Currently seeking Literary Representation
Conversations with the Stars:
A narrative told through poetic reflections
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Claire Mercier is a New York Cityβbased actor, writer, and producer creating work rooted in honesty, connection, and the imperfect beauty of being human.
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A poetic, philosophical journey through grief, identity, and healing that invites readers to remember and consciously choose love in every moment for our shared experience here as people on Earth.
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For our inner-children.
For adults and for kids to ponder big ideas, big feelings, big choices, and challenging voices.
Expanding our worldview by tapping into wonder, simplicity, and the in between.
For anyone who is at a point in their lifeβa transition, a sudden change, a shifting desire, passion, path, or pursuitβseeking to love all parts of themselves and this great big wide open world we all share.
About the Book:
Iβm very excited to be embarking on the adventure of publishing my first book! After years of contemplation, reflection, and self-discovery I cannot wait for this book to be out in the world to make connections of its own.
The journey to creating this book has come from many ideas, many disjointed memories, clarifying moments, from the support of therapists, coaches, friends, teachers, mentors, guides, releasing fear through many meltdowns, and finding safety in many, many moments of joy and love.
This book is forβ¦
Anyone who has ever felt broken, wrong, or misunderstood.
Anyone who feels hard to love, and loves so hard it hurts.
For anyone whoβs ever felt like they care too deeply and are destined to wind up hurt when you thought you were safe.
This is for you. If you are afraid to believe in yourself because you donβt know if you can have your own back, I want to let you know that you will get there. You can, and Iβm willing to bet that youβre a lot closer than you think. You might already be right in the middle of it, you just havenβt been able to recognize it yet. You can trust in yourself, you can trust in life itself, and you can make space to hold everything and find a way to move through it all with ease and love.
This is for anyone that keeps dreaming, finds hope, and loves deeply.
Anyone who has ever felt like they are ready to come home to themselves.
Anyone who feels the expansion.
For you, if youβre willing to fall in love with life, again and again.
For everyone who has been there for me along the way.
More updates to come!
Thank you so much for being here, exactly as you are. α₯«α‘
Excerpt from: Conversations with the Stars
A narrative told through poetic reflections.
In an effort to share
I mistakenly captured
and held on to each moment too tight.
Becoming afraid again to let go into each night.
The ways I worked to express what I felt.
The times I wish my cards were re-dealt.
Grasping onto what I want to be true,
I struggle to make a connection from me, over to you.
Stumbling over my words, I try to be perfect.
Overthink, overanalyze, ruminate, and dissect.
Digging into how this moment could be the one Iβve been after,
how what all of this means could be the start of a bright, brand-new chapter.
I get excited and giddy, but lose sight of the goal.
Becoming erratic and needy, forgetting Iβm already whole.
I take on and give in to whatever seems fair.
And somehow, within it, I forget to take care.
To be gentle and kind, to be open and willing.
To witness, accept, and allow this moment alone to be plenty fulfilling.
It feels important to understand what I see,
but is it worth the expense of not feeling free?
These questions I ponder, and sit with again and again,
turn to shadows that cover the reason we ever began.
Began all this wondering, all this big why and what for -
began all this seeking, searching, piling on more and more.
A dream led you here
but itβs not often clear...
The dream is not the beginning or the end.
The dream is the experience, the long-winded journey.
Itβs the way that you feel while youβre continually learning.
Not doing or showing,
but simply here, growing.
And then here and then there.
And soon you wonβt know where it seems you have landed.
Just remember, you are never stranded
if you can first look around, and assess where you are.
Iβm hoping youβll find that thereβs something never too far.
A deep inner knowing
that wherever youβre going
is along this same path that keeps coming true.
This incredible journey of living as you.
You are you who are, not the things put on top.
The dream keeps you going. Youβre not meant to stop.
This dream so strong
that it cannot be wrong.
This dream youβve chosen
thatβs held you all the times you felt frozen.
The dream isnβt just things you think you decide,
the dream is the feeling thatβs resting inside.
The dream is no story, no desire to need.
The dream is the heart and the soulβs way to feed.
Your mind can create all the ways it comes true,
and your body can help you find out what to do.
Your heart seeks connection.
Your soul is protection.
This dream is a vision of Earthβs great projection.
