January Art Journal Pages

January is all about me..

I don't mean that in an arrogant kind of way..

and I think most of us tend to do a lot of soul searching in January

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that traditionally 

the end of the year was a scary time...

The old north wind and grim reaper were constantly in collaboration..

 I always create a self portrait in January

and I write about what is happening for me personally, spiritually and physically.

what I always find is that my thoughts always turn up

in my body and around it..

there is no escaping the fact that 

my thought manifests into form..

Ingredients: black gesso, colored pencil, Caran d' Ache, china marker, antique paper ephemera.

I suppose it has so much to do with watching my 

Father in Law 

in decline,

 that I am renewed in my

desire to create exactly what I want..

and thinking about my own mortality..

and though none of us knows how we will end up..

I believe that we can make better choices for ourselves and

for those around us..

There is nothing like contrast to create

great desire.

 I believe that hair has memory, 

therefore,

I am weaving my thoughts,

affirmations and desires in the tangled layers..

like a treasure map..

magnetizing my future..

I know it sounds so simple..

but it really is quite complex..

as there are a million potholes

to negotiate..

what am I working on?

Paintings..

the floral you always see in the background of my videos
and a small floral painting that will be a gift..

I have just started my February Art Journal pages..

writing a new love letter to myself..

and working on new pieces to take

to my class

in August 

at
  Way Art Yonder

in San Diego..

and then there is the garden..

calling to me..


xox