Perhaps it’s my deficient hearing, a lifelong reality, genetic in origin. Anyway, the fact of the matter is, I am easily distracted in a class or workshop setting, even a virtual one it seems.
Oh, I start out well enough … sitting where I can best hear, listening carefully, taking notes. Inevitably something gets said that sends my mind galloping off. When I come to, I find things have moved in another direction. Sometimes I miss some really good stuff.
But then again, sometimes I’ve thought of something worth pursuing. Is one way better than the other. I dunno. Never will.
So all that by way of saying I have lost track of Acey’s collage challenges more than once. Today, I was determined to get back on track.
I started with a rock, a fossil actually, one Don found at the old house …
I wanted to explore different ways of capturing its image by photocopying …
in the light box …
under natural lighting …
and finally, angled in filtered sunlight …
It was to be the bedrock for an assemblage of materials …
for today’s collage challenge …
Thinking how the past month has led me through using book covers and art reproductions, but also realizing how I might use my own imagery, in paint and photos and handmade paper.
How the well is deep with inspiration from so many sources within the community I call the Kindred Spirits.
How I let myself believe that getting it perfectly right isn’t the end-all and be-all …
And I’ve happily discovered that just going, without overthinking it, can yield some unexpected results …
Just like that, another challenge met …
To be continued …
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