Blog and Soul Journal pages
Ξ June 3rd, 2008 | → | ∇ Uncategorized |
From now on all my chit chat will be here.
- meez listen to this guys music!
- There is some wonderful art and insights at Sliloh’s site where she mixes both traditional medium art and PC created art making little destinction between the two and I agree wholeheartedly with her.
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- This is the second exercise about giving yourself permission……..
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- This one was done with press glassed items meaning photocopies of objects, mine were bubble wrap and foil.They photocopied beautifully and I covered them with a wash.I used the childlike drawings to represent the childlike freedom that playing gives you and signed my envelope Lee Da Vinci just for fun. I stitched the envelope and used one of those great string- wind closers on it!
- And the third and latest (as of 21 September 2008) Sorry about the focus??
- The above page was done with found objects and was about the things you have lost and the things you have found in your life, these are very personal exercises! I find them very moving
- Some Close ups below
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- detail of the bottom of the page.
- My found items were some Danger don’t enter tape, an old key to our roller door, some foil I found scrunched up in the bin and some feathers. I fenced in my disappiontments or the things I have lost to stop them from escaping and contaminating the new things I have found. I have added a small transparent envelope containing a picture of my brother and I as children and a wishing doll.
- I have completed my Healing love page and chose to do it about a friend who died recently form cancer and another friend whose husband died unexpectedly soon after. Who has now lost a dear friend and a husband in the space of 2 weeks.
- http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/
- This was a wonderful exercise.In this journey of exploring our soul, those we love are not to be forgotten
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- Thanks for looking please leave a comment or sign my guestbook! Pretty please with sugar on it?
Personal Lexicon
- This page was quite a challenge, I decided to use an inkblot effect with paint and write in
- Accidentally used too much and ended up with a really nice veined effect, one of those happy accidents.——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
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- The focus is just terrific as befits a photographer of my standing??? I am a real shocker!
- This weeks exercise was a black and white doodle, I have always loved 3D
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- Ok, I have been getting way behind with my soul Journal and dont want to so today I put into catch up. Where have you been you ask? I discovered ATC’s and have beenswapping all over the world, you should see my beautiful collection!
- Anyway back to the Soul Journal. The pages below were from the prompt, “intuitive collage“and the challenge was not to use any words. I was trying to say “time flies!” Can you see it?I used the loveliest little tiny sparkles, they are soo pretty!
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- Below is a detail of the left hand corner you can see as usual I put far too much into my collage, I just love the shapes and colors and contrasts soo much! Then I went over it with medium and then some vaseline and then some paint and ink and details.You can just see the colors coming through from beneath. It is the palimsense of the previous image.
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- The web of Love—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
- As usual my pic isn’t very clear .The quote is one Kathryn provided to give us more insight into the project, that womans blood is worth bottling, she is a fantastic inspiration to us all!
- The detail below may show the wool clearer
- You can see why it stuck to my fingers!
- Onward to the next one but not today, it will be “Unmasking the soul“
- My New Journal page from Kathtryn Antyrs’ prompts is Personal Maps
We first explored maps and I was particularly taken with the ancient maps of the “new world” and wanted to do one in that style,then we thought about our own journey and our place in the world, so I added an image of me and a map of Australia and an arrow to where I live, taking it literally. Enough of being literal my flights of fancy took me to showing how I feel undertaking MY JOURNEY, walking a tightrope across sharp peaks and deep troughs into which one may fall and never return l, wish me luck , my sense of balance isn’t the best,but isn’t that what we are all searching for? Balance?
- I used a thumb and link this time as it was a double page and too wide for the blog page, go take a look!
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Here is the link to Kathryn’s site please take a look, it’s fabulously inspirational!
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on September 21st, 2008 at 11:08 am
i didn’t find this page in the group pictures but i see it here!
all the same things i feel i have lost too!
we are about the same age and i think this is a retrospective age.
your work is awesome woman!!!
i finally get to see it
for some reason the link never worked before
i am glad it did today!
on September 26th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Your pages are really wonderful!
on September 26th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Your pages really are wonderful. I love the colours of your Instant Gratification page, and would so love to be that young and carefree again!!
I love the kites and birds and images of flying free on your Permissions pages.
Your Lost and Found pages are so good - I think we all feel about the same!!! It’s good to be reminded that although we have lost many things, we have also found many wonderful things to take their place.
Your Healing Love page is very loving and thoughtful. Thank you for explaining the symbolism of your elements.
~HUGZ~
Joy >i<
on September 26th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
i am glad you are doing the blog posting for your pages and anything else
i find it a LOT easier to follow a persons blog
chatting is fine on the group discusion but i like to respond to each entry and that is harder for me on the group
your healing page is beautiful
a lot of symbolisim…i like the thought process that went into the final page
i need a cat…i didn’t know they saw into the future…
on September 27th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Hi, I am here from having just arrived at the soul Journal group. I am longing to have a start with all the PAINT!!
I am having a nice time now admiring your pages…
on September 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
your pages are very rewarding to look at. I can see so much of your thought has gone into them - deep, deep thought and feeling. I love the healing transparent envy with the pic of you, your brother and the doll. Its great that you have explained your symbolism in your journaling.
looking forward to more of your work.
on September 27th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
These pages are wonderful Lee. I am so glad you decided to Blog about it. Great job from a fellow soul journaler. Hugs.
on September 27th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Thanks ladies for coming to take a look, its wonderful to have guests in “my place”.Especially such nice ones and I love the gifts you bought of praise and encouragement,they are the fuel I needed to continue my Journey.
A million thankyous,feel free to come again anytime!
Lee
on September 27th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I love your pages! These are so much a window into your intense artistic soul that is so hungry.
I am in awe.\
Blessings
LN
on September 27th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
OMG What a wonderful thing to say!
Thankyou!
on September 27th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I love all your soul journal pages. Your healing page is wonderful with all it’s symbolism. Your instant gratification page is aptly named…Fun. Thanks for sharing.
on September 28th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Dear one - I love all of the thoughtful and heartfelt symbols that you use in your work. Fencing in your loss and disappointments - what a great idea. What a cool envelope closure. The healing love page has so much meaning and love in it. Each page is so colorful and unique. I too like the blog format for sharing our works. I hope your interest in Soul Journaling keeps as I look forward to seeing more from you. {soul hugs} k
on October 4th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Lee I love it. I think I like texture because of nature too. Your inkblot is fabulous and I love that color. So rich on your background. Great idea to knock it down and then scratch into the crayon. Now, why didn’t I think of that?! LOL
on October 5th, 2008 at 2:14 am
These are so pretty and I love all of the layering that you did. I can feel your spirit through these pages. Hugs.
on October 5th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Your personal lexicon has a few items that I need to go back to and add to my page, namely the fungi/mushrooms. I also love gnomes. Oddly I don’t own one. I go visit the antique darling gnomes at my parents house each week. I too love birds. Oh your pages are fantastic!
on October 5th, 2008 at 9:09 am
your pages are FABULOUS! i am not finished mine yet
i think i am last this time
but everyones pages show their real creativeness
and are delightful to view…i like the center inkblot good choice for the encircling images
well done
on October 5th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I LOVE your bold colors and real sense of authenticity in your work. You make a confident and strong statement; I love the blending of the washes with the imagery, really ties it all in well. I look forward to seeing more soul sister! Jane
on October 5th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I hope you don’t give up on “soul” journalling. I agree that at first it was SO time consuming and my pages NEVER looked like I wanted them to. But now when I look back at them, I like them! I hope you stick with it. I’m trying to get some of my friends to give it a try.
on October 5th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Thankyou all so very very much for taking the time to visit me here, I wish I could offer you a cuppa!
Thanks also for leaving a comment,its great to know you’ve been!Love ya!
on October 14th, 2008 at 5:23 am
The dimensions that you created in the SJ doodle page is awesome. I feel like I could jump right in. I love how you took the basic elements of the prompt and made it your own.
Do you have a scanner? It may be one option for getting your pages in focus.
on October 14th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I just followed an email link to this site to view your pages! I absolutely Love your 3-D doodle/black and white page(the the kids sticking his tongue out too). I love the “feel” of your Lexicon page and the bright FUN of your instant gratification page.
I think why I am so SLOW at doing this type of journaling is the Time it takes. It isn’t a quick process, usually. However, once done they have more meaning for the time spent has helped capture more meaning. More of ME goes into the page I guess.
Viki
on October 14th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Wow - your artistic vision and taking it to new and surreal realms are quite extraordinary - keep up the good work!
on October 22nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I haven’t tried this art-journalling yet, and may not for the very reasons you stated. It has to be time consuming to the max. I stay busy with the little online art challenges like atc’s, etc. This music is beautiful. Using an open chord tuning like that offers such different possibilities than the traditional guitar tuning. thanks for sharing. I’m just browsing around here.
Nancy
on December 1st, 2008 at 10:51 am
Beautiful journal pages. I have just been in and started on the themes. A question: How did you use vaseline? I am always interested in artists special techniques. Enjoying the journey!
on December 1st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Lee I really did enjoy looking at all your soul journal responses. You have inspired me to post more of mine on my blog (not done yet) and to go back and do more. I especially like the Lexicon page — the way you’ve laid it out has such a fantastic flow to it. And I love the web, which doesn’t feel like a trap at all but more like a cozy cocoon or a nest. Thanks so much for sharing yourself.
on March 4th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
The journal pages are so cool. Love all the background you make.
on April 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Really beautiful work!
on May 4th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Hi Lee,
I added a link to your blog on the map blog roll and entered you into the contest. I love what you did! I know only too well what it feels like to walk the tight rope. Here is one of my favorite quotes from Julia Cameron, “Leap and the net will appear.”
{soul hugs}
k
on May 23rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Your colours inspire my heart! What wonderful joy to see FUN writ large upon your Map page!
Too often we forget that and take ourselves too seriously.
Blessings on your journey - may there be more ‘fun’ things coming your way!
LadyNorth
on May 24th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Wandering through via True North Arts….
I’m wondering why you’re not pleased with your pages because I think they’re BRILLIANT!!
Really love the ‘highwire’ on your map…
~blessings~
on May 24th, 2009 at 9:40 am
You are prolific journaler!
on May 28th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
wonderful journal pages! exciting vibrant color and fun humor…thanks for sharing!
on May 30th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
These comments make me want to continue the Journey .Thanks to all to have taken the time to post!
Lee
Luvyatobits!