Domaine Valent
@domainevalent.bsky.social
The Destination for Writers. If you want to launch or land a project, we'll bring food to your desk. No program, required activities, chores, or tourism. In the Countryside of Southern France. Open all year: Book like a hotel.
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Domaine Valent
@domainevalent.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Our writers rooms are elegant and minimalist. The desks are antique. The chairs are Castelli 106. The walls are empty waiting for your ideas.
We take care of our writers with the perspective that their creativity is important. In our serene and elegant environment, they find a new relation to their work: "Here I find it's effortless getting to the computer. I don't have to even mobilize discipline. And distractions are less seductive."
December 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We take care of our writers with the perspective that their creativity is important. In our serene and elegant environment, they find a new relation to their work: "Here I find it's effortless getting to the computer. I don't have to even mobilize discipline. And distractions are less seductive."
From a recent writer in residence:
"I've traveled a lot in my life... I'm a "vacation with meaning" kind of person. Many who've accompanied me could confirm that I'll find something to complain about, while inwardly harboring a question: what's wrong with me? Why am I never happy anywhere?
"I've traveled a lot in my life... I'm a "vacation with meaning" kind of person. Many who've accompanied me could confirm that I'll find something to complain about, while inwardly harboring a question: what's wrong with me? Why am I never happy anywhere?
December 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
From a recent writer in residence:
"I've traveled a lot in my life... I'm a "vacation with meaning" kind of person. Many who've accompanied me could confirm that I'll find something to complain about, while inwardly harboring a question: what's wrong with me? Why am I never happy anywhere?
"I've traveled a lot in my life... I'm a "vacation with meaning" kind of person. Many who've accompanied me could confirm that I'll find something to complain about, while inwardly harboring a question: what's wrong with me? Why am I never happy anywhere?
We book like a hotel and we're open all year. So you can retreat to launch or land your project on your schedule.
"This is perfect. I needed to stop all distraction to get this book out."
"This is perfect. I needed to stop all distraction to get this book out."
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We book like a hotel and we're open all year. So you can retreat to launch or land your project on your schedule.
"This is perfect. I needed to stop all distraction to get this book out."
"This is perfect. I needed to stop all distraction to get this book out."
Fresh mint and verbena for our writers' tea. Rosemary for their concentration. And borage flowers to elevate dessert to a celebration of the day.
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Fresh mint and verbena for our writers' tea. Rosemary for their concentration. And borage flowers to elevate dessert to a celebration of the day.
Picking up Easter eggs may be part of the journey. There will be other times to bend down and put your hands down into the wet grass, push your fingers through a rotting pod in which is nourishment that cannot be purchased.
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domainevalent.fr/blog/experie...
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Picking up Easter eggs may be part of the journey. There will be other times to bend down and put your hands down into the wet grass, push your fingers through a rotting pod in which is nourishment that cannot be purchased.
domainevalent.fr/blog/experie...
domainevalent.fr/blog/experie...
"The stylish old lamp made of white marble seemed to convey a message: ‘You’re in the right place.’...
September 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"The stylish old lamp made of white marble seemed to convey a message: ‘You’re in the right place.’...
Our writers rooms are elegant and minimalist. The desks are antique. The chairs are Castelli 106. The walls are empty waiting for your ideas.
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our writers rooms are elegant and minimalist. The desks are antique. The chairs are Castelli 106. The walls are empty waiting for your ideas.
Riches of the countryside: the village forager introduced us to the rare and coveted Orange mushroom.
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Riches of the countryside: the village forager introduced us to the rare and coveted Orange mushroom.
Waiting
from our blog
Insights about Creativity.
Art is the Center of the Real World.
domainevalent.fr/blog/waiting/
from our blog
Insights about Creativity.
Art is the Center of the Real World.
domainevalent.fr/blog/waiting/
Waiting - Domaine Valent
It's not enough to sit with your notebook, pen poised, searching for ideas. It's necessary to have the capacity to spaciously wait for something to come.
domainevalent.fr
June 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Waiting
from our blog
Insights about Creativity.
Art is the Center of the Real World.
domainevalent.fr/blog/waiting/
from our blog
Insights about Creativity.
Art is the Center of the Real World.
domainevalent.fr/blog/waiting/
Live from Domaine Valent : "I went for a walk and realized I hadn't made myself a flower crown for too long." Here -without any imposed program- writers discover the selves they need to do the writing they intend.
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Live from Domaine Valent : "I went for a walk and realized I hadn't made myself a flower crown for too long." Here -without any imposed program- writers discover the selves they need to do the writing they intend.
Projects bloom here. Bring your tender buds to be nourished by contemplation, seasonal food, and a courageous team of fellow artists.
April 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Projects bloom here. Bring your tender buds to be nourished by contemplation, seasonal food, and a courageous team of fellow artists.
Rosemary flowers for our salt. (We serve Sale di Cervia.)
March 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Rosemary flowers for our salt. (We serve Sale di Cervia.)
Wild spring omelette
March 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Wild spring omelette
The good life: Homemade French fries and champagne.
March 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The good life: Homemade French fries and champagne.
Anti-fragile plum blossoms withstood 65km winds.
March 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Anti-fragile plum blossoms withstood 65km winds.
Art is about giving your best attention to what moves you.
March 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Art is about giving your best attention to what moves you.
Flat champagme in the hammock with a blanket and sunset between every blade of grass.
March 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Flat champagme in the hammock with a blanket and sunset between every blade of grass.
It turns out that the path of courage has the greenest grass. Welcome to Domaine Valent
March 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It turns out that the path of courage has the greenest grass. Welcome to Domaine Valent
After serving breakfast of our favorite pâtissière's brioche feuilleté and plum jam from this tree I discovered its blossoms while tugging wild blackberry vines out of the neighboring fig, tenacious as writers.
February 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
After serving breakfast of our favorite pâtissière's brioche feuilleté and plum jam from this tree I discovered its blossoms while tugging wild blackberry vines out of the neighboring fig, tenacious as writers.
This makes me very happy.
February 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This makes me very happy.
Personalized workspace and service help you get in to Flow and stay there. Our writers accomplish more than they hoped for.
domainevalent.fr/writing-retr...
domainevalent.fr/writing-retr...
January 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Personalized workspace and service help you get in to Flow and stay there. Our writers accomplish more than they hoped for.
domainevalent.fr/writing-retr...
domainevalent.fr/writing-retr...
We take care of you so you can get the writing done. Hand-made food delivered to your desk. Blank walls for your projects. Walks in the countryside. Precious little distraction beyond the village farmers market. Solitude with service to contemplation and focus.
domainevalent.fr/writing-retr...
domainevalent.fr/writing-retr...
Personalized Writing Retreat • Custom Services to maximize your Productivity
Year-round writers retreat in Southern France. Personalized menus, coaching, and services for your optimal writing environment.
domainevalent.fr
January 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We take care of you so you can get the writing done. Hand-made food delivered to your desk. Blank walls for your projects. Walks in the countryside. Precious little distraction beyond the village farmers market. Solitude with service to contemplation and focus.
domainevalent.fr/writing-retr...
domainevalent.fr/writing-retr...
