ArtiphyTheHeart

Cha Cha Cha Changes.....

Every ending is a new beginning, and change is a constant, not a variable.   Even the slightest turning can bring about profound results.  If you're looking to change something in the new year and you're not sure where to start, begin by beginning.

Prepare yourself for change by transforming something you're comfortable with.  Anything works. It's logic, not magic.  When your body performs a transformation specifically, your unconscious records the change in general terms, as well.  Like gently stretching a muscle to prepare for exercise, you can pave the way for future transformations by making smaller changes, consciously and deliberately.  Specific changes become easier when the state of change is no longer foreign.  Life is more flexible and pliant.

Underneath the layers of collage and paint in my journal page are more layers of collage and paint.  I re-did a page that had outlived its meaning to me.  What was underneath doesn't matter now, but it will always be a part of me, so instead of ripping it out, I left it there and turned it into something new.  

In thinking about the new year ahead, the question is not:  "Will anything change?",  but:  "How will things change?"  Looking within is always a good place to start.  And while we're on the subject of change, here are a couple of things, just for fun....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Orange

Maybe my current crush on this color is a seasonal thing.  I've been using these colors increasingly since last February when our oranges were at their peak.  

 That's when these ornamentals were on the tree.  I know it's only circumstantial, but I think they may be responsible.

 Even on the inside cover I couldn't stop with black and white.  I had to add orange.  I was a little more liberal with color on the inside.  If you're interested, pics of some of the collaged pages can be found by clicking HERE 

Here's the back and spine of a new single signature book.  I didn't plan the color.  I wasn't even thinking about my choices, but it happened anyway:  Orange.  The panel is painted canvas, overstamped with darker orange.

The cover.  I'd like to credit the artist whose pregnant robot image I've used.  I really love this one.  The name is on the tip of my tongue....help me out....do you recognize the work?