Sometimes the smallest things can weigh heavy on our minds. If we were to take baby steps in solving our problems, we would get where we need to go without being overwhelmed by the task at hand. Keep an open mind and be open to new possibilities. Release the idea that you "can't" do something and then chip away at it bit by bit by bit. The heaviness of the situation will just fall away and become a distant memory.
Please see my moleskine entry here.
collage from magazines and digital embellishments. For Illustration Friday: Heavy
She seems to be quite content! Really Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteGreat advice! Love the pose.
ReplyDeleteShe's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAnd great sentiment, bit by bit!
she's wonderful! great entry!
ReplyDeleteI love the composition and the colors ! Beautiful !
ReplyDeletewow she's magnificent.snap, similar thoughts about 'heaviness' this week for you and me...what's on your mind? lotsa wfs.
ReplyDeleteAs that old song lyric goes:
ReplyDelete"I like 'em long,
I like 'em tall,
I like 'em short,
and that's not all!"
Ya gotta love this one, Laurel. :)
this is wonderful!!
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Terrific job - I love the pic, and your prose as well =)
ReplyDeleteI love this. The image is both fun and thoughtful at the same time.
ReplyDeleteah to ponder life in hammock in the backyard, great image.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Laurel, I do love it!
ReplyDeletewonderful collage! - I liked it a LOT.
ReplyDeletegoes well with the topic and, its really appealing.
This is a really interesting piece, Laurel! The longer I look at it, the more I see. I love the contrast in this piece and with that contrast also the direction of her thoughts ..
ReplyDeleteVery true! This is so nice...
ReplyDeleteI agree. Made me stop and think. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThis is great. She's beautiful. And I love the way she doesn't pull down the hammock. She floats:)
ReplyDeleteis it my imagination or is shce made of chocolate?
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That's funny Ascender! No, she's actually a cut out of a bronze sculpture. I thought it was a fun concept for a string hammock to be able to hold her. She seems so unworried about it, hence, be open to new possibilities!
ReplyDeleteIn French they say a woman is "mûre" (literally it means's ripe). It's used to mean a more mature, developed woman. I like this saying, to think of a woman as "ripe". I think both your illustrations portrait truly beautiful "mûre" women. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteOh that is lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour submission certainly portrays the idea of "possibility," with the string hammock carrying all that weight. Great submission!
ReplyDeleteThis collage is fabulous! She is the picture of beauty, light in her hammock because she loves herself:> I did read your moleskine entry and it saddened me. Sad that you heard those unkind, insensitive words, and sad that the speaker will be remembered in that context. Oh well... I have never seen you, but I know you are beautiful just as you are... and I'm not Mr. Rodgers!
ReplyDeleteFantastic collage. She is absolutely bouyant on that hammock. You've captured both weight and weightlessness!
ReplyDeletegreat collage !!
ReplyDeleteShe's so beautiful and voluptuous and more importantly, she knows it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that bit of advice. It comes at a great time for me. I really needed to hear those words. You are a wise one, you!
Wonderful thinker! At least she can relax and think at the same time. I need to do that.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great collage, she's beautifl.
ReplyDeletegreat post! but i gotta say...i am LOVING your header!
ReplyDeletelove love love the colours and composition! the light is perfect.
come on lolo, you have to join us cactuteers on a monday, you always say you will...a 'quickie' come on, pleeeeeseeee....
ReplyDeleteSo heavy, yet so light! Nice take.
ReplyDeleteAhh.. a lot of thinking with a style too. I like her style - beautiful. :D
ReplyDeleteI love this! She is beautiful heavy and light at the same time :) it must be her outlook on life! I appreciate your post on heavy thoughts.
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely and provocative piece! I believe everyone is prejudice, it's those who say they are not, that are really dangerous, because their minds are closed...
ReplyDeletetake care.
those are the most bronzest bubbies i have ever seen on a hammock. this is reallllly cool, lolo! different, but she's perfectly composed here. :))
ReplyDeletei was SO jammin on your tom waits! :)))
wow - lady - you sure do get some comments!
ReplyDeleteGO YOU!
and I LOVE your idea of sharing a journal - we can each add to pages if they are partially done, and also designate some pages done if that's how we feel. . .
I will start one and send it to you, and you can start one and send it to me.
sounds like a wonderful collaboration - and you know I am not a rule maker OR keeper, so whatever happens if fine - no deadlines, no absolutes, no specifications - just do what you feel.
or what you don't feel!
I never mind a mess!
xxoo
-Em
love her everytime i see her!
ReplyDeletehave tagged you on my blog. if you don't wanna play, then don't. but i think you will. wfs.
great piece, love the hammock. great thoughts behind it.
ReplyDeletethis is wonderful--love it!
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