Love Note

11/12/18
11x15 mixed media on fiberboard

House of Perception - The Front of My House

10/4/13

As a treat-to-self and celebration of the culmination of my 365 Day Project,

I found a meetup group for creatives in the Dallas area (Express Yourself Artistically) and joined a class called,

"Use your House of Perception to Create a New Life Vision".

We made a 'house of perception' based on the five senses, using several intuitive exercises and a guided meditation.  Great day and several fun, talented and artistic women in class.   Artfully led by Rosemary.

http://www.meetup.com/Express-Yourself-Artistically/

Here and the following several posts are my collages from that day.

The front of my house 

This collage has a tiled roof, like my own house, and a coin on it that says "Altered 1187".  One of our exercises in class was to learn that 118 stands for "your positive and optimistic thoughts are manifesting waves of prosperity and abundance" and the 7 means "you're on the right path, keep up the good work."  When I blindly drew that coin, I took it as a message from Spirit that this 365 Day Collage Project was a good start, but is not fully completed in me.  

The front of my house also features a butterfly on the coin that signifies rebirth and transformation (there are more of these throughout the other rooms of my house).  The butterfly almost covers the words "out of this world" on the dark blue band.  I liked thinking about art and collage being an expression that is out of this world at times (or perhaps Divinely guided). 

The front