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This week’s prompt led me to think of the following quote (which I stamped on the left page, shown above) and how it relates to my life.

“To vibrate, to accept, to expand… this is the new duty. To give oneself as is, to let life meet us as it really is, to live for the moment and extract from each moment all that it holds of truth, beauty and goodness, without scruple, without vain questioning, in the spontaneous desire of life, in childlike purity of heart… to be able to be oneself, to dare to be happy and at last allow one’s soul to spread its wings.”—Jeanne de Vietinghoff

I tried the bleached photo technique, then painted over the photo with white acrylic, quickly wiping it before it dried which toned the photo a bit and gave it a softer look. Then I scribbled the following journaling: “Sometimes I hold back. I play it safe. I put up walls. I’m not sure why. I only know it’s like an instinct. An unconscious act. Second nature. Oh, can you imagine the possibilities if I could just RISK more, OPEN up more, and DARE TO BE HAPPY. What would I be like? What would life be like? If only I would allow my own soul to spread its wings…”

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While I have been plugging along in my journal the past couple of weeks, I haven’t yet made it over here to post anything yet until now. Here goes…

I did the following pages to get acquainted with my new journal—it always takes me a few pages to get a feel for it.

Then I delved into the beginnings theme a bit more. “There’s something exciting about a fresh, new book. Blank pages naked with possibility. My inner muse begging for a chance to be poured out upon the pages. I’ve known the therapuetic value of putting one’s words on paper for some time—since I was a young girl—but I have only recently discovered the fabulous world of art journaling. I have found combining my words with my art to be such an amazing release…”

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sometimes taking a journey by soaring on pink wings can open doors to new possiblilities. the reason i decided to make the wings pink is because to me it means accepting new things. growing becoming more aware of the things around me. taking risks, going with the flow. going out of my comfort zone. to try new things. i know it is so hard for us to go out of this radius of feeling comfort. of knowing what to expect. sometimes taking a chance on something new can expand our radius of comfort and make us better people. more experienced. more accepting of the possiblities that may be out there for us to discover.

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I couldn’t think of a physical favorite place to be. I have more of a frame of mind. In Love. Doesn’t matter where, as long as I’m in love (with art, my husband, my son, etc) then I’m in my favorite place.

All painted with acrylics. I’m kind of disappointed. It looks like a 7th grader made this. But oh well… try try again, eh?

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I thought it was neat that we were challenged to use wings this time, as I have been drawing snitches (Harry Potter) all week.
I used stamps by Cavallini & Co. (found them in a Chapters bookstore), a stamp by Cat’s Life Press, some drawings I made on tracing paper, and a sharpie.

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Loved the wings prompt – for this page – I used a mixture of acrylic paints, torn paper for the flowers, leaves from native Australian trees – eucalyptus, wattle – photos of my 4 kids – I wrote: give your children wings to fly – they’ll fly high – soar through the sky in search of their dreams.

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This one was hard for me. I took paper, water colored it a risk for me and then stamped flowers another risk and then filled in with bullet points from my journaling of the prompt – Risk.

To me – without risks there is no growth, life or fun. To breathe is to risk. To love is to risk. To dream is to risk. Risk = Living!

He said – “Risk your life and get more than you ever dreamed of. Play it safe and end up holding the bag.” Luke 19:26

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Just joined so here are my first postings. Michelle OK
Like a Circle Journal for one.
Now I don’t feel so bad, I also just joined and am just getting started and I see a few others also are just catching up. So that’s great !

This is not my cover page it is sort of the title page inside the cover. I’m using a 6 X 8 spiralbound book for my journal.
That was a paint chip I found with “Midsummer’s Dream” I guess is the color, and thought it was appropriate since I’m starting this in summer.
Yes, my hands.

Michelle.
This is one of my week one entries. Photo of me.

Clean Slate.
If you have a clean slate does that mean that everything before is gone or is it just put away for now on a shelf?

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Hi All, This is my first posting so here goes nothing. I started the class a few weeks late, but went ahead and did week 7 as suggested. I have been feeling obsessed by time lately, how to make more, too much to do, etc. So I thought if I journaled about it maybe it would free me up to not think about it so much and instead to just live.

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Ok…I’m a little hesitant to post this since I just started! I’m only 8 weeks behind!!! Anyway here’s the cover for my Art Journal. At least I got over the fear of just getting started. Hopefully this will jumpstart me to catch up! Loving all the work I’m seeing here. Very inspiring!

~Cindy G. (asunflowernut)

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