And this one is from Life Book week four. The assignment this week was to use three things you loved. I decided to use a lot of tissue paper and create texture. I then made a tree and a little bird. I know it’s not super sophisticated, but it’s really textured and was a lot of fun to make.
I have been frustrated with not knowing the answers to some of the questions in my life and so I decided this week’s art would be about how it’s ok to not know and how if I listen it will all eventually show up and how things are unfolding just as they should be. So that’s what my little bird is doing. She’s sitting and being okay with not knowing.
Here’s a side look hoping it shows the texture.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For my final intent in the month of February I wanted to make sure to remember What Matters Most. This is something that I know I can lose sight of quickly. It’s easy to take things for granted. I don’t think of how lucky I am to be healthy until I feel sick. I don’t think about the wonderful house we live in or our car unless something breaks down. Sometimes I have to lose something to remember how important it is. And I don’t want that to be the case.
I want to always remember what matters most and be deliberate to make sure I listen to those that matter most over the other stuff that can get in the way. If I chose to work at home so I can be there for my kids but then I don’t listen to them when they need me cause I am in the middle of a work issue, am I remembering what I decided matters most? (Obviously there are exceptions but in general, if I made an active choice of family over career, it makes sense that when there’s a family issue, for the most part, it should get my attention first.)
So my intention this week is to be deliberate about what matters most. To pay attention to it. What does matter most? How much am I honoring it? How closely am I choosing to listen to what matters most?
The lettering I used is here and I decided to go with simple little hearts for my sketch this week.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This is based on the amazing, amazing sketch by Jen Olson here. I used color pencils to color her.
The journaling says “today i know how it feels to feel so relieved after” and I wrote about how I stress when I have a bunch of things in a row that need to all work out and how I stress and stress until it’s all finished.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week I went back to my happy white muslin. This week’s stitching comes from here. I’ve loved this for a long time. I used satin stitch, stem stitch, french knots, chain stitch and back stitch on this one. The little word is bliss.
Stitching Circles is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s all about the biking. I changed the page to accommodate the photos I had because I wanted them side by side like that.
I am also trying to include our family photo each week, as much as I can.
Savor Project is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
And this one is from Life Book week Two. The bonus assignment this week was to do some art honoring your word and wishes for this year. I decided to tackle my core desires. In honor of the bonus nature of the assignment, I kept things easy and small. I drew the birdies with stencils and then painted them all with heavybody paints and then just had fun.
nothing too sophisticated with this one.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Continuing with the theme of Listening Deliberately, I thought a lot about what I would like to focus on this week. Slow down is what came up. Maybe I should have switched last week’s intent with this one since it feels like slowing down should come before making a choice does, but alas this is how it showed up and I’m sticking with it.
Maybe it’s the universe’s way of telling me that I will have to slow down this week if I want to be deliberate. I am not the kind of person who slows down very often. I don’t mean the lack-of-focus: I can sit still and read a book for four hours straight. But when I am doing a task, I tend to rush through it. I tend to want to “get it done.” It’s not even getting it over with as much as it is being able to check it off my list.
Considering the size of my list, if I want to check things off, I am not slowing down very often.
And yes, when you don’t slow down, you miss things. You miss important things. You are not being deliberate. You’re not even present, how could you be deliberate? So the intent for this week is to slow down. Way, way, way down.
Let’s see how I do.
This week’s lettering is here and I chose the meditating girl for my sketch because meditating is an excellent way to slow down.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This page didn’t turn out how i wished but I still like it. It was inspired by this lovely piece of art. I still need to work on my doodling and making smooth lines. It just doesn’t come naturally to me. When I watch others do it with so much east, I am always awed.
I think I used the neocolors on this page too. watersoluble crayons and then some gelatos and pencils on the background.
the prompt says: today i know what it feels like to envy
I wrote a lot about how grateful I feel and putting everything in perspective.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s stitching also comes from urban threads. I decided to try one more non-white background but this one was super super painful. Halfway through, I spilled some tea which melted the dissolving water so I had to wing it for the rest of the way. By the time I was done, I was so so done with this butterfly. And I didn’t even like how it turned out. Meh. I used just back stitch on this one. The little word is fly.
Stitching Circles is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Spread three. Some journaling and a lot of photos. I still want to move this all around and play more but I can’t seem to find the time just yet. In the mean time I am chugging along.
Still loving this.
Savor Project is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
And finally the first assignment in the Life Book class. This is my inner artist guardian. And the little birdie is the animal for my 2014. I like how they look like they are perched and listening.
I made her face with the RH Pigment sticks and the rest is the Montana paint pens and some watercolor pencils. A few stencils and stamps for background and it’s all set.
I want to remember that there’s always a little bird on my shoulder whispering me to listen more, listen closely, listen bravely.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Since this month’s goal is to be deliberate, I felt like choose was a very obvious intention to set for this week. One of the crucial parts of being deliberate is exercising choice. If I don’t get to choose what I am listening to, I am using the verb passively, I am listening to what’s louder or more annoying or shinier, or whatever is catching my attention for some reason.
Choosing implies that I am paying attention and making an active decision to listen to something particular (over something else.) I might choose silence. I might choose music. I might choose Nathaniel. I might choose work.
It doesn’t matter as much what the choice is, as the fact that I am doing the choosing.
The power is in the act of choosing.
This week’s lettering is from here and the sketch is supposed to be the corner of a compass. I chose a compass because compasses help tell direction. My intent is for my core desires and “the important” to be this week’s compass.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
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