today wraps up the 21 days in september 2014 challenge. my last page was dedicated to the book that I used throughout the challenge. I love the title and love the words.
I wanted to let you know about the next challenge that is coming up. a 21 day painting mediation challenge with myself and whitney freya beginning on september 24, 2014. it's all FREE! all you need to do is sign up, gather your supplies - a water-colour journal or pad and a set of watercolours. see you there!
day two and the words that popped out at me when I flipped the pages "falling in love with letting go". oh yeah baby! the pictures are of a sculpture I saw while I was in calistoga, california. it is by an artist by the name of nathalie whisman. I typed the words on a piece of vintage paper that was headed for the recycle bin. I added the word "love" with rub on's. a bit of washi tape and DONE! don't forget to date the page. loving this challenge. a few quiet moments to sit with some inspirational words. "falling in love with letting go". I'm all over that. it is time for me to "let go".
are you creating along with me? post your pics on the Facebook page. I would love to see them!
day one I flipped to a page in the book and came across the words "all is bliss". perfect! a good message for me to keep in my head right now. I used stamps for the word "all", hand wrote the word "is" and cut "bliss" out of an old dictionary. voila!
Ideas come to me all the time. Mostly this happens on our beloved porch. I call it the "idea porch". I get an idea, I write it down, maybe sketch a little and file it away for - SOMEDAY. Except tonight was different. No more "someday"! NOW is perfect!
Here is the scoop:
The inspiration began with this song:
From there I got the crazy ass idea that for 21 Days in September 2014 I would flip to a page in a book. Any book will do. I just happened to choose Emptiness Dancing by Adyashanti. I would see what words jumped out at me and write them down in a journal. I chose the Strathmore Watercolor Journal. Perhaps I will add some colour, collage or calligraphy. Who knows!
It took about two minutes to gather my supplies and get down to it. Then I continued with the crazy and created a Facebook page where I will post my pages.
You are welcome to join me and post your creations. You do not need any special supplies or buckets of time to do this. This is meant to be quick! Have fun! Keep it simple!
My intention for this 21 Days in September 2014 is to fill a little of that emptiness in my life. Things are emptying out around here and times they are a changing. What better way to get through it all then with ART and a book titled "emptiness dancing?" and a few moments to gather words.
