3-7-07

Thinking about how you want things to be can be detrimental to your health. The antidote? Action!

3-6-07

I couldn’t stop thinking about how people had been annoying me recently. I started to look for images, and the first thing that struck me was a drawing of people celebrating new years. As I cut all the pictures I wanted to use out I thought about how I’m in a place where I’m identifying what I like and what I don’t like. I’m no longer willing to put up with things I would have let slide before. This is causing me pain, but it’s this pain that will help me to move forward. I had all my images together, then the new years drawing fell to the ground and there it said, ‘It’s not just a place. It’s a place in your heart.’ That punctuated what I was going for perfectly.

3-5-07

I just picked out images that struck me. I like the little bear/bee thing. I think it’s cute.

3-4-07

coincidence
when everything coincides

3-3-07

I had a dream last night about someone I was cruel to in the past. I woke up thinking about weather a wrongdoer has the right to apologize. What I came to is that if someone wants to apologize because they have all these idealized notions about how their apology will be accepted they probably aren’t ready to apologize yet… that apologies shouldn’t be offered from a place where the apologizer believes they will get the biggest benefit.

3-2-07

Today I focused on the thoughts yesterday’s collage brought up for me. I saw the image of the car chained to the telephone pole and wanted to use it as a base for a collage about self-imposed restrictions. I then came across the drawing of the woman’s face and the running figure on top of it. It was perfect to illustrate the idea that when I remain in my head I get stuck and the key to success is action. I have been struck by the images that present themselves to me. It’s very cool.

3-1-07

Up and at them. I started making this collage thinking about getting myself into my day. I found a picture of a chain link fence and cut out the links to get the pieces behind the woman, to represent breaking thru barriers. I was interrupted while I was making this and in the moment was very upset (not about being interrupted but by what happened during the interruption). Instead of doing everything I could to push these feelings away I sat with them while finishing this project. It helped me to see how I have been fencing myself in in certain situations, and how I might open the latch and let myself out.