Another page in the Junk Mail Journal.
I'm always enchanted by the serendipity of what's come in the mail each day that I can work with. This collage includes bits of background imagery from a catalog and a financial services direct mail piece, along with the inside of a billing envelope (safety paper). Some beautiful mulled colors can be found in the blurry backgrounds of corporate and fashion photography... Guess I am one of the few people who looks forward to junk mail!
The first entry in my Junk Mail Journal for 2010. So much collage potential in my mailbox today that I simply couldn't resist!
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.
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.