.jpg "Steve Jobs quote, journal page")
The words, drawing, crochet and sewing were the hobbies that occupied a lot of my time then. All of them theraputic in their own way, massaging my soul. Bringing me closer to who I am now. I still do them all, no where near as much as I used to, but I return to them when I need to center myself.
Opening this journal to that quote from Steve Jobs took me back to the time I stuck it in my journal. I used to collage pages and pages ahead in my books and journal on them later. The men running at the bottom of the page had been there for weeks. I imagine them running towards my authentic life.
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Chookooloonks - As I read this, I’m about to write on the last page of my very first completed journal of my life — it feels really triumphant! My journal looks a lot like yours: lots of found quotes and photographs glued into the pages. I don’t do that ahead of time — I find the images sort of have to go with my words (sort of like my blog, now that I think about it!), but because I love colour, I do sometimes paint pages ahead of time — just take watercolour and slather paint on a page or two. I have no idea why I do this, but it’s therapeutic, for some reason.
Thanks for sharing this, my friend. I can’t wait to see more!
K.
Lucrecer - Karen! How exciting to have a completed journal. I do not always finish every page and I have abandoned journals for a fresh start. Just happens that way sometimes.
Andi - Lu, I love the phrase massaging my soul it explains how I feel about my craft time!
btw, are you going to bloggers’ day at the Reds? I’m not but I might go down for the pre-meetup and I could bring you a copy of our roadtrip CD. Let me know
adrienne - Lu, I really, really love this!
Annie - Wonderful,wonderful.
I went from sewing,beading,quilting to art journaling and I love it and I love your work.
You get to the heart of things with few words.
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