MessyJessyCreatesArt

"Healing with the Arts" This is a book that I bought on my trip to Portland at Powell's Bookstore. I started a little journal to sketch out butterflies and mix visual art from Chapter 5 with Words from Chapter 6 in the book " Healing with the Arts"

http://www.healingwiththearts.com/the-book/ This week's topic was finding out what needs to be healed.  I have included the notes from my reading as well as my personal experience with the guided imagery and praxis.  These are very personal but they taught me a lot about inner healing.   This week was also about figuring out what I wanted my final art/healing project to be.  I talk about that here as well. As a matter of fact, I had decided that it would have something to do with my animal spirit and my transforming what needs to be healed into something else.  I happened to step outside my art studio door and find a caterpillar and a butterfly.  Maybe it was a sign that I was headed in the right direction.

Here is my take on the third challenge for this month's theme- RESTORE.  It is about reconnecting with my aunt Barbara who has MS and I haven't seen in a long time.  I also have neurological issues and so I feel a connection with her and am happy to say that I am planning a family vacation to go and see her this summer.  It is very important to me as she cannot go anywhere and, for now, I sometimes am able.  To my beautiful Aunt Barbara..... http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy/kits/restore-kit/

So this is my second year of Lifebook 2014 with Tamara Laporte. You can find her Mixed Media Art classes at www.willowing.ning.com  She does offer tons of mini-workshops and even an awesome free workshop!  I have taken several of her workshops and LOVE each and every one of them! Anyway, I have been busy this first half of 2014 and have not had the time to post my work for this class. So, this is a catch-up post to let you know what I have been up to :-) Last year I did all of my work for this class on Strathmore 400 series Mixed Media paper in the 18x24 size. I loved this size but it is large.  Therefore, I decided to go to 11x14 for this year's Lifebook.  It is PERFECT!  I love this paper because it is wonderful with wet and dry mediums, doesn't pile or bleed, and has a nice vellum surface.  It is thick as well and you can throw anything at it.  I am using three rings and, yes, I am punching holes in my work to insert the rings to bind the book. ...

www.etsy.com/shop/messyjessycreatesart I just opened my new Etsy shop... come check it out! 8x16 canvases listed. BTW... I am obsessed with butterflies at the moment :-)