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February 13, 2007
visual journaling
by gl. at 11:54 pm
on monday i went to a free visual journalling group at collage. i thought it would be a small, meditative group, but it turned out to be over 15 people packed into collage's back room making soul collage cards. that really threw me for a loop: i didn't sign up for soul collage! i was also a little miffed because i had asked if we should bring anything and they said "no," so i packed oil pastels and watercolor pencils just in case -- but scissors and glue were sort of necessary! it also turns out their version of visual journaling is more akin to art journals & altered books than the technique i'm more familiar with.
later they told me they do a different technique each week, and i ended up liking what i got, so i'll go back. i met some new people, made art i'm fond of, and it's conveniently located on my way home from ppcw. :)
[trapped between two worlds]
"i am the one who is trapped between two worlds. i am the one with the weight of the world on her hollow bird shoulders. i am the one who sees stars inside and out. i am the one who wonders what's out there."
posted by gl. | February 13, 2007 11:54 PM | comments (2) | categories: other art, sketchbook
Comments
Oh, I just love this collage. The division between the upper and lower portions; all the circles and arcs echoing each other; the amazing image of the bird caught in a net; the indoors/outdoors sets; the way the bird carries a universe on her shoulders; the portholes that allow us to peek from our celestial sphere out into another...
Yum!
Posted by: sven at February 14, 2007 2:03 AM
thanks, sven!
Posted by: gl. at February 14, 2007 2:12 AM