Day 100 Volunteer work

Day 100 Volunteer work

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01/08/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I am far more than my personality-past, present, and future .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Make something new out of an old t-shirt.

Media: Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Matte medium, T-shirt

Time:  1H:30M

Comments:  The shirt in this collage was from a volunteer event at my job where we delivered Meals on Wheels to Dallas seniors.   Got to think about different stages in life and how there are people willing to help others in need...  No matter their past, present, and future personalities.  Found the thought comforting.   

I was paired up with an unexpected partner/coworker for the day and found that I had to extend some effort to get past personalities in order to enjoy the experience.  Wonder if my driving partner felt the same?  

Link for more info:  http://www.vnatexas.org/mow/

Day 99 Viewpoint from the back of the chair

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Day 99 Viewpoint from the back of the chair

01/07/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “It is safe for me to enlarge my viewpoint of life .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Use the world of insects as your inspiration today.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine & Catalog photo, Matte medium, Metallic Sharpie

Time:   1H

Comments:  Tried to keep it simple and clean on this collage, like the lines of this chair.  And the silhouette of the insect enjoying his or her perch. 

Day 98 Past-time

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Day 98 Past-time

01/06/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “It is safe for me to look into the past.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Work with time.  Try making something that is only visible in a long-exposure photograph.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Tissue paper, Notebook paper, Matte medium

Time:   2H

Comments:  Thought this was an interesting example of stop action photography.  Not necessarily the exercise for today for long-exposure photography.  The subject matter, for me, evokes memories of the past in the sport of baseball that has evolved into the modern spectacle that it is today, where we are able to enjoy such interesting photos. 

Day 97 Party at kitty's house

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Day 97 Party at kitty's house

01/05/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “It is safe for me to look within myself .”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Make an invitation to an everyday event you wouldn’t normally invite people to.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Tracing paper, Sharpie, Matte medium, Post-production text via computer

Time:   2H

Comments:  This cat is taking a long, hard look within.  I liked the blue eyes, and coordinated the rest of the blues in the background of the invitation with them. 

Day 96 Mirrored imagery

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01/04/13

Day 96 Mirrored imagery

Louise Hay affirmation:   “ I am always Divinely protected and guided.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Work backward.  Work in front of a mirror. 

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Matte medium, Post-production text via computer

Time:  1H:10M

Comments:  Played with reflected motifs in this collage.  Not true mirror images, but you get the idea.   

Day 95 Plowman style

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Day 95 Plowman style

01/03/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I trust God, knowing that whatever I need to know is revealed to me, and that whatever I need comes to me in the right time, space, and sequence.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Ask a stranger for a suggestion of what to do today.

Media:  Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Notebook paper, Graph paper, Fabric patterns, Paint manufacturer's poster, Mod Podge, Watercolor pencils           

Time:   2H

Comments:  The Collage Workbook was recommended to me a while back.  Thought I'd pay homage to the style of its author in this collage. (In fact, the two Mona Lisa reproductions near the center are his.)  Found myself receiving all kinds of "suggestions of what to do today" by a talented artist who's been at it longer than I, and possesses a great deal of sophistication and skill in his work.  I hope at some point to have a hint of creativity and 'eye' that he demonstrates.   

Link for more info:   The Collage Workbook, by Randel Plowman

http://thecollageworkbook.blogspot.com/

www.acollageaday.com

Day 94 An orange by any other name

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01/02/13

Day 94 An orange by any other name

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I open myself to the wisdom within, knowing that there is only One Intelligence in the Universe, with all the answers, all the solutions, all the healings, all the creations.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Nothing rhymes with orange.  Work only with orange materials today.

Media:  Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time:   1H:30M

Comments:  Exploring ideas about eye-popping poppies... doesn't rhyme with orange.

 

 

 

Day 93 Restored hardware

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Day 93 Restored hardware

01/01/13

Louise Hay affirmation:   “I believe in a power far greater than I am that flows through me every moment of every day.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:  Nuts and bolts.  Make something with any nuts, bolts, screws, or nails you have.    

Media:  Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time:  1H:10M

Comments:  Was thinking about the hardware required to make furniture.  Surely a power greater than I am flows through the hands and minds of fine craftsmen.  Both historic and modern... Or modern made to look historic.  Restoration Hardware seems to have this figured out if the riveted lounge chair is any indicator.    

Links for more info:  http://www.restorationhardware.com/

Day 92 Good news for the new year

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Day 92 Good news for the new year

12/31/12

Louise Hay affirmation:   “In my life, all is perfect, whole, and complete, and yet life is ever changing.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Write a letter to yourself at another time in your life (past or future).

Media:  1963 Fort Worth Star Telegram, Scrapbook paper, Trace paper, Parchment, Metallic Sharpie, Wax seal, Mod Podge

Time:  1H:30M

Comments:  Rounded out the year, and my first three full months of this collage-a-day project, with a letter to myself using today's affirmation.  

Used the back page of a Nov. 23, 1963 newspaper for the background.  Funny how many things in the paper reflected aspects of me today.  

• Furniture ads and Building Made Easy articles (much of my career focus), 
• Eyeglass ads (I just grudgingly bought a new pair of reading glasses and had to work hard for a good price on the no-frills models), 
• Christmas craft project articles (just coming out of two weeks off work during the holidays where I got to focus on art projects that I normally don't have time for), 
• Great deals and discounts (one of my joys in life), 
• Mattress ads (restful sleep eludes me more than I care to admit), 
• An article about how Rep. Jim Wright was revealing corruption and abuse in the Interstate Highway building project in Texas.  (I met him once in the 80's, and remember that he put me off by denegrating 'tree huggers' in our brief conversation.  Came across as a closed minded, arrogant, and elitist politician.  Nice to see that he was out there fighting corruption and injustice in the public trust in his earlier years.  Maybe I just caught him on a bad day.) 

If all those aspects of my life today can be stated as perfect, whole, and complete, then I guess the new year will hold some interesting insights for me too.  

Links for more info:   
http://www.star-telegram.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Wright

Day 91 Map my route

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12/30/12

Day 91 Map my route

Louise Hay affirmation:   “All is well in my world.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:   Use dry coffee beans, dry or wet coffee grounds or even liquid coffee to create something today.

Media:  Texas map, Magazine photo, Mod Podge, Coffee

Time:   1H:55M + coffee drying time

Comments:  Played with scale a bit with the horizontal strips of map wallpaper in the photo and the horizontal strips of background map that I added.  Love the simplicity of the airplane toy on the classic orange, wood chair in the image.   Learned that coffee doesn’t soak well through Mod Podge.  Need to add it before sealing the surface.