Things were finally starting to look up, and there are positive possibilities on the horizon.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
A bit of colour for July
I felt that July required some colour, so I took inspiration from Klimt's The Dancer (1916-18). Her robe is a wonderful mosaic of colours and forms, so I drew my impression of a section from her sleeve, and only added simple enhancements, mostly in pretty beads I bought recently.
Things were finally starting to look up, and there are positive possibilities on the horizon.
Things were finally starting to look up, and there are positive possibilities on the horizon.
Monday, September 7, 2009
6 months caught up - how hard it's been...
It's been a hard year so far. To the point where I forgot to even post my January page.
I hoped that by imaging the phoenix this year, 2009, would be an improvement on 2008. Well, rather than an instant improvement, it continued to go downhill, though it didn't culminate until later. Work has been an ever more dismal and abusive situation than I have ever had to endure.
February did have some bright spots, primarily in my school project for Photography, so I used a test print of one of my favorite shots. The project was shot mostly with a plastic camera which doesn't allow much control of exposure time and aperture, and gives a kind of accidental quality to the photos, so when I accidentally used too much heat when I dry-mounted this print, and I kind of liked the effect, I decided to keep it, and used it for the month anyway. I think it's kind of fun!
March is for my mother and brother, and for all my fellow water types! This is the last ray of light for a while...
April is when it all came down. I ended up in stress leave from work, and had to fight with my group insurance to be paid while I healed. They refused. April was a black hole of depression. I found the lack of creativity to be the most distressing part. I thought this image fit the month. There isn't even an ecretion disk because this black hole has eaten everything it can find.
I'm not much of a blog writer (as you can tell), and I didn't really intend this to be a narrative of any kind, but in a sense the entries for April, May and June are.
May was slightly less bleak than April, but it still wasn't that much better.
In June I hit a milestone year, and on top of that things still weren't all that much better. I was still on stress leave and seriously questioning my choice of profession. I think the mistake and lack of my usual finesse echoes my emotional state at this time.
Now, all I have left are 2 months to catch up, and July and August were starting to get better.
I hoped that by imaging the phoenix this year, 2009, would be an improvement on 2008. Well, rather than an instant improvement, it continued to go downhill, though it didn't culminate until later. Work has been an ever more dismal and abusive situation than I have ever had to endure.
February did have some bright spots, primarily in my school project for Photography, so I used a test print of one of my favorite shots. The project was shot mostly with a plastic camera which doesn't allow much control of exposure time and aperture, and gives a kind of accidental quality to the photos, so when I accidentally used too much heat when I dry-mounted this print, and I kind of liked the effect, I decided to keep it, and used it for the month anyway. I think it's kind of fun!
March is for my mother and brother, and for all my fellow water types! This is the last ray of light for a while...
April is when it all came down. I ended up in stress leave from work, and had to fight with my group insurance to be paid while I healed. They refused. April was a black hole of depression. I found the lack of creativity to be the most distressing part. I thought this image fit the month. There isn't even an ecretion disk because this black hole has eaten everything it can find.
I'm not much of a blog writer (as you can tell), and I didn't really intend this to be a narrative of any kind, but in a sense the entries for April, May and June are.
May was slightly less bleak than April, but it still wasn't that much better.
In June I hit a milestone year, and on top of that things still weren't all that much better. I was still on stress leave and seriously questioning my choice of profession. I think the mistake and lack of my usual finesse echoes my emotional state at this time.
Now, all I have left are 2 months to catch up, and July and August were starting to get better.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
3 months - up to date!
So I was totally swamped with school and work, etc. and I got a bit behind schedule, but I've managed to catch up, before the end of the year!!!! :-D
So for October, the month my latest niece was born, in honour of her name here's a beautiful moon.
November is represented by the Creative FX colour challenge "Burnished Gold" in one of my favorite motifs - paisley.
And finally December, the month that contains the birthday of my sister-in-law and my elder niece (on the same day). The maple leaves are the translation of my niece's name, and the cherry blossoms are for her beautiful and sweet mother.
Now, onto January... I've started a phoenix, in the hopes that 2009 will rise out of the ashes that were 2008.
Here's hoping that 2009 brings good health, happiness and prosperity to all.
Happy New Year!!!
So for October, the month my latest niece was born, in honour of her name here's a beautiful moon.
November is represented by the Creative FX colour challenge "Burnished Gold" in one of my favorite motifs - paisley.
And finally December, the month that contains the birthday of my sister-in-law and my elder niece (on the same day). The maple leaves are the translation of my niece's name, and the cherry blossoms are for her beautiful and sweet mother.
Now, onto January... I've started a phoenix, in the hopes that 2009 will rise out of the ashes that were 2008.
Here's hoping that 2009 brings good health, happiness and prosperity to all.
Happy New Year!!!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
BJP - September page
Well, it's done.
I must admit I haven't trimmed it yet, but I'm not sure I'm how I'm going to end up mounting my pages yet, so I want to leave extra around until I do.
The original digital photo, prior to beading:
So I decided to only bead the needles from the front two trees, so the beading would completely overwhelm the photo, and for the sake of expediency.
Now, what to do for October...
Friday, August 1, 2008
First ever blog
I've never been a big journal writer. I had a diary when I was little, and I think I wrote 4 entries, so this will be a stretch.
I'm working on several growing experiences this year. As always I'm trying to finish up my Baccalaureate in Art History, all the while working full time as a graphic designer, and feeding my beading obsession. In the vein of the latter, I'm participating in the Creative FX colour challenges from one of my bead suppliers, and will be participating in the 2008 Bead Journal Project.
I'm not sure where I'm going to find the time... :-O
I'm working on several growing experiences this year. As always I'm trying to finish up my Baccalaureate in Art History, all the while working full time as a graphic designer, and feeding my beading obsession. In the vein of the latter, I'm participating in the Creative FX colour challenges from one of my bead suppliers, and will be participating in the 2008 Bead Journal Project.
I'm not sure where I'm going to find the time... :-O
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