Get Messy Thursdays - Serenity :: Week 2

Now that I'm on a writing break, there is so much time to get messy. At least there is more time than there was last week. This week serenity spoke to me about the need to find calm in my life.

I've started using my Moleskine journal and so far I am enjoying it. I prep the pages with gesso before I work in them. It was a little strange to see the pages pucker and take on imperfect textures, but I went with it and embraced the messy imperfection. The pages in my Moleskine are my favorite ones this week.

My plan is to do one page on the thicker water color journal and one page on the Moleskine journal. I'll aim for that when possible, more when the flow is good, less when things are just wild in my life. 

Challenge 5 - Use tissue paper

I stamped some white tissue paper repeatedly with the word serenity. The pink is also tissue paper. I thought about how after particularly stressful moments in my life, which tend to happen often, I like to just sit there and do nothing. I totally zone out and catch my breath. I appreciate those tiny serene moments all day long. 

Challenge 4 - print on to non-standard paper

I love finding random books at Goodwill that can be torn up. I tore a page out of a book on water and printed this quote on to the page. I trimmed it down to a standard sheet of paper and it worked beautifully in the printer. The ink smudged so I sprayed it with a matte finish to stop it from doing that. Of course, I discovered a typo after I'd printed it (you instead of your). I love this quote, the picture, the colors -  I love it all. It reminds me I can be in the storm and ground myself in calm.

Challenge 3 - Use a dictionary page with serenity

I was apprehensive to tear a page out of our dictionaries. Those were not Goodwill purchases and I would hate for someone using them to desperately be in search of a word only to find the page missing. Though, with the generation my children are going up in, will they need paper dictionaries?

Instead, I copied the dictionary page in color to maintain the worn yellow goodness the book has achieved with age. I wanted to use my metallic paints that I didn't get to use last week, so those made a appearance on a couple of pages. Again, breathing in that calm - over and over and over again. 

This week was good. I didn't intentionally decide that calm was my underlying them, it made itself known as I thought about serenity. Let's see what decides to show itself next week!

Comments

[Julia Thomas]

You're on fire this week! My favourite is your first page, stillness in chaos but I'm also really drawn to the metallic page you ended on. Ah.. All so good!

[Sara Friesen]

Thank you! Last week felt good, that good flow of creating.