact that we are becoming a mix of various cultures of one only humanity. It can seek the benefit of building a better world: more equitable, with more peace and harmony!
I am personally very supportive of a society without borders, a world where there are no differences but at the same time, I recognize that there is nothing as emotionally safe as to be home! And home is nevertheless where one’s heart belongs.

By Beatrice de Salles to the ATA Chronicle Magazine.

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A ROOM OF MY OWN::

I was born the first baby of young parents. The first grandchild on my mom’s side and a favorite of all to my charismatic grandmother. I saw a picture of a green room with a huge bear inside waiting for that sweet baby to arrive. At that time my parents kept it neutral because they didn’t know my gender yet. Soon came along my brother, only 17 months later. I was surely jealous as it triggers my first memories of how I felt when I first saw him at the maternity:I still remember being in my aunt’s arms and looking at the baby boy in the window. Later I learnt that I lost all my hair that week!

We then shared a bedroom for almost 10 years. It was nice and colorful but still neutral. There was a yellow counter with 2 chairs and 2 lamps for us to do our homework’s and 2 cute beds with the covers painted by my mom who was an artist! I remember we were always arguing regarding anything possible: the door, the light, the sounds, the temperature, noises, any excuse was valid! Eventually I started using the den. When I was 10, my parents moved to a much bigger and nicer house. We had our own pool, garden and I gained my own suite! The furniture was basic but nice since my mom was very creative with colors. It was then that I probably started to discover that I was already continually looking for ways to improve my surroundings by making them more attractive and harmonious. I dreamed about different ways of decorating not only my own space but also other’s! I was always “designing” in my mind!

One day I went to a school mate’s house for a rehearsal and could not believe my eyes when I entered her bedroom! She had the nicest room I could have ever dreamed about! It was pink and romantic with a canopy bed. Her sister’s room was even prettier. It was a modern version in green, with a 4 postured bed! It was all I needed to get inspired! I remembered my aunt also had an old canopy bed that was forgotten for years in my grandparent’s attic. I insisted so much that my grandmother had it repainted and waxed and sent to my new room! My dad's father was the next one to be approached for ideas of curtains and veils, ribbons and pillows! He told me he would let me chose a style if I promised to keep it until the day I would leave my parent’s house. We had a deal! I added an old English oak desk and a long mirror there were also in the attic and gave the room a feeling closer to my character & personality! Along the years, I painted the walls and made it a safe and comfortable place with silky pillows, plushy rugs, and exotic lamps from Morocco. The cascading veil in the upper part of the bed was arranged by an embroidered & silky sari that formed a tent with its wavy shape!

When I was overwhelmed or just feeling adventurous, I would play some songs, close the veils and dream about a prince that would come and find me there! Sometimes I would just pretend I was Jeannie inside her own bottle and feel so fascinated by enjoying my surroundings and sensual space. I would inspire all my friends to dream and play with excitement and enthusiasm stories of pirates or Hollywood glamour! It was then that I knew for sure that a happy and harmonious home was a very important necessity for me. It was more than anything, a way to secure my safe nest! Little did I know that a little less than a couple of years later my parents would divorce and I was going to be sent to live in a boring and empty room of a boarding school in Switzerland. This is how my journey around the world started! A journey of search for knowledge and experience. An engaging adventure in which the journey itself was more important than the destination.

Traveling from my early childhood throughout Europe, I became immersed in the history, culture, and architecture which only furthered my passion for design. Later on being more exposed to some of the most interesting cultures in the world through my passion for travel and international design, it nurtured and consolidated my creativity. After being raised in South America, studying in Europe, living in Asia and traveled extensively within North America and the Caribbean, I gradually started facing my passion creating spaces for people that reflected their individual lifestyle. My work continued to impress as I carefully choreographed into more stylish environments!

The combination of Interior Design & Home Staging with my formal education in Business & Languages explains my strong passion for Decoration. It all came from my interest and love of design, furniture and traveling. Having been exposed to so many different cultures, my professional experience was broaden and enhanced with a unique and creative perspective. It has always represented a sense of security and self. It took me many years, a real long time to find again my safe place!

by Beatrice de Salles to Lesley Tibbits, Writing Workshop For The Young at Heart- La Quinta, CA March/April 2009