Jun 18, 12:20 am
pure serendipity... break
I was playing with the idea of cutting up a landscape and reconstructing it. I found one that spoke to me. Ripped it into squares and reconstructed it on the right with lots of overlapping. On the left I tore it into strips and rebuilt it with more space. Then I walked away for a couple of days, with it out on the counter until it spoke to me again. Brushed over with gel medium/acrylic mix, and a bit of gold.
Only later did the ‘break’ prompt come, and I thought these pages were perfect, because they represent peace and retreat to me, and they are broken images. I just loved the serendipity and the dual meanings.
A few days later added the rub-on words and mulberry paper spaces for journalling. The feather came even later, and the journalling even later:
leave it all behind
Breakdown,
Yeah we breakdown,
Well don’t you break down
Listen to me… because
It’s just a ride, it’s just a ride – Jem ‘Just a Ride’
This landscape transports me to Nova Scotia – home of my soul… peace
retreat
perfection
The pace at which we live these days demands that we take a break before we breakdown.
getaway
I love these pages in Oprah magazine because they remind me to take a break, a breath.
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