morning pages – Katie Jeanne Wood

Full, plump & bloated

My art journal is full,
plump & bloated
with layers of paint
collage paper,
markings,
notes I wrote to myself
hidden

These pages – my only record
of summer days zooming past
now long gone.
I have so much to show for it
and
nothing at all.

Now that this art journal is finished, I’m trying to figure out where to go from here. I’m undecided. I have some other art journals that I need to finish, so perhaps that’s what I’ll focus on next.

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I’m also accepting orders for custom paintings, and drawings. As always, if you want to say hello or have any questions you can write me here. I love getting email, and hearing from you.

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Morning art journal practice

With consistency and reps and routine you’re going to achieve your goals and get where you want to be.

Mandy Rose

‘Tis true. I’m nearing the end of this art journal, and it’s because I’ve been making an effort to do at least a page or two as soon as I wake up – even though, it hasn’t always been the ideal time or easy.

lime green and teal abstract
with white polka dots

I do like seeing the progress I’ve made, tho, so I guess it’s been worth my time and effort.

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Letting the light in

Morning pages practice

Your assumptions are your windows
on the world.
Scrub them off
every once in a while,
or the light won’t come in.
Isaac Asimov

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Morning pages in my art journal

There are patterns which emerge in one’s life,
circling and returning anew,
an endless variation of a theme.
Jacqueline Carey

I’ve felt more peaceful since returning to my daily morning pages practice. It’s my little carved out space of time in the day where I create something just for me, using whatever colors I’m feeling in the moment.

It’s my time to experiment, and play with different color combos that I probably wouldn’t otherwise. I usually do a 2 page spread every day, and this little book is filling up with lots of abstract paintings.

Once I’m done with this book, I think I might be switching to watercolors or working more exclusively with the charcoal ink I made. I’m thinking about painting loose abstract-like portraits, but who knows? I just let myself do whatever I want in the moment with no expectations.

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FYI: I’m having a huge 25 to 50% off sale in my Etsy shop. You might want to check it out. Hurry, it ends soon.

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Morning pages are back

I started doing my morning pages practice again a few days ago kinda by accident. I was making some charcoal ink to put in my ink well, and then I got messing around in my art journal with it..which led me to remember when I used to do this early morning practice daily. I was wondering why I stopped doing it. What got in the way of me starting the day off doing what I love?

My art journal
is a handmade hedgehog
that I made a few years ago.

I’ve been grabbing my morning coffee, and mindlessly working on the computer first thing very day. I read & reply to email, write future blog posts, work on photos in PS, schedule Twitter posts, and list my artwork.

This tedious work takes up my entire day – most every day. I can never seem to get caught up. I often wish I spent nearly as much time creating art as I do with the office work end of things..ooooh, if only.

I’m going to try to keep the morning pages practice going this time around. Maybe not every single day or else!! lol but at least a few days a week. I’m much happier waking up to paint rather than getting up to do yet more, never ending computer work. I need that slow, quiet “me” time to create just for myself..I don’t know when I’ll ever get this through my thick head. hahaha!!

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The 25% off floral paintings sale is still going on in my Etsy shop, but will be ending very soon. I added some abstracts to the mix, so there are plenty to choose from. Get this deal while you can!

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Engrossed in the process

Pink & green abstract
Fall Back Into

I’m into my art journals heavily atm. I’m on a mission to fill and finish this book by the end of the month.

I like people to be unhappy because I like them to have souls.
Virginia Woolf

I feel this way about my portrait paintings, not about people, tho.

Free?

Virginia Woolf Wears Polka Dots
Flash sale

There must be another life, she thought, sinking back into her chair, exasperated. Not in dreams; but here and now, in this room, with living people. She felt as if she were standing on the edge of a precipice with her hair blown back; she was about to grasp something that just evaded her. There must be another life, here and now, she repeated. This is too short, too broken. We know nothing, even about ourselves.

Virginia Woolf, The Years

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Building the new, and healing

Each month in 2020, I’m picking a word of the month to go along with my word of the year. I’m using this random word generator to pick my word for me. The word it chose for me this month is HEAL.

Since this word is personal in nature, I going to use it to write morning pages. I might keep the word in mind while I’m art journaling, also. Not sure exactly yet.

art journal morning page 22720

Wook whatz I didz, Ma!
Someone gutted his stuffie
all throughout the house,
and was pretty darn
proud of
hims self
for the mess he made
😀

Yup!

Etsy’s new mandatory ad policy cuts into sellers’ profits

Etsy’s Push To Compete With Amazon Leaves Sellers Squeezed By Rising Costs

Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees

Eff right off, Etsy

Etsy Announces It’s Found a New Way to Gouge Sellers

I did a little reading over the weekend. Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel a HUGE paradigm shift/online seller movement coming on. I know this happens every time Etsy makes changes, but this time feels a bit different to me.

If you’re looking for an alternative to Etsy, check out #caringeconomy. Sign up for the not so secret FB group, and apply to sell on their beta site (scroll to bottom).

I’m still waiting nervously to find out if I’m accepted or not. It’s been a few days of crossing my fingers tightly because they’ve had a huge rush of applications. I’m anxious to get started, as is everyone else.

I hope you have a wonderful Monday.

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