Art Slam » peek in my journal http://www.art-slam.com Food for the Creative Soul Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:31:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Readers, This Post is All For You http://www.art-slam.com/2010/03/readers-this-post-is-all-for-you/ http://www.art-slam.com/2010/03/readers-this-post-is-all-for-you/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:24:10 +0000 Lucrecer http://www.art-slam.com/?p=1362

I have been making some changes with the look of the Art Slam blog. I am liking them so far. Funny thing…I was going to move my blog to another platform and I received an email about my ProPhoto template upgrading with all kinds of awesome improvements. I am not disappointed at all and I am glad I decided to stick with my WordPress platform.

So, in celebration of the new look, I am asking my readers to de-lurk and share who you are with me and the other readers.

  1. Depending on how you are reading this post, be it through your feed reader, subscription or whatever, click here to visit the full post.
  2. Add your real name so we know who you are.
  3. Type in your email address so I can contact you and thank you for outing yourself.
  4. If you have a blog, share your blog, website or facebook address so the readers and I can find you and learn more about you. When you add your comment, your address will automatically link to your name.
  5. Give me your 10 second elevator pitch. Tell me something about yourself, how long you have been reading the blog, what you like best…anything you want to share or say.

I am looking forward to learning who you are and I greatly appreciate you sharing a little of yourself with me.

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Aren’t they beautiful? Art journals in progress and old ones awaiting a new purpose. I recently discovered I love how art journals look from the side when they are closed. All the layers of paint and papers and stuff are like a work of art in themselves. It is completely spontaneous and I like that.

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The word, sanctuary means a sacred or holy place. That is how I see my heart and my relationship with God. I had a place I would spill whatever was on my mind, a sanctuary of sorts that I have used for years. It was a comfort, familiar. When what is familiar to you changes, it can be uncomfortable. You almost feel lost because your familiar became your routine, your habit. I am not much on coincidences, but I believe that when something changes your familiar, it is not always a bad thing. It may seem like it at first, but in the end, there is opportunity for growth and a new understanding.

I have a new understanding and I am learning that sanctuary does not have to be a physical or material space. It can be spiritual and it can live in your heart where it is always safe and there is peace.

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Anyway, I seem to find myself in this rather comfortable space of unknown and I have not had as much time to embrace all that can be learned here. I am used to making decisions quickly. Be it for work or at home or for play. I make a decision and get on with it. But, lately, I have found I need to simply be still. Not because I am afraid to make mistakes, but to experience the wisdom of this moment. There is much wisdom in non-action.

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I wouldn’t call myself a shoe fanatic, but I do like them. A lot. I am slightly more obsessed with bad ass boots than anything else. I picked up a pair of very bad ass medium brown boots for the fall and it would thrill me to pieces to find a pair of boots in some funky color to spice up my wardrobe. I am not a flats girl. I own one pair, in turquoise blue. The rest of my shoes are heels or sandals and I do have a couple of pairs of running shoes.

Honestly, I am really not that bad. I know men who have more shoes than I do.

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For real.

One of these days, I am going to grow a vegetable garden and not just talk about it or draw pictures about it. For real. I am going to do it. I love drawing veggies. It is what I am drawing right now to ease myself back into drawing everyday. I did find out I can plant garlic right now and by this time next year, I should have one heck of a harvest. Maybe I will do that.

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Three years later, I am still learning to loosen my grip. Only now, it is a little harder than when she was younger. I see the young lady she is becoming, yet I also see that she is still a child. I see how she does not need me as much as when she was younger, yet I look forward to her greeting me at the door and telling me about her day…without me having to ask. I can not help but wonder if this will continue when she branches out on her own and I am not there everyday. But, instead of dwelling on loss, I am enjoying the now I have with her and her siblings. You have to. Times moves so quickly when you are not consciously aware of what is going on around you. I don’t want to miss my kids growing up. I still check my son’s hands to see if he has the dimples. I want to know the exact day they are no longer there. I am not going to miss that moment.

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I hope you have enjoyed the peeks inside my journals. I will definitely do this again, as it has been really good for me to revisit some of my old hopes, dreams and wishes. There were a few I completely forgot about and now I resurrecting them. It felt good to read the passion and fire within my journals and feel it all over again. Sometimes, I forget about how having a clear focused goal sets you on fire. But, I won’t forget again. There is a lot of manifesting going on lately in the blog world. People creating Mondo Beyondo lists, personal manifestos and those who have discovered a new purpose for their journals. I am so inspired by them.

dress form art

If you do not journal, start today. It is not as hard as you think. That is how the Art Slam was started in the first place. A few of my readers contacted me about how they could get started art journaling and the rest is history. You can always find those original prompts under the Art Journaling category. I suggest you start with the Confronting the Blank Page prompt. And, when you create a page or get your journal started, do share. You can either do that here by leaving a comment or join the Art Slam Flickr group. I love peeking into other people’s journals.

cannas_journal pages

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At one point, I used to number my journals. Each one of them had an introductory page with a quote or phrase that inspired me at the time. I figured I would treat it like a theme for that particular book. The theme thing never caught on and eventually, I stopped numbering my journals.

I love what this introductory page says. Vision just might have to be my word for 2010. There is so much power in it. Yes, I like that idea a lot. My word for this year is boldness and last year, it was connected. Each year, I select a theme word and I approach the way I live my life using that word as a theme. I have made many a bold move this year, some of them scaring the crap out of me as I was doing it, but I have been determined to not live another day of my life with regrets. So, when I have doubts about something, I choose to be bold instead of scared. This has been a great move for me and I credit having faith that ultimately being a person of action is ten times better than being a person who talks about what they are going to do and ends up doing nothing.

Do you have a theme for the year?  If so, do tell. I would genuinely like to know.

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gesturedrawings_journal pages

Another really good book to help you draw parts of the body better is Drawing Hands and Feet: Form, Proportions, Gestures and Actions. Hands are no joke to draw. I used to avoid drawing them because I never seemed to be able to get them right. Striving for perfection is a creativity killer. I had to let go of wanting everything to be perfect and get back to the reason I draw in the first place. Plus, it helps to remember that you never really forget how to draw. We just have to trust our eyes and draw what we see. Simple as that.

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I never did get that vest from L.L. Bean, but looking at this drawing of it, I recall the vest was an eggplant purple and orange inside. Such vibrant colors for the Fall season. Now, the back pack bag I did get a couple of years later. Love it and carry my heavy DSLR around when I intend to shoot for the day. This makes me look forward to the trees turning and capturing that change in a picture.

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