My Octopus Teaher

 

 WOW!

I wasn't sure I could watch this because I'm

totally creeped out by the octopus but ...oh my

this film is beautiful in so many ways.

I AM The F'n Dragon

yesterdays journal pages

yes....

i AM the fucking dragon!

Wabi Sabi

Wabi Sabi: "Wabi implies a rustic simplicity...a quietness, freshness and irregularity...and sabi is about the beauty and grace that only become visible with age. Wabi sabi is a way of viewing the world that accepts the impermanence and imperfections of our surroundings and existence. Spending time with something not conventionally beautiful, but rundown instead, maybe even what you consider ugly, can be incredibly enlightening, aesthetically exciting and inspiring. Thinking about its life, its past and what it may become is an invaluable creative contemplation of time and life that will lead to a richer way of expressing yourself...and give you reason for seeing with new eyes. We are bombarded with images of beauty and perfection, but it is the images of real life and subtle imperfections that will always resonate with us more deeply." ~ philippa stanton/conscious creativity

 

 i LOVE this book!

it's just what i needed to kick my creativity

in the arse... and the author has synesthesia!!!

i'm so jealous...i want to be able to experience

the world like that!

 

Mad As The Hatter

Been that way all my life!

Wanna go howl at the moon?

 

Time Traveling

how often do you time travel on a smell...

or a sound...

a taste...

a texture...

 

I Fail

 There is no way I could even begin to count the

times I've failed....in all aspects of my life.

But I keep trying.....

Tricked Out

 I tricked out my junking vest today.

This is an old fishing vest that I use when I go junking.

I love all the pockets where I can squirrel away things. 

And now all this color.....

Makes me happy.

Grandma Prisbrey

I can see my future in her.....lol

 

Ma and Pa

i LOVE outsider art.

it's challenging for someone who tends

to be a perfectionist to make this kind of

art. this is my journal page for today. i'm

thinking i'll start painting and collaging

on some of the cardboard i've accumulated

since our recycle centers won't accept it

due to the whole covid thingy. that way

i won't feel as stressed about "messing up"

a journal and also use up the cardboard.

win win

Anado McLauchlin

 

 

 i LOVE this!

color...color...color

check out his webpage here

Imma Check This Out

 another journal page with the remains of a 

failed image transfer. this is an actual photo

of the firetruck in cornelius, nc where my

grandparents lived. since the transfer didn't

work i just used the gel plate pull in my

journal. oh well....

honestly...blogger has gotten ridiculous! things

won't stay formatted...images have to be

manually resized...there is a terrible lag when

updating or deleting drafts. my widgets are gone.

SUX!!!!!

Holy Mosaics!

 Wow! Look at this mosaic wall!

The image is by Monica Carretero but I

don't know who the mosaic artist was.

I just love this!

Feeling Blue

 i can't figure out why i can do an image transfer 

using a magazine page but not with something

 printed with my laser printer. 

imma figure this out!

(((why did blogger get rid of the option

to decrease line spacing??????)))

Some Days

seriously.....

Lose That Girl in a Strange Land

my tipping point

 

 always....

other than...

Batwoman Fails

 boy howdy...i'll bet you can hear

all the snap crackle pop of dem bones

from where ever you are

i bought a laser printer specifically to be able

to do image transfers using my art and a gelli plate.

i spent the better part of a day jacking with that

thing...i can get an image using a magazine

 photo but nothing with anything printed

 with this printer. i'm ready to toss it in the yard!

Just An Artist

 none of that follow the rules for me

been that way all my life

New Journal

I've started a new journal this week using an old ledger

I found in a local shop.

 

 

It's been a while since I did any journaling. You'd think being an inmate

due to Covid I'd have gotten myself back into my studio but that hasn't

been the case. It's been in the 90's every day for a month here and I've

not done anything outside other than venture out to cut grass. Anyway,

now....I journal....

 

 

 

 

 

I Published A Book!

another items checked off my bucket list.....i've published a book! it's not the great

american novel...it's an art journal with a peek into my childhood and the trials and

tribulations my mother encountered in raising a bipolar offspring. i'll have to say...

i'm kinda proud of it. (I do NOT like the new blogger! Why doesn't my photo resize

to fit?????)

tetched

ruminations, art &a...

By jody brakefield

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Bent And Creaking

Got out this morning and started some cuttings:  Butterfly Bush...Hydrangea...Lady Banks Rose. I've never been very successful with cuttings but it only cost me a little energy since I already had the pots...soil...and rooting hormone powder.

Relocated some Lemon Balm and mint to around the log planter so it can spread.

Dug up a couple of pieces of Jasmine from the back of my property and planted them in front of this dead Ornamental Cherry so it will climb. I've left that tree for the birds and critters. There was also a sprig of Virginia Creeper with a few roots that came up with the Jasmine so I stuck it in the ground. Might be too small to make it but I've got lots more to relocate.

Relocated two Wild Cherry trees and I'm ashamed to say I wasn't very careful about planting them...just opened the ground with the shovel and stuck them in. Around here they are really prolific so I'm thinking they'll be ok.

I've got to move these roses. They're around my Mom's house that is here on my property. It's become derelict and I hope to have it torn down before fall...so I need to move the shrubs from around it. My Mom was not a gardener but she loved flowers so I planted them for her. Nothing gave her more joy than sitting on her porch watching the birds...especially the humming birds...flit around the flowers. There's a Butterfly Bush...Hydrangea...Nandina...and some others that I've forgotten what they are that will need to be moved also.

I miss the days when I could work the whole day in the yard and feel like a day well spent. My sixty six year old back and knees complain loudly now with just a half days work. It's still a good feeling to end the day with dirt under my nails and well worked muscles...even if I have to hobble off to bed bent and creaking.