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| "Don't": junk mail collage |
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As I started looking for good stories, it wasn't so easy, so instead I'll share some thoughts.
I remember my Dad always said ...
"don't worry about things you can't control."
The German word for worry means to strangle.
The Greek word means to divide the mind.
I have read and am paraphrasing: that worry creates a hole in the mind, into which all other thoughts are drained.I don't have any answers, but I do have hope, faith, and trust, and empathize, when I remember.
A quick step-by-step ...
Working in a journal page on right.
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I started with a 4x4" square, and nothing planned. (piece 1)
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I added piece 2 of torn junk mail, using glue-stick & a brayer.
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Piece #3 is also torn junk mail, left-center.
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Piece #4 is torn junk mail, upper-right.
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The 5th piece is a horizontal strip I cut from another collage, digitally. Also, the entire piece is color-corrected digitally.
5 pieces of paper saved from the landfill?
(* If you see "Donut", me too, but I didn't at the time!?)
Just because ...
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Tuesday's Smiles ...
Thanks for coming by today ...
4 comments:
Love your step-by-step, Jacki! But you know that, don't you?
Jacki, before I visited your blog I watched the pics on oneDrive I'd taken on this day in the last years. When I saw some of my gelli prints and collages I nearly could not believe that I had done these - and I was proud of me! - that's exactly what your last smile was suggesting. Thanks, Jacki.
Thank you, Elenor. Yes, I have felt that, sometimes
Have great days,
I love Eleanor's comment. So often I forget that. xo
Thanks Irene, I think we alll do? I so love hearing from you. ;o)
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