Michaud's Lexicon

Annie Michaud
Human being who loves life and grows ina a creative surrounding. The following words define her environment, skills and interests.

Artisan
1. Professional who practices, in an autonomous way, a handicraft, often using traditional methods. 2. To be the artisan of, the author of, the person responsible for.

Burn
1. Injury or damage resulting from exposure to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or certain radiations. 2. Mark, hole that occurred by something that burns. Sensation of high heat, or irritation.

Creation
The act of creating, to pull something out of nothing. The act of making something that did not already exist.

Design
Discipline, developed in the XXth century, which aims at creating objects, environments, graphic arts, etc – consistent with both the functional and aesthetical demands of an industrial production.

Experience
Knowledge acquired by a lengthy practice, joined with observation. To have experience (16 years in my case).

Fire
The phenomenon of combustion manifested, simultaneously, in light, flame and heat (natural gas in the case of my oven).

Fun
Pleasure, amusement.

Fusion
Heat transformation of a solid body into a liquid state

Giggles
The act of laughing, to have limitless fun. Done without effort, like a game.

Incandescence
Luminous state of a body when subjected to high heat.

Innovate (to)
To introduce something new in a specific field.

Move (to)
To stir the emotions, feelings, or passions of.

Object
Solid thing considered as a whole, made by humans and destined for a specific use.

Passion
Violent, impetuous movement of a being towards what is desired; powerful and continuous emotion which overpowers reason.

Sacred fire
Flamming eagerness!

Technique
Group of processes and methods of an art, a craft, an industry.

Travel
To travel. To leave temporarily for another region, another country (vital in my case).