For this week, I picked pause because the first step to being patient is being able to slow down and take things one step at a time. If I don’t pause, and I just jump into action, I can’t do that. Patience is slowing down. Patience is completely stopping where needed. I like the idea of pause because it’s not stop. It implies that there will be a resume coming soon. It implies intentional slowing down.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be the pause sign from a VCR or DVD player, music, etc.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s inspiration comes from this pin. I used Micron pens to draw the cats and colored pencils to color them in. It was really fun.
prompt says: today i know that i can do this
I wrote about how the ups and downs of managing my day to day life.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Back to Life Book. Life Book week seventeen was taught by Tascha Parkinson. Her style, too, is nothing like mine. Her page was small, sweet, and cute. I decided to make her character gigantic. It’s cute.
Way cuter than I am likely to make on my own. But I like the colors, the way it’s so different, and it’s cuteness too I guess.
The text says: grateful and all the journaling in the background is about all the things for which I am grateful.
Another different page. My goal with Life Book was to practice something different regularly and I am definitely getting that.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
A new month is a new theme. Since I have yet another long trip this month, I decided Patiently would be a good goal for this month. I could certainly use more patience. And it’s one of the core requirements of listening, if you ask me. So my intent this month is to slow down. To really be patient and slow and calm. This is not typical for me and it will not be easy but I hope to stick with it.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be an hourglass.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s inspiration comes from this pin. I am sorry the photo is low quality. My camera and I have been fighting on focus. I drew this with my Micron pen and colored with color pencils.
prompt says: today i know that i never want to forget
I wrote about how awesome david’s presentation was and how i want to remember my kids are different from me and that i want to cultivate who they are as they are.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked ask. Part of being creative is asking more, asking differently, asking others for their perspective. Asking (instead of telling) opens up my world, allows it to have other possibilities. It also prolongs the listening. If I am asking, I am not talking, I am listening to the reply. I am asking more, deeper, differently. I like all these options. I like the idea of choosing to ask and not tell. That’s my plan this week. Ask differently. Ask more. Ask.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be a man holding up a question mark.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s inspiration comes from this pin. I drew her with pen and colored her with watercolors.
prompt says: today i know that that the best way for me to live is
I wrote about living day to day.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Life Book week twelve was taught by Traci Bautista. I love Traci’s style but it’s nothing like mine. This was another one I had to sit on for a few days. When I finally sat down to create, I decided to just have fun with it.
I have mixed feelings about the final results. Another page I would have never really done on my own. But I like it too. It’s different. Vibrant. alive.
The text says: You are not your thoughts.
Something both David and I need to remember more often.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked opposite. Sometimes, when thinking about a situation or when faced with something I’ve dealt with many times before, what helps is thinking in a completely opposite way to what my instincts or my past behavior might suggest. I like the idea of doing something completely different and seeing what happens. That’s my intent this week.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be two arrows pointing opposite ways.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
This week’s inspiration comes from Lisa Congdon’s line drawing class again. She had a week on line drawing on photographs so I wanted to give it a try. I picked one of my old photos and added line work to the background. I then painted the background with acrylic paints. I like the darkish look. Even though you can’t see the text, it’s clear if you look in person.
prompt says: today i know that my life matters
I wrote about how much i care about my future, my kids, and life.
Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
Life Book week fifteen was taught by Tam. It was all about quirky animals but I chose to do birds since they are my 2014 animals.
This page uses acrylic markers and paints.
The text on the page says: You are not alone, choose to belong.
I specifically put the one bird alone there to go in line with the text. We’re all quirky in our own ways so he’s no more/less quirky than the others, just differently.
Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
For this week, I picked what else. As in what else is there here? What else could I be listening for? What else could they be saying? What else am i missing? What else am i assuming? What else could this person be trying to communicate? What else could be going on? What else, what more, what different is here? The goal this week is to go deeper. Look for more, different, look beyond.
The lettering I used here comes from this pin.
The image here is supposed to be mountains to imply looking beyond something. Looking for other things on the horizon.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
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projects for twenty nineteen
projects for twenty eighteen
projects from twenty seventeen
monthly projects from previous years
some of my previous projects
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