Book of circles

I have always been fascinated by circles. It‘s the primordial shape with which all starts. When children are drawing a circle, they soon start to draw everything: the sun, the moon, people, animals, flowers….

Circles are soothing, they are protecting. Sitting in a circle is the most simple and powerful way to celebrate being a part of it all; to root into the earth and to connect with heaven.

Just recently I had the idea of starting a whole journal only with collage art circles. All more or less the same size.

So here are some pages from my „Book of circles“.

Cutting out circles has another side effect: it gaves you a good detail look for patterns, colours and small things in greater pictures. This is quite important, when you are a collage/journal artist.

Sunday's sofa 8.2.2015

I've started again with Jin Shin Jyutsu and it really is very helpfull, a great technique to heal yourself and bring more energy into your body.

Although winter isn't hard this year, I am tired with it and I'm longing for light and spring as usual in those February days. 

 

Sunday's sofa 1.2.2015

 The book "Ansichten von Frauen" (Views of women) is nearly 40 years old, I am still intrigued by some photos (and statements), this is one. Her statement is "I hope I will manage every situation in life".

There also is this book about Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, which I was browsing through. I love the way he was photogaphing her, especially her hands.

And there are pages from magazines, some for paper swap and some to keep. My Flickrfriend Lene has sent me 31 kilos (!!!) of (old) magazines and postcards and stuff. Like Xmas for me!

Now I have lovely material for new collages.

I am also playing with paper again. Here with little quote bags.

Sunday's sofa 25.1.2015

"Drive by shootings", some pictures are intriguing, some aren't. But photography is my fav theme right now.

Annie Leibovitz "Life through a lense"- great documentary.

"Where women create" was a gift from a Flickrfriend- thank you ever so much, Tanja!

"Autoportrait" is a wonderful book. Read it!

I am in my Müsli phase right now.

Quote on the collage card: "It's better to do nothing than to be concerned with nothing."

Talking about photos. I transfered some of my Berlin and London photos into b/w and the result is quite satisfactory.