on a roll!

a partial visual of some recent work i contributed to the collaboration i'm in. cool stuff.

this is a 3*part journal bound by metal rings and wire. *smile- it's very cool and a great creation. this piece was done on a piece of hardback book cover. after adhering the pic i used my heat tool to the point of burning the edges. a very cool end result i wasnt expecting:-) the wings (love them!!) are black feathers, well, partial pieces of. i added some book text, distressed the pic even more with a file and added handwriting with nib and ink. remember, the collaboration is titled SELF CONTAINED.  it's good for the soul work! so this piece is on it's way to NYNY and seth  

i really love this so much i think i want to almost dupe it in my own journal!

deep thought* do you ever go back and look/read through your journal and wonder what the hell was i thinking or doing-??  *smile:-) my journal is great, but i went back to the begining of my current life journal (est.mar08) last night and read my thoughts at that time to present time, and it's amazing how we move on and realize what we thought was 'it', 'wasn't', but i thought it was at the time only to move forward and realize i am in a better place in my life now...  (chuckle-   that sounded like a clear thought!lol:-) my love for journals is for 1.the outlet  2.the ART  this very thing i'm talking about, to have the visual and to read how my life evolves. it also reinforces what a great outlet my journal is when i need it. i guess you could say it's like creating in the moment to get through it or to even clarify ?  my trend shows great things, and helps reinforce how much good i have in my life at present. blessed, no doubt

i'm working on another project, and this focus is self expression. how we express our passions, and how the definition of ARTIST is very deep and varies from one passion to another. also how 2 different passions of art can be combined into 1 in the end result. kinda cool thought isn't it ?  i did a photo shoot of my boyfriend's tats. he's is such a big encouragement to me in my art. i love him so much for a lot of reasons, but a big one for me is the fact that he is interested in and is amazed at what i do. he 'gets it', and that drives me even more to push myself towards new opportunities in my work. i hope the end result of my work helps drive him even more to start building his dream that's in its raw stages right now. i just want to inspire him like he does me:-) he's like me in the sense that his tats have meaning-symbolism. he doesn't have a tat just to have it. there's a reason and is his way of expressing his love of ink and good art. this goes hand-in-hand with his other passion for bikes. i also shot him doing what he loves to do and that's to build and work on bikes. he's an artist in his own right. i'm anxious to start on this... and it's gotta be mind-blowing  *smile.