Janette Ihnatova Dengo, born in Slovak Republic, Europe in 1973 who is a four times published illustrator, freelance writer and journalist, photographer, award winning poet and an award winning artist.
I came to Canada in 1986 after living in Austria for over 6 months, spending all of my youth and pre-teens in Slovakia. When I arrived to this wonder-filled country full of dreams, possibilities and most importantly FREEDOM, my entire life changed. Little did I know this at the time with the obstacles and challenges and learning a new language, that I would have so many wonderful ventures in my life and be a part of the universe in such a contributing and rewarding way. The next thirteen years were filled with numerous part-time jobs while finishing high school receiving my OSSD and a year later pursuing a college degree in General Business. I’m glad I made the choice for business as it has taught me how to succeed at Entrepreneurship while providing me with courage to achieve what I have thus far and will continue along my journey.
I became an entrepreneur in 1999 and the story of how it happened feels surreal even to this day. It just shows me that everything in life happens for a reason. It began with a car accident where my vehicle became a total write off while I had to undergo an intense 3-month physiotherapy. A lot has happened to me in the course of 5 months that followed and one of those was quitting my job while getting married. In the mid summer I decided to venture off into a field unknown to me and became a desktop publisher while I played and experimented back into the art field. I loved everything about designing and took on other side projects such as designing and implementing my own current website, began painting and illustrating again, illustrated and published a series of books with a high school friend, and few more creative channels.
In the early part of 2007 I began opening and designing multiple online galleries and stores, where my artwork and designs are now displayed, viewed and purchased. Art and writing is my life and love, which is my everyday living and breathing. Writing is not just a profession it is part of my daily adventure and it is a passion.
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Some of my earlier pieces were simple pencil illustrations, though to my art teacher they were glorious works of art. My art teacher Mr. Polman who was a fantastic person/artist, has later in life became my mentor. Little did he know this of course that his encouraging words of praise have echoed in my thoughts and visions for over 20 years until this day even though he's long gone now into the light. He persistently sent my art to our local gallery from which I did get many of my drawings back. As for my paintings, they were hung in our local Glenhurst Gallery and I haven't seen them since.
Before I discovered I could write, I mostly focussed on expressing myself by means of painting, illustrating, photography and digital imaging. I always loved to write and found myself to be a thinker and am to this day. Stories and poems were always in my mind and thoughts, I just had no way of expressing them in writing of constructed poetic format the way I perhaps could in colour on canvas or through the lens of my camera with digital augmentation. Many times I felt as if I was in this timeless bubble and one day it would pop. When the writing bubble I was in busted, all my creative writing began flowing within my veins like gentle streams in river bends, who soon became full flowing rivers.
All my poems and articles are published at my present primary publishing site for writers called HELIUM. It feels so wonderful to write whenever I am inspired by life and daily events knowing and feeling assured my work is protected by copyright by a professional site. I also love the fact I am compensated and rewarded for what I call my passion. Aside from being an artist, writer and romantic I always reach and explore beyond the limits of the obvious. Mostly I am a lover of life and mankind. I enjoy observing people and nature as I sense the essence of life on many levels and dimensions.
Love for arts and passion for colour has opened my window to endless possibilities in exploring, experimenting and creating little masterpieces. I enjoy photography, painting, writing, illustrating, mixed media, jewellery design, sewing and constantly experimenting with different textures and colours. Most of my inspiration comes from the nature and the elements. I enjoy taking barefoot walks on the beach and love to hit the trails either by foot or bike, love to hike, camp and fish, watching sunsets and sunrises, and I love to have FUN and laugh to laugh some more... Did I mention that I love to LAUGH?
The past few years have been simply astonishing to me, how I was able to achieve everything I did, while being a full time mom and a household manager. I have sold copies of my artwork and designs, illustrated and co-published 4 children's story books, had my photography in our local paper countless times, written over hundred poems ready for my next published book and assisted numerous people in altering their health, wellness and lifestyle. Bettering people's lives is accomplished by many ways. One is by distributing HEALTHY CHOCOLATE and also by simplifying peoples home with de-cluttering techniques with REFINED ELEMENTS, my Home Staging business. It feels truly wonderful to be alive and well, and have the privilege to live and enjoy life's beauty and live it to the fullest.
One of the most important way I help people is by simply being myself. A truthful, loyal & kind hearted individual who says it like it is without sugar coating, providing friendships, advice and love. You see, I believe we each make a profound difference by our mere existence with and to anyone and everyone we come into contact with in our lives. When you stop and think about that for a moment and truly think, that is a LOT of people. I belive I too have a purpose just like everyone else in this world and I will do my very best by bettering it and contributing to it while I am here, and departing it by letting everyone else know Janette Dengo was here.
I love learning and pretty much self taught myself everything to do with website building while spending a lot of time on the net. Networking and socializing on line during the day is a bonus for me and that is where I do most of my art exposure and also the HEALTHY CHOCOLATE - XOCAI Becoming health conscious has no doubt been a big part of my lifestyle, especially when I became a mom so the chocolate really blends and contributes to all of our healthy lifestyles.
Connecting with nature is a must for me on a regular basis. In the summer months I love camping and sitting by the fire in the evenings to gaze into the flicker of flames while they do their enchanted and hypnotizing dance. During winter months I enjoy skating, downhill skiing, tobogganing and most certainly building snowmen. My kids just love those. The best part of my life is no doubt without a heartbeat being a mom, even though it feels overwhelming and challenging at times to juggle all that I do and be a full time mom. I love spending time with my family and thrive to be the best in my children's eyes.
In the early part of 2007 the SECRET has contributed tremendously to my awakening and in the pursuit of happiness by embracing and exploring my talents beyond limits. I had a lot of things happening all at once, awakening, realizing certain abilities of life and discovering a lot about myself, which at the time was a bit overwhelming and now feels smoother and balanced.
My family is the most important thing to me, especially my two awesome kids. They are full of life and joy and bring me daily laughter in all the silly things they say and do. Laughter is a must in my daily living. I receive daily inspirations into my emails, stay in touch with friends and “butterflies” (people who come and go in and out of my life) I meet on line. I love getting to know people. Once in a while I run across a person who I may have a strong connection with and similar interests, and these are our balance partners.
Everything we do in life has a meaning. I don’t believe in coincidences. I believe in the unity of higher power or calling we all have some call it purpose, where we all have a distinctive reason to be here, right now at this very moment, doing exactly what we are. I also believe in SOULMATES and we each have many. It is such a fantastic feeling to be reconnected with a soul mate. I’ve had the privilege myself to find a few, each with a significant meaning and purpose in my life right down to my gifted children.
One important thing in my life is my belief in the divine power. Some call it God, others have different names for this entity and I just call it my light. We are such vast energy beings, all with such high abilities that we are just beginning to tap into and awakening to see with an awe and wonder. I believe in TWIN FLAMES that which is our higher selves in a dimension unseen by the human naked eye. It is our sixth sense, our Ying and/or our Yang of the mere DNA balance we are composed from, that which we exist in another dimension, always seeking to reach it and to touch it. We come in contact with it in the afterlife or BIRTH - in the unity of blue when our two energy sources the positive and negative join and spiral into another awakening, life, existence and/or dimension. Some call this place heaven.
Well, I think I’ve let you know a lot about what is going on in my head. I’ve had a huge awakening when I was introduced to the Secret in 2007. I’ve always known and never knew it was a secret this Law of Attraction. Also KEYLONTIC way of teachings based on the Guardian Alliances Freedom Teachings and the work of Ashayana Deane, even though I was brought up a Christian was baptised and love going to church. This way and method simply everything about it resonates with me and I’m so grateful for this reconnection I have made with it. It is just another perspective that I find fascinating and spiritually resonating.
Finally, we are all here to learn what we are meant to. If I could give YOU – who ever you are reading this right now – a message today, it would be feel the freedom of life and taste it’s colourful flavours. Today is a gift, so live it doing what you absolutely love. Live it to the fullest, inhale the scents of elements around you, feel the essence of existence in the glorious seconds - this light, touch the Earth and smell it, hear the warmth of your blood rushing in your body this vessel you are borrowing and treat it well with LOVE. Don't forget to LAUGH or CRY if you must and do perform an act of kindness everyday. I assure you will LIVE LIFE to the fullest without regrets.
Please make yourself comfortable and browse through my gallery of paintings, photos and digital art. Don't forget to have a peak at the healthy chocolate as well and all my ventures should they be of interest to you. Let me know if I can further assist you in anything and contact me via email at janettedengo@rogers.com
Have a fantastic day. ~Namaste~
