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teach giftie
The past few days have been spent doing class projects with my boys' classes and making some gifties for their teachers.
candle giftie
bath salt enchanted potion giftie
Ist grade project for Payton's class
Payton
Grayson
Day of the Dead 4th grade project for Grayson's class
Now for a night filled with trick or treating ....
I did a day of the Dead Project in Grayson's class today. Mini school heads. Turned out really cute and they all had fun.
A little candle giftie I made for the teachers.
I have been a bit remiss after having a very very bad reaction to the flu shot - eck eck never ever ever again. But manage to pull myself together and host the boys annual Halloween Day of the Dead Bash. Needless to say I am a bit whooped. Looking forward to a very slow Sunday.
GRAYSON as a zombie
Payton as the mummy in the mummy wrap game
the gang
the table
Mark outside
I started a self portrait exploration journal while I was in Spokane ... Here is the start of it ...
Page 1 Fractured
"God is not attained by the process of addition to anything in the soul,
but a process of subtraction." Meister Eckhart
Dear Child,
When you are ready to answer the call,
you will hear it.
It will come in different forms,
but you will feel the nudge,
that pull at your heart,
that longing to reach down
into the cavernous depths
and find the light
that is yours to shine.
You need not feel alone
on this journey inward,
for I am there with you,
as are many others
whose spirits will guide you
as you move.
Remember that all is One,
that this voice within
is the Voice of All,
the source of All Sound.
To be in the presence of this,
to add your voice in harmony,
is the greatest bliss.
May you be lost and found in its rapture.
This is from the wonderful book Marry Your Muse by Jan Phillips
I have been using this book as a guide for my life as of late -
~to find direction in my work
~to find direction in my search for self
and all that looks like
I have been exploring the idea of how I see myself and how others see me - especially in self portraits. Often others see things in me that I don't. What do you see? I would love to know. I am flying off to Spokane for the next few days - it will be cold (yeah!) and I will be staying in a historic hotel the Davenport which I really enjoy.
This is the other book that I made at Art and Soul with Judy Wilkenfeld in her class "Aging Gracefully" I decided to put my own twist on it and created a book of all the dearest friends in my life - my horse partners ~
left a photo of a quilt my mother made me of all of my horses
right my latest Creus ( the horse I lease) and me at 40
Rio Concho and me at 13
Mariner my first horse at 7
My sweet girl Ebony and me at 28
Habi and me at 17
I created this remembrance book for my darling sweet girl Ebony who I lost this past May after 18 yrs in Judy Wilkenfeld's class Just in Case at Art and Soul in Portland. First, a little about Judy and why I took 3 days with her. She is incredibly generous of spirit - sharing all her techniques and thoughts and ideas freely, she is encouraging and supportive, and she herself puts all the meaning and nuance into her own work which is what drove me. I was very happy about how the book turned out and more than anything it really was a process in my grieving.
Nuance~
horseshoe nails - 2 - to represent the two shoes she wore on her front feet
her name
The button pin that I used to wear at the nape of my neck when I showed her~
a piece of her mane is braided held within
an antique bag with a beaded rose patch because she love to smell roses~
A metal circling the day she was born and a blue ribbon~
Pictures of her sweet face and a copy of a painting I did of her~
Pictures of the two of us~
A picture card with a poem that reads:
I haven't swept the flower path
to welcome guests,
But for you my friend,
the gate to my garden
is
always
open
T'u Fu
A copy of a painting that I did right after she died~
A photo of her on the morning she passed, a calendar page with the date of her death and an E for her name~
I love this book and more than anything it is a part of her that I will always cherish.
me and lk
I just returned from Art and Soul in Portland where I spent 5 days with great friends. Eating, talking, laughing, crying, and doing art. It was a great trip.
lk and cp
lk and bee
me and cp
I took amazing classes and got some great things - more to come so stay tuned ...
This was done in class with Judy Wilkenfeld in Aging Gracefully - I put my own twist on it ~
This is another remembrance book of all of the horse partners in my life over the past 33 years
a photo of a quilt my mom made me that has all the names of my horses
on the right is me and Creus
me and Rio Concho my POA
Me and my very first horse at 7yrs ~ Mariner~ thoroughbred cross
me and Ebony AQHA
me and Habi ~ Arabian
