More Collage

I love knowing what people are up to and reading status updates, but I hate whining, so I hope you won't think I'm whining when I tell you that from the 18th of December until just a few hours ago, I had the flu.  It affected a knee joint.  Flu + trouble walking was not a fun combo.  The knee is somewhat better but it still bothers me, and the flu is pretty much gone except for the residual tiredness.  Still, I managed to get some things done, and also to teach myself to use iPhoto for the slide presentation I uploaded to Vimeo.*  Sitting at the counter in my fuzzy slippers, cutting and glueing was really good medicine.

 

 

Here are the 13 pages I created during flu fog for Kelly Kilmer's Revel In The Moment workshop.  Much fun!  I didn't realize just how much a person could create when even too foggy to read a book or watch a movie.  This was the perfect thing.  I could work, drink tea, then rest.  I've been doing this for so many years that I've found I can collage on auto pilot, which is something I wouldn't have guessed if I hadn't been placed in the situation.  Although, I vaguely remember being sick in bed as a child and my mother bringing me a tray with magazines to cut out, scissors, and paper to glue things on.  So maybe collage is my comfort food.  

Now that so many pages have been done I've decided  to collage the entire book before working the pages with with the good stuff--paint, mark making, lettering, and journaling.  Not the way I usually do it, but hey, nothing wrong with being pushed into a different way of working in order to adjust to the situation at hand.   Who knows?  I just might find I like this well enough to do it another time.

 

* A head's up for those of you who have ever used slide.com:  Slide will be leaving the web in early March of 2012.  You have only a month or so to get your photos moved, or lose them forever.  Just saying, just in case...

Comments

[Monica Smith]

Happy to hear you are on the mend. the surgeon decreed that antibiotics are to be taken before future dental work, to avoid infection in the hip. Amazing. look forwards to seeing your new work.

[Fran aka Redondowriter]

Just looked at all your pages at Tumblr and in spite of your illness, you've worked hard. Now I'll watch the Vimeo.

[Rosie]

Lovely work Barbara! I am always intrigued when you break/bend your own rules!!! How sad that slide.com is to vanish... I only ever used it once or twice though.
Hope you are back on top form soon! =)

[Joanne Thime Huffman]

Glad to hear you're feeling better. I'm really impressed by how much and how well you collaged while feeing ill.