The first entry in my Junk Mail Journal for 2010. So much collage potential in my mailbox today that I simply couldn't resist!
Bursting out
in Inspiration, Patterns
Tumultuous waves of paper... I've been intrigued this winter with the walls of tissue-texture that form the background for the window displays at the Anthropologie store and finally got around to snapping a few photos. They may be snowflake references, or blossoms. Whatever, they are beautiful forms and make a surprisingly elegant and tactile background. On close inspection, the components remind me of the bright tissue paper flowers we made as kids, although the range of neutrals to white colors used and the sophistication of the cut designs is very different. Just gorgeous.
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." — Anais Nin
A new year begins
"A new year begins.
Every morning this morning.
Every day begins today.
Another year passed.
Sunlight. Clouds. Birds on the wing.
Only this moment. At last."
-Basho
Here's to 2010!
Collage above is "Perspective," 6 x 4", composed of recycled imagery on watercolor paper.
Do what you love
I wanted to share this commentary about ongoing creative endeavors and our "new year" mentality... I was amazed to read about the artist Carmen Herrera in the New York Times last week. However, it was this column that really put her tenacity into perspective:
Portrait of an artist as an old woman: Do what you love - The Boston Globe by Beverly Beckham, December 27, 2009. Worth reading! "If the world had never known her, would her life and her work have meant less? Not to her."
So many of us have creative pursuits of one sort or another. Let's keep at it in 2010 -- and beyond -- no regrets!
My collage below, titled "Time flies," was created in 2004 (proving, for me at least, that time does fly...) and measures 12 x 12 x 1," composed of contemporary papers and recycled imagery on wood panel.
