Day 9 : Breathe. I was having a tough day when I responded to this prompt - divine timing ♥ It made me just concentrate on the process of doing something that helped me in the moment. I began with the spread I had used on the first day for cleaning off some paint
and I went straight in to draw the heart, the word Breathe, and then filled in with some watercolour before adding the the other elements that are meaningful to me.
When upset I try and lift myself by practicing gratitude and remembering all the things I am lucky to have in my life.
Day 10 : "Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop" - Rumi. This was an exercise in releasing feelings by free-writing on the page. I have done this before and it is great, but when I saw Tree I thought Pohutukawa = our New Zealand Christmas tree. So I headed off with my own feelings about NZ Christmas ♥ Began with a stencil and some washi tape, and then free wrote a list of my thoughts, activities, memories about NZ Christmas and this time of year. Again this page was more about process than pretty
Day 11 : The Scents = Lilies is my first thought - followed closely by roses and strawberries. Loving the texturesOnce more this page shows I'm a girl from the Southern Hemisphere ♥
Not worried that I am "behind". Going through a tough time at the moment and art-making really helps. I will keep working and share 2-3 spreads with you at a time until done. Find all my posts about this project HERE or just look at the photos in my Flickr Set.
You are pressing through and expressing some beauty in your pages! These are all lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy. I'm enjoying both the process and product of this project :-)
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