it started with a collage...

Friday quote

"Be not simply good; be good for something."

Henry David Thoreau

Break you down

I gave my 4-1/2 year old granddaughter an old empty photo book thinking she might save her "important" papers or drawings in it. Immediately she went to the family's box of photos and pulled out the ultrasound pictures of her twin sisters and placed them in the book. Then she explained to me which blip on each picture was which sister. After she added a few more mom approved pictures she hugged the book close to her chest and said "Nana, I will never break you down."

Huh? I guess that is a good thing but I am not sure what you mean.

" Nana, it means I will NEVER forget you."

How can you not cry about that?

twenty months

I was art journaling quite a lot a couple of years ago. I never reread any of those until tonight. This is a slightly (purposely) obliterated page from the day my son quit speaking to me. It has been twenty months, much has changed in both our lives but still...no word from him. 

That day I could only draw flames because of anger and hurt. Now the fire is gone. It is just frustration and sadness that we can't agree to disagree. Some say I am better off this way--TV's Judge Joe Brown calls it "disownment." It feels incomplete. Undone. A mess. Unfixable.

My journal fell by the wayside. I've got to get back to it. 

today's pet peeve

If you are in college working on a Master's degree, shouldn't you KNOW the word "college" isn't spelled....collage?

just sayin'

Now I'm Bored

I gave up blogging a while back because it seemed no one, including myself, really cared. Now I realize I don't think it matters much if anyone cares or doesn't because I have too many words in my head if I don't write once or twice a week. Sometimes on paper, sometimes on a screen-but I need to write again. 

So I am going to post every week with at least one photo/art piece and one written view/complaint/opinion that can be skipped over if you choose. 

My work here is done.
It has been almost three years since I started this blog. Like many other things in my life, it seemed a good idea at the time. Then...
I didn't keep up.
no one pays attention.
I care less and less.
So does everyone else.
I am more boring.
There is no great following.
There is no great discovery or 15 minutes of fame.
It all becomes too much.
THANK YOU to the 7 or so of you that did play along for awhile.
I am just tired now. I will go back to life and not bother you all with checking in only to see the same post you saw a month ago.
Now, get off the computer and read a book. Take a walk. Kiss your kid. Feed your dog.
Thanks for showing up as often as you did. Have a great life.

OH, I forgot about you...

For a minute I forgot about blogging at all. I have ADHD or some such thing I am certain, because I can't consistently stay involved in keeping up with things. I can be cruising along just fine, then..."oh look at that shiny thing over there..." and I am totally off track again. Many.distractions.every.day.

I have made art (or my version of art) and just not posted. My latest thing is doing art for Art-o-Mat machines. I am kind of passing on entering local shows for now. Don't have the stomach for it I guess. 

More on Art-o-Mat  here.

Latest art here.

 

Not getting better?? Who cares!

Someone once told me if I would keep doing the same kind of art I would get better at it. Instead, I jump all over because there are so many fun things to try. Too many materials to just stick with one thing. I can not imagine ever calling myself a watercolorist, or a sculptor and doing just that one process. Over and over. I guess the point of all this is the art I am now about to post. It is still ACEO size but I am painting over a page from my Uncle's lottery number system. You can see some of the numbers under the paint. I guess they will list on Etsy like much else I have been doing. I am having a good time even if I am not getting any better because I am jumping around between styles and mediums. It should just be about have a great time getting lost in the moment. Right?

the colors are more intense in reality, monitor makes them bland.

Rainy with a chance of sun

April was the rainiest we have ever had and May seems to be working on beating it. I tried to get the grass mowed today and came in soaked to my socks because I couldn't leave that 10 foot square of tall grass in the middle of the yard. I thought I would beat the rain but, no. 

The problem with spammers has apparently been stopped here on Typepad. Thanks to the powers that be at the help desk. 

More art soon. Too busy paddling the boat and trying to stay dry.......

Be back soon.

Happy Mother's Day!

Just a quick post to give a shout out to all mothers! It is a difficult but rewarding job that never ends. Just about time you think you might have it down, you turn into YOUR mother and oh...just imagine the rest. That's all I have to say about that.

 

Here is some art. Trying different things now and again. These are Prose People and are for sale on Etsy at www.etsy.com/shop/brenellen