InteriARTS

Friday, May 10, 2013

Day 221 Natural sculpture

221:365

05/09/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I release all criticism.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Use a tree (or trees) as your only material or inspiration today.

Media: Scrapbook paper, Magazine and calendar photos, Mod Podge

Time: 1H:30M

Comments: Love the sculptural, desert tree from a old Sierra Club calendar photo. Inspiration lies all over nature. I release all criticism.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Day 220 Blue ocean view

220:365

05/08/13

Louise Hay affirmation:

“There is no blame.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal:

Work only with blue materials today.

Media: Scrapbook paper, Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time: 1H

Comments: Today's collage features a photo of a rare blue lobster from a 1973 National Geographic magazine. How exciting it must be for predators (including humans) to find something so unique and different? Hard not to feel blame, though, when one hears stories of how human activities on Earth are laying waste to our oceans and rarest of wildlife.

I was, coincidentally, listening this week to an audio program that was asking the question about what can any one person do to help clean up the oceans? (Especially, a landlocked Texan like me who doesn't spend much time thinking about oceans on a normal day.) The advice given was... 'to love water' --- to send thoughts and feelings of love to all water so that it may heal itself.

The suggestion was a little less action oriented than I expected, and a little more esoteric. But what the heck! If the studies of water by Dr. Masuru Emoto are any indicator, it just may work.

Link for more info:

http://www.whatthebleep.com/crystals/

http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Messages-Water-Masaru-Emoto/dp/0743289803

http://www.masaru-emoto.net/

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Day 219 Silent partners

219:365

05/07/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I choose prosperity thoughts; therefore, I am prosperous.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Create a mosaic using cut paper.

Media: Photo reproductions of Randel Plowman's collage work, Fabric pattern, Ribbon, Glitter dot, Watercolor pencil, Mod Podge, Bird stencil, Brooch

Time: 1H:10M

Comments: Had the chance to meet an old friend today that I hadn't seen in a couple of years. As we caught up on our lives since we last spoke, I realized that I still have much work to do on the rewiring process in my thinking. As I was listening to myself telling about work and life, I couldn't help noting that I have a "tone" that shrouds my prosperity thoughts.

Day 219 of this collage project and, thankfully, I still have 146 more days to soak my brain and heart in positive affirmations from Louise Hay, and creative technique inspirations from Noah Scalin. The background of today's paper mosaic is, once again, inspired by the collage work of Randel Plowman with a few layering tips from the collage class that I took at A Creative Arts Studio in Denton. Many thanks to my silent partners in this process of becoming the positive and prosperous person I was destined to be.

Would welcome feedback if anyone viewing this post also finds old speaking habits hard to break?

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Day 218 Willing to ask

218:365

Day 218 Willing to ask

05/06/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I am willing to ask for help when I need it.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Work only with, or be inspired by, measuring devices today.

Media: Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time: 45M

Comments: Today's affirmation is one that hits home for me in that I typically find it tough to ask for help when I need it.

First, recognizing that I need help is sometimes a challenge. Second, asking for help (without feeling that I am weak or inadequate) is a lesson that has taken me a while to assimilate. As an person who views myself as independent, it can be hard to let go of personal control and seek the interdependence that comes from asking for help.

Being willing to try a new way of doing things is an insight that I'm exploring more as I age, and finding has it's own rewards. If we are truly here to learn and grow, why wouldn't we be here to help each other along the way? I find it rewarding to help others when they ask, why wouldn't someone else enjoy helping me too?

The imagery in the collage has to do with remembering to play and not take things so seriously (crayons), bright ideas and creative sparks (light bulbs), and time to reflect and meditate (the dark room with reading chair and lamp). The Help! message in a bottle speaks to my own circuitous ways of getting help in the past. A little indirect, a little slow, a little wandering in its path... but eventually the message washes ashore to be found by someone willing to help.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Day 217 Cherry blossom hound

217:365

05/05/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I know I am worth healing.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Create flip-book animation in the corner of a notebook or book.

Media: Scrapbook paper, Calendar photos, Mod Podge

Time: 45M

Comments: Today's collage is in honor of my dog, Cleo, who has a sore paw. I've been doctoring her with essential oils to clear up the inflamed area, which her sensitive nose finds somewhat off-putting. Deep down, though, she knows she's worth healing.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Day 216 Nature takes time

216:365

05/04/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I have plenty of time.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Create an image using any light source in your home.

Media: Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time: 1H:10M

Comments: Designed to appeal to younger patients, the shadow puppet image of a squirrel on the right side of this collage is a play of light on a wall at a children's hospital. It also reminds me of my encounters with 'wildlife' today. Squirrels on the back porch and cats in a neighbor's yard, staring at our human/dog caravan as we walked in the neighborhood after dinner.

This collage also studies wood grains and visual textures. I liked the silhouettes of human faces on the left side where the clock face sits. We spend so much of our time worried about time. It's good to be reminded that interesting design takes time, quality crafted furniture takes time, Nature takes time to grow trees to make beautiful woods, and to bloom sunflowers. I have plenty of time.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Day 215 Insightful piggies

215:365

05/03/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I am always learning and growing.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Create an image on a wall using water sprayed from a squirt gun or spray bottle.

Media: Watercolors, Masking liquid, Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time: 1H:15M

Comments: For today's collage, I used watercolors in a spray bottle to get the background color that these little piggies share. One has a bright idea about he/she's learning and growing, and the light bulb is about to go on for the other with a similar insight.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Day 214 Unlimited potential

214:365

05/02/13

Louise Hay affirmation:

“I have unlimited potential.

I rejoice in my unlimitedness.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Use toothpicks as your main material or inspiration today.

Media: Magazine photos, Mod Podge, Watercolors

Time: 1H:30M

Comments: There are some unique qualities to a year-long, daily project. One of which is that, some days, you just don't feel like it... (I couldn't come up with any inspiration related to toothpicks today.)

Decided to plow through my flagging inspiration and focus on unlimited potential instead. Potential to me hints at a myriad of possibilities, represented by street signs pointing all different directions.

The rose reminds us that essential oil of rose has the highest vibrational frequency of all the essential oils and may possess unlimited possibilities for healing body, mind, imagination and expanding unlimited potential.

The "imagine" mosaic with flowers was from a fabric ad in Interior Design magazine and represents the unlimitedness of the imagination.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Day 213 Medical marvel

213:365

05/01/13

Louise Hay affirmation: “I bless other’s good fortune and know that there is plenty for all.”

Inspiration exercise from 365 Daily Creativity Journal: Make something that involves medical supplies or things you’d find in a doctor’s office or medicine cabinet.

Media: Magazine photos, Mod Podge

Time: 1H

Comments: More than simple medical supplies, this collage is more of a commentary on the state of health in the US today, as well as ruminations about architectural design that addresses urban health.

The 1973 National Geographic illustration of an ancient doll wrapped in mummy-like bandages, discovered in 1917, shows a fellow who appears to have undergone medical intervention. Apparently, our medical dilemmas are nothing new, they're just wrapped in different 'bandages' today.

I added the whispy fabric and lighted butterfly image from a recent Interior Design magazine in the background to represent the soul as its own life force that simply occupies the body for a time. The soul won't be weighed down by today's medical dilemmas. There is plenty of optimal health for all.