This was tough! I automatically think of really rough parts of life, when I think of corners and then also try to remember the smooth corners as well, because I don’t want to be completely down about life :)
There are good and bad corners in life, some are smooth and some are sharp and painful. A straight path is easy to take, but leads to a less interesting place.
My husband and I have known each other for over half our lives. We have always been close, and always knew we would be together forever. We lost contact, but refound each other 5 years ago, and continued where we left off. Our ‘togetherness’ will never change…....
I have to admit – when I first read the prompt for week three, I thought “What the heck???”
It was only after a couple of hours of letting it ruminate in the back of my mind that I was able to process an idea. Fortunately I was able to get away the next afternoon with my new camera and my tripod to get some shots to illustrate my thoughts.
I am totally in a place where I can embrace corners… Although in looking at the flicker pictures, I realized that I only thought about the kind of corner you walk around – not the kind you can stuff things into or hide in… interesting.
Anyhow – back to embracing corners. I REALLY used to have my whole life planned out. I was always peeking around the corner to the next thing. The older I get, and the more God works on my heart, the more I see that I need to just BE in the place He has me – and not always look beyond that.
There is a sweet blessedness to being… to loving the wall I’m up against, instead of always craning my neck to see what might be waiting for me around the corner.
I’m content. I can wait. I can just BE here. I WILL embrace the mystery of having no idea what tomorrow holds.
Only then can I truly be present.
I had some fun with techniques on this one and even tried my hand at painting something besides just a solid background. I used metal tape (saw this on Technique Tuesday) to mimic the look of the boards on the side of the shack in the pictures… LOVE the way it turned out.
Whenever I see the words “turning point” one of my favorite songs comes in my head and stays there… Good Riddance by Green Day. I tried to come up with some journaling about corners and what not, but I finally decided not to fight it and just wrote down the lyrics.
Shimelle’s prompt got me thinking about feng shui, something I have always believed in and try to follow. I used watercolor pencils in shades of my “favorite” element – water.
Well in my haste to make my first post last night and to see if I could do it I forgot to introduce myself LOL. Lagging behind as usual now I’ve made a start I’m raring to go. I’m Lyn, 40 something !!! from the Isle of Man. I love the thought of doing this course and hope I can live up to it – not short of supplies I’m lucky enough to run my very own craft shop and website, but time is my major block at the moment. I’m married to a workaholic who spends a lot of the time overseas leavng me to “try” and instill some sort of chaos and order to the house with 2 teenage children on the rampage lol. He’s a sweetie really and works really hard so i can follow my dreams !!!. Last night I played around with the cover of my 7 gypsies journal and have painted it with Tim’s (” God of Ink”) acrylics and some scrummy 7 gypsies paper – it’s no-one near finished yet, and I hope to add bits to it as I progress. Will upload a pic and hope it works !
May even start my first page tomorrow LOL
this who turning the corner. or corners in general. made me think about motivation. about how i am struggling with motivation. how i can’t seem to find this thing i am seeking. this thing that i know i want to do, but cant quite seem to ever get it done. its a bunch of excuses. so i take this challege, this prompt as a great way to turn the corner. to get motivated. to find it is i am seeking. to stop making excuses and just get it done.
The journalling says: “Sometimes what you find around the corner is a brick wall. CRASH & BURN! After the dust settles, you have to pick up the pieces and start over.”
are mostly filled with dustbunnies and cobwebs. LOL. Kidding. There really are no corners because like shimelle, nearly every corner has a shelf or chair – there are few angles and it was subconsious – never studied feng shui – just thought it looked better that way!
So this is my annoying cat – she thinks she’s human, and while not always found in corners, is nearly always found lounging in the sun…or underfoot.
I’ve just been looking at everyones posts on this site and I feel that my postitivity for today is sinking fast – I’m nowhere near the league of all the people that have posted! Everyone is so talented and arty I am really being left behind! I know the journal is for me so it doesn’t matter but is art ingrained or learnt?
OK I’ve had my say and I’m not wanting sympathy I’m just trying to find out where you all find it from. I would love to have the ideas and inspiration to design pages like you – do you read and look at loads of arty books? Do any of you have arty jobs or education?
I’m not sure I’ll be happy with the answers (esp if you all say you have no arty ed!) but I am interested.
Sonja
