This page is about something which has been overshadowing my/our lives for some time, which I can't describe for you because it concerns someone else it wouldn't be fair to speak about here. However, you can see that this was a really powerful way to work through my feelings at the time, and I'm pleased to report that after years of being conflicted about it, resolution came quite easily and suddenly and magically the solution seems to be working for everyone involved.
As so often the page began with a background done with my Neocolour crayons from Caran D'Ache, and then ferreting about in my box of newspaper/magazine clippings produced the dramatic image below. It really spoke to me because it seemed to be about hiding ... and I felt like I was having to hide my true feelings about the situation, particularly my anger and resentment. The dramatic element also seemed to fit as we lurched from drama to crisis and back again.
I wanted to get a border around this page - perhaps instinctively I wanted to contain these feelings? The word "drama" also got pulled out of the box, and I just really liked the number which doesn't actually mean anything but might if you see what I mean!
A lot of people have been kind enough to comment on my lettering - which began as a sincere imitation of Teesha Moore's but I hope has now morphed into something more truly my own. My besetting sin is to write in straight lines across the page, not to mention making all the letters the same size (its the neat freak/straightist in me) so I was making a determined effort to break out of that. Look, I even put the word "drama" on the page at an angle! Bet you're proud of me.
I'm SO pleased with the way the writing curves around and even overlaps an element - why can't I do that all the time? Guess it will take practice to persuade myself that random is good ...
But in the end the best part is how this page worked as therapy - expressing that I felt powerless helped me to deal with it, and made it OK to live with it. If you really can't change something why waste your energy kicking against it, right? Then having come to that acceptance .... just a few days after I made this the doors I'd been banging on suddenly opened, and everything changed. Evidence for the existence of God I'd say .... :)
4 comments:
That's a lovely page and really shows how you were feeling.
So glad that the situation as shifted for you Rosie - and your page really conveys the hidden nature of what we can sometimes have to hold on to .... Yey for the lettering at an angle (I am right with you on the straight line front)!
This is a wonderful page. I'm glad you are feeling better about the situation now, but the page really does show your emotions. And yep, I need to get better at angling things too!
Love this page and totally agree about art journalling being therapeutic, i have the same condition and art journalling and blogging have been my therapy.
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