What? It's been since July 28th since my last post? Well, I think I might have removed the Lauren and Sam post since I thought maybe my grandkids antics weren't all that interesting to other people after all!
This post is showing the revised (again) collage now named "The Girl and the Bluebird". Revised because I had to put a piece of handwriting somewhere on it to enter in the New Trends in Mixed Media group's August collage contest. I also added a few other things (shouldn't I be taking things away instead?). It takes courage sometimes to promote our own work and yet I get a lot of satisfaction out of knowing what others think, good or bad. It's sure not a perfect example of collage but I think I'm growing each time I attempt something. Hopefully....
I've not done a lot recently....life seems to get in the way of art, doesn't it? In a way, I look forward to fall and winter and being "holed up" in the house; on the other hand, I somewhat dread the craziness of the holidays. I need to learn to take life as it comes....one day at a time.....not look too far into the future lest I become overwhelmed with what I know is coming. I don't handle the holidays so well anymore. It's almost like "been there, done that" and maybe I'm just enjoying the simple things of life more and more. Dragging out box after box after box of Christmas paraphernalia seems so redundant after 55 years of Christmases with my DH and family. Do I sound jaded? I don't mean to be....just being realistic, I guess.
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OMG--that is an AMAZING collage, Pat! You have a great eye for composition and you need to set up an Etsy shop! I've added your blog to my feeds list because that's about the only way I have time to see what everyone has been up to. Thx for the b-day wishes too.
Pat, I have enjoyed the evolution of this collage. I really like the third (and final?) view of this collage...the birdcage image works well...it adds something to it, without becoming the focal point. Thanks for sharing your creation process with us...it really is part of the art journey that we are all taking together, and we are learning from each other, don't you think???
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I think you have to promote yourself-there are so many of us out there, doing similar work...you have to 'blow your own trumpet' to get noticed!! I also nagree with you about the Xmas hols-it's so jaded after all these years of doing it!(I'm 52, so I'm fed up of it too!). By the way, I've recntly joined the artisttradingcards group too!
Nia.
I feel EXACTLY the same way...I now find that I depend on those that want the gatherings and "familial" events to add to the hosting and coordinating. Yes, we all love Christmas at the grandparents house, but they are getting up there in age where they deserve to be invited not hosting...That is where a large family comes in...I bring the roasted chickens, someone else brings the relish trays, another brings deserts, still another brings salads( potatoe, tuna, tossed) and so on...We then all enjoy a feast on disposable plates with the kids running around madly and the adults enjoying the day together.
Christmas as it is celebrated today is no longer the Christmas that was intended. I stopped "celebrating" Christmas in my 20's, realizing it was no longer what it was meant to be but instead, a way for stores to sell a lot of stuff by the marketing people who create the image of what we "should" be doing. Watch the grinch who stole Christmas again and look at it from the Grinches point of view, is Christmas really what Jesus would do? I think he would react as he did at the temple and overturn the tables. So no, I don't think you are jaded, and a lot of people are tired of the commercialism too. They want the celebration back, minus all the hype. Love your blog as always, Robin in Las Vegas
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