article: Lofty | written down

This week I wanted to feel lofty. I wanted to remember the days of my childhood when I would single handedly hurl piano stools across the living room because I was Wonder Woman. Where did that amazing, audacious girl go? She seems to have gotten lost under all the “shoulds” and “supposed tos.” My page was inspired by a wonderful website called sallyjean.com. She creates the most fantastic little collaged charms often giving her images wings. Very appropriate as we were encouraged to use wings on our page this week. I painted the background a bright red and then stamped all over it with some kind of french script. The tag in the middle contains a childhood photo of myself that I cut out and added wings to. At the bottom I cut and pasted a little saying that I wanted to welcome back into my current life…She always was a little too big for her britches. For me that means make no excuses, live fully, boldly, and as big as possible. Make no apologies. Reconnect with the Wonder Woman inside (No this doesn’t mean try to do it all and be it all until I collapse into an exhausted heap on the floor. It means remember who I am, claim my personal power, and for God’s sake stop trying to be small and invisible.)

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