Wind-Up Castle Of Wonders: Self Discovery

"Pressing Emotional Pain" Finding & Capturing Beauty.  A rose bush in the center of our apartment complex. Light and shadow convey a mood.  What mood are the light and shadow expressing in your photo today? ~the grass is always greener on the other side. or/and wheres there darkness light shortly follows . What do you aspire to? What are you climbing towards?   ~being more connected to mother nature, what all I can do as one person to help perserve her beauty.

Fencing In Authenticity   Explore the colours in your photograph.   How do the colours make you feel? ~nostalgic, whimsy...feeling of celebration. Textures can evoke emotions.  How do the textures in your photo speak to you today? ~ the difference of textures in the tulips, their leafs, and the grass make me think of biodiversity & how important it is. Photographs can feel like found treasures. What kinds of treasure did you find in your walking journey today? my admiration for my kittys. i find a surprising amount of joy from watching them live everyday life. 

Lets do this together! Lesson 1: One Photo a Day Took at a park right across the street from where I live. "Robinson" Park in Lyndon, KY. Photo Name: Spruce Gumballs Reflection of my emotions: Excitement for a new life beginning and beginning of Spring. Everything feels colorful, hopeful, and positive. Nature is beautiful and especially in Spring where everything is reborn.  Photograph #1   " Self Reflection" What is leaving your life? What is coming in? ~ spring in coming! winter is finally fading away...thank the gods. ae: depression & loneliness is subsiding whilst happiness & connection with other is begininf to blossom.  

Made this collage for a coursa course on art therapy ( Healing With The Arts ). I recommend it for anyone interested in the topic. <3 Grandmas Shamrocks. <3 Still kicking 10 years later.

"A victory relies more on attitude than apitude." Having a good attitude is one of the most important things I can do to increase my self esteem.  Being on time (accountable) is one of my flaws that i'm currently working on so any triumphs feels like an increase on self esteem.  SELF-ESTEEM TOWER Materials: Drawing paper, markers, oil pastels, and magazine photos. Procedure: Participants are instructed to create a tower of methods to enhance feelings of self-worth. They may design it using markers and/or pastels and add magazine photos if desired. They may use line, shape, form, and color to create their own unique image. Discussion: Clients share their constructions and specifically what they need to increase their self-esteem. They examine realistic goals and methods to attain them. Questions such as: “What type of environment do you need to feel content?” and “What type of relationships do you need in your life?” ...

Prompt #2: Windows  The prompt today is to cut a window in paper.  Using an x-acto knife against a fabric cutting board, cut a window in an index card or cardstock. If you have a rotating blade, try curves or waves. Place the window on top of various backgrounds to see what you like best behind your window. Experiment with paint or pattern on the "frame" and on the area behind the frame. Or cut a window in one page of your journal to see through to the next page. Another way to interpret this prompt would be to draw a window, including the view that you see through the frame. Interpretation mouth, pathway to the soul versus the eye. but as seen in the photo there is an eye inside the mouth so perhaps the the pathway to my soul is hidden away..out of sight.