Traveling Time

My wings have been clipped and I have not been out and about much since having the lower back surgery in January. Journal 52 2014 has kept me in art projects. I had fun doing the travel page for week 22.

The world map in the suitcase is a maybe dream, as is taking a cruise. The map shows my current travel area.

Sailing ships or large crusing ships would be nice, but my boundries are much smaller currently. I have only been roaming from DeKalb (home town) to Lake County IL, Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee in WI, then toward Chicago. That is what inspired this journal page. My travels had been mostly by car early in the year after surgery during the recovery period. Back to work full time May 1st took the wind out of my sails! See the Windjammer on the page? Work, home and a few days of therapy after work before getting home. Now I am doing aqua therapy in the pool at the apartment complex with a friend to "babysit" and enjoy the pool with me.

My travels had been mostly by car

1st GOTB trip north to Racine and Milwaukee

I took my first Get On the Bus Trip with the Friends of the NIU Art Museum to see the Frank Lloyd Wright newly opened tower at the Johnson Wax campus in Racine. Closed to visitors for decades we could only view the structure from the outside on a previous visit when I went on the Brut-Art GOTB trip mentioned in a previous post. This time the tower was open to visitors and we had the full tour.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/frank-lloyd-wright-designed-sc-johnson-research-tower-finally-goes-public-b99252995z1-256287561.html
TOUR info
http://www.scjohnson.com/en/company/visiting.aspx

In November my horizons will expand to visit Brown County IN on another GOTB trip. I do love to travel see the stamped hearts. This trip my body will do much better. I still tire easily and stamina is at a low ebb, but we have pain on the run!

Lost art of love letters prompt 6 "Journal 52 2014"

My Journal 52 has more work to share.   

Look closely for hidden images often found in my work.

The lost art of love letter is the prompt. Several details below show close-ups of the writings.  

Across the top edge

"Emotional healing is much like physical healing
If I am hurt about a  broken relationship or suffering a loss of any kind,
APPLY the ANTICEPTIC of LOVE ......."

TOP EDGE

The quote finishes up along the side detail below:

... And the Bandage of forgiveness and allow healing to begin.

Then I add the powerful medicine of affirmative prayer..."

Unitie's Daily Word

SIDE EDGE

In the tree at the bottom is a quote from Deepoc Chopra:

"Desires are seeds waiting for the season to sprout.

From a single seed of desire,-

Whole forests grow"

TREE on BOTTOM EDGE

More pages from the journal will be posted soon.

What DO You Want

A meditation exercise inspired this page for Journal 52 2014  prompt.. A spiral seemed like a simple place to me. Art is a simple choice for me.  ART is the only way to run away without leaving home.  A single flower can be simple. Of course, it depends on what you want to do. As the artist you set up the question and how complex the answer is.

Somewhere A Simple Place

A thought popped up that nothing is simple. Maybe a place could be simple. I think I was going within to find a simple place. Sort of the idea of hiding in plain sight. That is why I put art. It is a simple place where art is in my mind. It is quiet, much of the time peaceful and a safe harbor. My art is where I go to relax, to heal, and often to survive. For years art has been my life raft.

I featured 3 of my sunflower painting series for the prompt: "You Make Me Smile." Sunflowers are cheery happy flowers and working on this series of paintings makes me smile. I smile because of the flowers and because I have created the images which other people enjoy too.

Sunflowers Make Me Smile

When more sunflower paintings are completed I will post them too. Please leave comments so I know you have stopped to visit. Thank you.