Day 30 Chew toys

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10/30/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I am safe.  I love my life.” (respiratory ailments)

Day 30 Chew toys

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Play time! Work with toys.

Media:  Magazine photos, matte medium, Sharpie

Time:   1H:40M

Comments:  This affirmation is timed just right.  I've been coughing this week as if this past summer's bronchitis wants to come back.  No need, though, I have toy sized dogs to remind me to stay healthy and breathe free.  I am safe and I love my life.    

Day 29 Minding the masks

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10/29/12

Day 29 Minding the masks

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I now take charge of my mind and my life.  I am powerful, dynamic woman.  Every part of my body functions perfectly.  I love me.” (pms)

 

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Make a disguise for yourself, a friend, a pet, or an object.

Media:  Magazine/catalog photos, matte medium.

Time:   1H:5M

Comments:  Taking charge of my mind involves an understanding that art and politics, light fixtures and dark tile, clowns and butterflies are all part of the dynamics of life and don't have to be taken too seriously.  This collage is a combination of photos of George W. Bush and Mona Lisa, each wearers of masks in their own right.  I like the clown, a classic wearer of masks, as pixie and angel/devil on W's shoulder.    

Day 28 Schoolhouse ease

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10/28/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I move forward with confidence and ease.  I trust and flow with the process of life.” (plantar wart)

Day 28 Schoolhouse ease

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Back to school.  Use traditional school materials like number 2 pencils or lined paper notebooks to make something nontraditional.

Media:   Construction paper apple, No.2 pencils, foam/glitter letters.

Time:   1H

Comments:  I've had a stack of construction paper apples in a drawer for so long I don't remember where they came  from.  Was nice to finally find a use for this apple.  Moving forward with confidence and ease is something that I wish came more easily to me.   

 

 

Day 27 Dreamy intuition

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10/27/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I recognize my own intuitive ability.” (nose)

Day 27 Dreamy intuition

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Use a recent dream as inspiration for what you do today.

Media:  Magazine photos, glue stick, glitter glue.

Time:   50M

Comments:    When I was a kid, I had recurring dreams of being able to fly that are referenced here through the bird elements. I like how this collage conveys a dark, and watery dream state using seemingly unrelated and mysterious imagery... a lot like dreams themselves.

 

Day 26 Seeing all sides

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10/26/12

Louise Hay affirmation: “It is with flexibility and ease that I see all sides of an issue. There are endless ways of doing things and seeing things. I am safe.” (neck problems)

Day 26 Seeing all sides

 

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Make something portable (or that seems portable) that normally isn’t.

Media: Magazine and catalog photos, foam core, glue stick. 

Time: 1H

Comments:  The colorful images here, with their play on perspective, seem to speak to the idea of endless ways of seeing and doing.  The faceted images of superheroes and other elements communicate the ability to see all sides.  And for portability, my favorite eggs on feet  from Global Views walking onto the breakfast table.   

Link for more info:  https://www.globalviews.com/

 

 

Day 25 Falling for peace, not pain

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10/25/12

Day 25 Falling for peace, not pain

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I am peaceful with life.” (cervical neck)

 

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Work with nature. Go to your yard or a nearby park and collect materials to work with.

Media: Fallen leaves from work/campus/home, Sharpie, hot glue gun

Time: 1H:5M

Comments:  Fall is my favorite time of year.  Most leaves in Texas don't go through the spectacular color changes that happen in other parts of the country, but they have their own beauty nonetheless.  I did find one round red leaf that added a little bit of color to this collage.

 

Funny that this affirmation is about the upper neck.  Mine has been aching all day.  Reminded me of the year I spent in constant pain when I injured my neck last year. 

 

Today, the temperature fell 30 degrees during midday as a weather front blew through.  Maybe it was the change in air pressure, maybe it was stress at work that caused my all-day headache to migrate, maybe it was just a perfect day to ruminate on the cervical neck.  I am peaceful with life. I am peaceful with life. I am peaceful with life! 

 

 

 

Day 24 Greenpeace of mind

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10/24/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I am now totally centered in the love and joy of being alive.  I flow with life.  Peace of mind is mine.” (lymphatic system problems)

Day 24 Greenpeace of mind

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  It’s not easy being green.  Work only with green-colored materials today. 

Media:  Magazine photos, foam core, glue stick, Zots, Sharpie

Time:   1H

Comments:   Go lymphatic system... do your thing.

Day 23 Chaotic balance

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10/23/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I take in life in perfect balance.” (lungs)

Day 23 Chaotic balance

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Waste not. Dig in a recycling bin for all of today’s materials.

Media:  Mailing envelope, running men cut out of drawing paper and colored with Sharpie, woven Smartfood snack bag and Ghiradelli brownie mix box, Strathmore watercolor paper pad cover, liquid glue pen, double sided tape 

Time:   1H:40M

Comments:  My attempt at depicting a lung on the right side of this collage seems to be more a statement about respiratory allergies this time of year in north Texas.  Used leaves as a motif for lung cutouts.  The white envelope was from a stack of vendor invoices I got in the mail at work.  The brownie box from a weekend treat I baked at home. The Smartfood bag from my attempt to stay alert at work when the afternoon lull started to kick in and I still had an hour long training video to watch.  Resurrected the running men from the recycle bin after another collage idea went bust earlier in the week.  

This one seems a little chaotic to me.  Maybe that's a statement in itself on the possibility of "perfect balance" in life?  

Link for more info:

http://www.ghirardellibrownies.com/

http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/smartfood-white-cheddar-cheese-popcorn.html

http://www.strathmoreartist.com/product-reader/items/400-series-watercolor.html

http://www.sharpie.com/Pages/GlobalLanding.aspx

Day 22 Bridging the open space

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10/22/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I choose to live through the open space in my heart.  I look for love and find it everywhere.” (liver problems)

Day 22 Bridging the open space

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Create a bridge.  Connect two things in a creative way.  Small enough for an amoeba or big enough for an elephant to cross.

Media:  Magazine photos, vellum, glue stick, Sharpie

Time:   2H

Comments:   The heart is a bridge between mysterious and chaotic night in contemporary urban life, and the mystery of faeries playing in daylight gardens.   The open space that allows us to span the gaps between the two lies within.

Day 21 Texas treehugger

Day 21 Texas treehugger  

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10/21/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “Love and peace and joy are what I know.” (liver)

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Write a ten-word love story.  Bonus: Illustrate it!

Media:  Map of Texas, magazine photos, matte medium

Time:   1H:40M

Comments:  This collage is as much a reminder as an acknowledgement of place.  The neighborhood where we live has many oak trees and is a huge part of why we chose the house we're in.  The beauty and peacefulness of nature in the neighborhood is an oasis within the larger metropolitan area.  The challenge is to stay aware of it.  

The liver is said to be the seat of anger and resentment.  

I wonder if, every time I experienced anger and resentment (not uncommon for me) I hugged a tree and reminded myself to feel love and peace and joy, what would be the outcome physically, mentally, and emotionally?   

I used some leaves that are starting to fall in my back yard as templates for the leaves here. 

Day 20 Pretty in pink

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10/20/12

Day 20 Pretty in pink

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I am willing to change the patterns in me that created this condition.  I love and approve of myself.  I am safe.” (jaw problems)

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Buy or make some clay and then use it like you never have  before.

Media:  Magazine and catalog photos, scrapbook paper, Sharpie, Zots, glue stick

Time:   1H

Comments: I've always like the photo of the space with pink paint on the wall, but found it a little too "girlie" for real life.  This collage works for me in splitting up the picture with some background elements that are a little less precious.   Adding grounding elements from the earth (clay pendulum light and turtle) also help.  

When it comes to the jaw, I like the symbolism of a turtle.  Slowing down and not speaking the first thought that comes to mind may be a way of helping to change patterns of thought/reaction that are not as loving as they could be.   

  

Day 19 Joy floats

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10/19/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I easily assimilate and absorb all that I need to know and release the past with joy.” (intestines)

Day 19 Joy floats

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Create something that floats on water.

Media:  Magazine photos, glue stick      

Time:   45M

Comments:  It was tempting to go another direction on a day where the collage of the day is a theme of intestines and things that float. :)   I found, though, that the more I thought about the theme and this affirmation, the more other points of contemplation came up for me.  

Day 18 Driving will take care of itself

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10/18/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I lovingly release the day and slip into peaceful sleep, knowing tomorrow will take care of itself.” (insomnia)

Day 18 Driving will take care of itself

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Work with the things you find in your car (or a friend’s car)

Media:  Magazine and catalog photos, greeting card, matte medium, rice paper, Sharpie

Time:  1H

Comments:  Focused on “views” from the driver’s seat during my 2 hour daily commute.  Some of them are only in my head, but the car gets a crowded nonetheless.