Art Journal Day 4

I used crumbled paper to collage and layer with gesso. I then accented some of the lines and texture with several colors of ink stain. The picture on the left in part of the original illustrations from the astronomy book. Its a photo of the milky way and inspired the writing on the right.

I love to think about the stars, how they are formed and what they've produced. It makes me feel both very small and very connected to the universe. I'm very torn between believing that there is nothing more then then this but then I think about the relativity of time and multiple dimensions and I wonder if there is more...of corse there is...but is a more with meaning? Or just more?

Art Journal Day 3

This entry is from an old poem I wrote many years ago. I had always wanted to create a visual to accompany the poem. I used found objects, ink stain and a sharpie to create this page. I hadn't  preplanned the text arrangement, I just adapted as I went along.

This poem is about being a child in a fundamentalist environment, and realizing at an early age that I was less important then the dogma, and would either be forced to submit or be sacrificed, figuratively, to the cause.

Art Journal Day 2

I used a photograph that I took a couple of years ago as a base. I arranged the text and glued it in place after typing it on to torn paper. I also used a heart stamp and drew a larger version of the heart in the background using a sharpie.

Im tying to not over think the entries and use what I have in front of me to create a complete design in one sitting. I chose the sentiment because I can be too perfectionistic and that prevents me from giving into the creative process. However, I love things that are perfectly imperfect..pealing paint, rusted metal, old wood...they have the beauty of a story written into their surface.

Art Journal 1

This is my first entry into my art journal. I want to attempt to do an art experiment every day using my journal. I bought an old book, glued several pages together and applied gesso. I used fount objects, markers, ink stain and colored pencils. It was daunting to begin the project so I titled "Where do we begin" as a way to confront that fear. This entry is also a throw back to the original title of the 1929 astronomy book called "The Universe Around Us." I liked the idea of using a science book and wanted to keep the idea alive...exploring the universe around us. Art is a different kind of exploration but is informed by the world and our perceptions of it. The patterns on the map, the star charts and the atom are receptions and demonstrate the the "universality" of our reality regardless of size.