Winter months are great for journaling - most of the time. Sometimes it get's so dreary that all you can do is read a book. There doesn't seem to be any inspiration. But I try really hard to not get to that point. I get such joy from journaling. This page is based on a jar of jelly I received and the little spoon on the ribbon was tied around the jelly jar. There's inspiration there, you just have to be watching for it. Diane
An artist who was teaching at the college came to my house last spring to see my art stuff. She fell in love with my journals as well as these boxes I have on my wall (assemblages) and asked me to be in an art show as the featured artist. I still don't believe it. The art show was held and many of my friends came and my daughter, Catherine came down from Billings to be with me.
My journals have always been private but she asked me to bring a bunch of them and I could let people read them if I wanted but I didn't have to. They loved looking at them and commenting on the illustrations and it felt so good to remove the stigma of somebody reading them and be able to share. It was a very heady experience. Now I look at my art in a completely different way.
Diane
I know it's been so long and I had closed this out but in looking for something on it I realized what a pretty and inspiring blog this is.
So I'm back.
I will rework it and begin posting again.
Welcome, friends. I hope I didn't lose you completely. Diane
