Nuff Said.....

'nuff said

Veijo Rönkkönen Sculpture Garden

i LOVE this....

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/finland/articles/recluse-dies-leaves-behind-hundreds-of-secret-sculptures-in-finland/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=092018reclusefinland

makes my attempt at a

sculpture garden look pitiful

but i'm trying

My Armor

completed spread

"if you'd killed my body

you'd have done me a favor

but you killed my soul

and there's no remedy

for the pain"

 

i curse my armor

daily

New Yard Art

i've wanted to make these for

a while but where i live its

been crazy hot this summer

got these done today with the 

weather in the 90's

hot hot hot

Something's Fishy

'nuf said.....

One Day At A Time

completed spread

 

i take

one day at a time

it's the best i

can do....

Dearly Beloved

...just doing

the best

i can

Fallible

fallible

no armor is infallible

especially mine

Delusions of Grandeur

i don't have delusions of grandeur

but...i do think

 being bipolar 

contributes to my self esteem

or lack of....

and how i feel about my art

...as if i have a

choice

Necessity Is The Mother of Invention...

.....at least for those of us

with empty pockets

spent my afternoon making stamps

for gelli printing

$15 for one at artfoamie

is out of my budget

and quiet frankly

that price hurts my 

feeling...

I'm Done Adulting

play day

painted out magazine parts

with white paint

added the figure and writing

then faeries

outlines

doodles

 

used these

with acrylic paints

simple woman

doesn't take much

to make me

hApPy

 

Harvest Moon

 

Whoooo Are You?

 who are you

who who

who who

Call Me Red

call me red

yep...that's me

Sisters

sisters

i never had one

feel sure i wouldn't have

been a good one

most days i don't feel like

a good anything

Now We Know

my youngest daughter lives in

a very rural part of Clover, SC

she checked out a wifi hotspot

from the library and these are

the networks that pulled up

someone near her has an

awesome sense of humor!

Herd

we all need a herd

where we are welcomed back

no matter how often

or far

 we roam

Geesh......

so... was one journal enough

nooooo... my bipolar a$$ had to have three!

these two are a full size and a mini

covered in a heavy cardstock paper

that will be used just for fun

the third one is also a mini

but will be a more serious 

journal...  i'm covering it in canvas

so i can paint the cover

i spent some time in my studio 

pulling out and organizing my

paints/stamps & markers

think i'm ready to roll

Altered Magazine Journal

(image by sonya batten)

  used my captivity by hurricane florence

to make a couple of altered magazine journals

the mini one is two magazines cut in half

and bound...the larger one just two bound

can't decide if i want to cover them in

brown craft paper or canvas

leaning towards the cloth

saw this idea on youtube by

dede willingham...awesome idea

not starting with a blank page

existing color palette 

collage

paint

ink

journal

ready to get my

creative mojo on!

Hunkering Down

camping gear ready

hunkering down

getting ready 

to spit into

the wind

All In The Mind

yes.....

Mercy

"a dark cloud is no sign that the sun

has lost its light

and dark black convictions are no

arguments that god has laid aside

his mercy"

i my darkest hours i find comfort 

in that mercy

The Wonky Donkey

i am a such a fan

of kid's books!

900,000

This..........

900,000

beyond my comprehension

Set Me Free......

when....

The Edge of Lost

there are days when i feel

i am just a number on the edge

of lost....

 

 

How You Learn To Live Alone

"First you fall

then you fly

believe you belong to the sky

 Flap your arms

as you run

every revolution closer to the sun

 Fall asleep in motion

uncharted hemispheres

wake with stars falling 'round your ears

 When they hit the ground 

they're nothing but stone

 That's how you learn to live alone
Release resistance

lean into the wind

til the roof crumbles

rain pouring in

 Sit in the rubble

til the rubble feels like home

That's how you learn to live alone..."

Faces Places

Awesomeness!!!

#netflix

Broken Dreams

"the thing about memories 

is they come back to you...

in the darkness

or in the daylight

they arrive like strangers at night

they appear out of the shadows

in the heat of the sun

or walk up to you...smiling

in the rain

no matter how you feel

you know the truth 

when you come face to face

with it

you know it by its eyes

... its voice

you know it so well that you

don't need to ask its name

and then

what do you do?

whatever is needed

to forget..."

Where Birds Never Sing

jonesing to play in my journals

no printer ink

no money

digital

Gobsmacked

gobsmacked

by the beauty

that surrounds 

me...

Parallel Universe

The Sight

being gifted with

the sight

doesn't always

feel like a

gift....

Earthbound

sometimes

a broken wing

keeps us

earthbound

been broken

for too long

mending....

Bravery

swallowing my fear and hurt

and stepping out into the world

once again....

Score

i managed to get a shop 

for my metal work

all i have to do is pay the power bill

score!!!

spent the last couple of days cleaning 

 getting it ready for my equipment

excited to take my art

 in this new direction

Excited

where to start.....

apologies for being such a crappy blogger

it's who i am

working on a new venture

excited!!!!

setting up

 

learning

 

metal sculpture

Truth #11

truth.....

Water

for the longest time i've felt the pull to relocate

 

this land has been in my family since the early 70's

  there is a connection here

but it's not home

  logistics of moving seem overwhelming

but the pull....

 awoke this morning to the whisper of water

all day..... water

felt drawn to read my coffee grounds...

 

do you see

 

fish... tail breaking the surface

the spray

can you smell the slick body

returning to the liquid womb

...water

Alpha

 

wow!!!

this will definitely be

my birthday treat!

My Friend Maia Revisited

i revisit here ever so often

soothing

inspiring

it gladdens my heart

The Patience of Guides

i don't understand my own

 just accept

bow my head

in gratitude

for patient

guides

 

 

 

It Feels Like A Sickness

still....

Demons Don't Like Fresh Air

one of the views from

today's hike

red tail hawk

egrets

wild duck

soul soothing

picked this up on my hike

won't take much carving

to reveal it's face 

Born To Howl

yesterday

full moon

i'm always affected by the full moon

because i'm bipolar

maybe

i was born under a full moon

born to howl

want to see if you were born under a full moon?

go here and change the 2018 in the top most search

line to the year of your birth.

Conversations

do you talk to the wind?

i do

and the sky...
and the birds...
and the trees...
and the rocks...
and...

 i hear their
answers
do you?
 

Too Funny Not To Share

OMG

cats are soooo funny.....

Baby Steps

well....

at least i got to carve

frustrating when i can't make

my hands use my mind's eye

if i'd practice every day

maybe

it's just not in me

to do that

this was a limb from a dead cherry tree

'bout two fingers wide

i'd rather be outside 

chainsaw carving

 

not in all this pollen

it'll have to wait