Collecting Taxes

5/24/14
24x26 collage on paper

Collecting Taxes

Believing

5/15/14
11x15 collage on paper

Believing

As I celebrate the weekend leading up to my Monday birthday this year, I'm celebrating twists and turns that have made up my life and that of the people around me this past 12 months.  Each has challenged, confounded, and confirmed my capacity to believe.  

The Golden Gate bridge image is from an ad in US News and World Report magazine from 2000.   
The skinny fellow walking his tightrope in the background is from a poster by the illustrator, Folon.

Day 347 Facing good at every turn

Day 347 Facing good at every turn

347:365

09/12/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   
“I know that only good awaits me at every turn.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Add a face to something that normally doesn’t have one.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, 1983 Illustration photos by Folon, Mod Podge

Time:  1H:30M

Comments:  Knowing that only Good awaits me at every turn is a nice way to live.  No need to worry about trenchcoated characters that show up in the reflections in our glasses, or the fact that the corners of our mouths are chapped by a little dude  paddling his canoe to shore.  

Day 283 Working together

Day 283 Working together

283:365

07/10/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “Working together is part of the purpose of life.  
I love the people I work with.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Make something that makes a sound on its own.  

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Folon poster art, Tissue paper, Mod Podge

Time:  1H:30M

Comments:  Haven't spent much time thinking about working together as part of the purpose of life, but it seems worth contemplation. 

Today's collage features giraffes in silhouette playing the role of the people I work with.  A giant puppetmaster twirls a set of legs in a dance that is work.  

Day 281 Life support in blue and green

Day 281 Life support in blue and green

281:365

07/08/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   
“Life supports me.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Imagine you are an animal and work as that animal would today.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Illustration from Affiches de Folon, Mod Podge

Time:  1H:30M

Comments:  Today's animals are chameleons from a paint ad that caught my attention.  I work like a chameleon many days in an attempt to keep things running smoothly, and trying to keep the tangled weeds out of the furniture.  Thankfully, deep, rich blues and greens exist to help calm the mind and the spirit. 

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