* sometimes in a gush, sometimes a mere trickle; journeying with the creative flow of my heart *
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
An Art Marathon
I spent the entire day yesterday, from 7 AM till almost midnight (with the exception of a few small breaks), working on Sally Turlington's journal. The theme she chose for her altered calendar is "Not Yo Mama's Michelangelo & Da Vinci" - what a hoot! I worked on the month of June in the book. This is part of a year long journal collaboration with a group of talented artists from MMCA. Oh my goodness, the work already in this book is beautiful and inspiring; so much so that it's always a bit difficult to begin that first page. But begin I did, and I kept at it until I was finished. Doing this many pages in a day is a first for me, but knowing my daughter and family with be arriving in 3 days made it important for me to get it done while it was quiet, and I could put my whole heart into it.
Wow Katie, your work in Sally's book is... well, it leaves me speechless! I'm sure she will have her mouth open to the floor when she sees it! It's just gorgeous! I love your color choices. I really love your fabric piece from your previous post too. I actually posted a comment about it but it never "took"! Oh well... great work! I spent ALL of yesterday purging in my studio! Gosh, where did all this stuff come from? I've been drowning in it. Now, I'm packing boxes to share it with new ABer's who are just getting started! Ah... feels good! And this is the lazy way of organizing... instead of, once again, trying to find a way to organize all this stuff, I'm just getting rid of most of it! LOL!
"Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips." From 'The Prophet' by Kahlil Gibran
6 comments:
Wow Katie, your work in Sally's book is... well, it leaves me speechless! I'm sure she will have her mouth open to the floor when she sees it! It's just gorgeous! I love your color choices. I really love your fabric piece from your previous post too. I actually posted a comment about it but it never "took"! Oh well... great work! I spent ALL of yesterday purging in my studio! Gosh, where did all this stuff come from? I've been drowning in it. Now, I'm packing boxes to share it with new ABer's who are just getting started! Ah... feels good! And this is the lazy way of organizing... instead of, once again, trying to find a way to organize all this stuff, I'm just getting rid of most of it! LOL!
Very beautiful. I love the fabric piece at the bottom. The color choices and subject matter are wonderful.
Very inspiring work.
Wonderful art! My 6 yr.old grandson and I are viewing and he is saying "Cool way cool..I wish I could art like that!!" I agree!
incredible stuff. It's nice to see some actual Talent once and again.
Thank you all so much for your lovely comments, I appreciate you stopping by my blog and leaving them and I hope you'll come back again!
I like the one with the star and one with the bird! Very nice!!
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