2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 7, Year 3

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 7, Year 3: Shine On

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 6, Year 3

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 6, Year3: Step Back in Time

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Year3...Day 5

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge: Year3...Day 5: Adding That Touch Of
last spread created while in London

London is such a curious mix -- a city that I will continue to enjoy -- each time I return. I love the mix of history and present day influences. I love hearing 20 different languages being spoken as you walk down the streets. I love equally it's pristine, architecturally correct buildings and gardens and the blasphemous, graffiti-smeared walls.

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Year3...Day 3

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Year3...Day 3: Love the Way They Make You Feel

Second spread I created while in London. Feels unfinished. Like my life I suppose. My husband and I always stay at the Bailey's Millenium when we are in London for the London Book Fair. It's an old, British hotel that was kept intact and connected to a larger, more modern convention style hotel next door. We have always loved the feel of the Baily with it's vintage brass and wood interior and intimate, antique lobby and pub-style bar area. This year the pub had been altered to reflect the new restaurant that had moved in. The casual, relaxed sofas had been replaced with spillover dining seating from the restaurant. I found it wrenching on some level. It's not like I don't like new -- but the qualities of the pub had changed for me. I always looked forward to having afternoon cappuccinos next to the fireplace and doing some journaling or blogging. It was special and different from my regular life routine. Unsettling to see how attached you get to things. Nowadays I just take note of it, shed a tear or two, wave goodbye, and move on....

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Year3...Day 2

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Year3...Day 2: The Cowgirl in London

(This is one of four journal spreads I did on my trip. I'll just have to catch up over the next week or so.)

I generally don't like to be away from blogging this long. But it just turned out this way. I can beat myself up about it but what good does that do except perpetuate the negative. I spent the last 10 days in London and Paris. I love Europe, especially these two cities. I resonate to their character and am generally thrilled with being exposed to so many different things, places, foods, languages, people. It is creatively very stimulating but often overwhelming, and this year my trip was high on the overwhelming scale. I found it very difficult to focus. I felt scattered, fragmented, and creatively barren. I felt it difficult to put one foot in front of the other. So basically my strategy quickly became to do one thing only each day, let things fall where they may, and just keep moving in between. I gave up attempting to journal or to post, and just collected images and experiences. I figured that eventually something would come out of it and find expression in my art and jewelry at some point later down the road.We'll see.

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Year3...Day 1

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Year 3. Day 1: Knowledge Is Power

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 365...YEAH!!!

 2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 365: Life Is Magnifique

I have reached the end of year two of my personal art challenge of creating one journal page a day! Hard to believe that I have stayed with and met this challenge! It definitely has supported my creative pursuits -- both artfully and personally. I see no reason why not to continue for another year. The format may change a bit -- or it may not. I'll see what evolves as I go!

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 364

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 364:Different Travel

a different way of moving through life starts with a question...with no answer

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 363

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 363: The Driving Forces

love and hunger

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 362

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 362: In an Instant

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 361

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 361: Extraordinary

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 360

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 360: The Mouth of My River

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 359

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 359: Larger Than Life

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 358

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 358: Alien Emotions

It ain't Kansas anymore!

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 357

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 357: You Should Know

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 356

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 356: Bad to the Bone

The other title I was going to give this was "Magic Carpet Ride" -- but for some reason the rope seems to have kept this chick firmly rooted to the ground. Plus the paint background I chose seemed like bloody sweat dripping down the walls. Could reflect my current rocker mood -- I'm in the midst of rehearsals to Joan Jett's I Love Rock and Roll -- I luvvv being able to live out parts of myself that I didn't quite get to in my earlier years. Hot Damn! I'm a rocker chick!

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 355

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 355: Combat the Signs (Closed)

Three page journal spread. Oil pastels, Neocolor & Portfolio watercolor crayons, pigment inks, acrylic paints.

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 355: Classic Looks for Spring (Open)

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 354

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 354: Something's Up In...

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 353

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 353: Self Doubt's Voice

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 352

2011 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 352: Her Image May Have Faded