Doing the Work
This is my favorite page from my An Artist's Study Journal. I think. I also really like this one and this one and...
Not every page is a favorite nor should they be. Yet, there are pages that stand out and grab me. I remember how I felt, where I was and what it is about them that shook me to my core. These are my favorite pages and to make them, I have to make countless other pages. This is something that I wish we would all remember. We need to do the work.
Blog Love
A big hearted shout to Dianne Fago aka Packer Di who said some very nice things about me in the latest issue of Art Journaling magazine
Comments
A Big Thank you, for your kind support, Kelly, I appreciate it!
Some pages, I'm like "Eh", and some pages I'm just "Wow". For me, I'm seeing that it comes down to the emotions I was feeling, and how that got expressed on the page. The honesty. That's the wow factor, whether I like the outcome or not.
The ones I'm all "Eh" are more when I try to grasp at the "pretty". But, even in that process, I learn so much about myself. The ones where I'm grasping for what I consider "pretty", well, sometimes it's just practice, and sometimes, it's showing me where I'm insecure. I have a default perfectionism button that gets pushed when I'm anxious, and those pages show me where I'm at, at that point. It helps me grow and get more honest, because I don't like that feeling of not connecting in my journal anymore.
It's all learning and growing, and my art journal captures all of it.
And, no, not everything will be a favorite. How can they be? It's kind of the point of favorites, yeah?