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Artistic, musical, creative, and entertaining topics in Journal's workplace sphere.
Waists of Wonder
As a mother to 6 kids, one being a special needs child, it is easy to lose yourself. So much time is spent caring for others, that it’s hard to find time to care for yourself. Between school assignments and doctors appointments, it is easy to become overwhelmed. That’s why self-care is so important to me. Self care is something I try to impart the importance of on others as well. Being a woman is a stressful thing at times. How can you adequately care for others if you are not caring for yourself? How can you pour into someone from an empty cup?
By Shatira Robinson5 years ago in Journal
Floral Fashion. Painting a picture.
Floral Fashion, Painting a picture. My medium is fresh flowers and my designs momentary. I intertwine nature into my pieces, I work with flowers, botanicals and collect feathers from my farm babies. I take inspiration from my surrounds.
By Julia Rose5 years ago in Journal
Blank Canvas
Thoughts racing through my mind as swifts as a breeze dancing through a field of lilies as the sun highlights the stage. I’m frozen in amazement watching the uninformed dance of flowers as is draws me closer to my scape. I close my eyes to feel the breeze run across my faces as the melody elevates the path to endless peace within every stroke of my canvas.
By chocolate Forbidden Fruit 5 years ago in Journal
My passion for ART ❤️
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always had a passion for both sketching and writing. It started out when I was about 10 or 11 years old. I started seeing a counselor and she was the one who told me that expressing myself through writing will help get my feelings out on paper, and it can remain totally confidential because it’s in my personal diary, only for my eyes to see. I first discovered I can sketch when I was a little younger, maybe around 7 or 8 is when I sketched my first real picture. It started out as me sketching stick figures because I wasn’t really good at recapturing what I saw yet. But as time progressed and as I continued to copy newspaper sketching and other drawings I saw, I got better and better at it. I got so good that one day someone wrote me a check to sketch a picture of him and his family.
By Monique Williams5 years ago in Journal
Bringing Imagination to Life.
Step (1) of a great work of art: the Concept. Imagery comes to life! One of my favorite pieces of art is not one that I created. Rather, it is a small piece drawn in pen and ink by my late grandad. It holds a picture of a mother goose protecting her little gosling. I am drawn to this piece because it demonstrates unusual detail from his artwork. Grandad was the advertising artist of the family, and loved expressing his views of people, vacations, and town happenings through caricature. In my mid-thirties, I have chosen to develop my own artistic talent. I enjoy drawing people’s faces, not because I am particularly good at it, but because it reminds me of a moment in time and teaches me to keep dreaming. My favorite pieces capture unique expressions, those that grab a reaction that might happen only once. For me this differs from a photo because I can incorporate my own perspective from a face. In personality, I am a think-outside-the-box type person. If there is something that I have not done before, I want to try it. This is more difficult for me when it comes to art. There are moments when I follow inspiration and try new things, but mostly I incorporate black and white pencil sketches, with some color thrown in occasionally for good measure.
By Hannah Marie. 5 years ago in Journal
Catch the Fire
In the poem “Catch the Fire” by Sonia Sanchez, Sonia said “ Sometimes I wonder: What to say to you now. In the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death? I say—Where is your fire? I say—Where is your fire? You got to find it and pass it on.” From a young age, I always knew what my fire was. I knew that I possessed a purpose that transcended those of my peers. My ability to create meaningful art in various forms could allow me to reach and uplift so many people in my community and those alike. Growing up, I explored my voice as an artist through community theatre, dance ensembles, art classes, photoshoots, and writing. As I encompass year 20 of my life, my voice is becoming more sophisticated and I feel a need of service to my community to share it. In March of 2020, the global pandemic formally known as the Coronavirus locked me in the house for six months. Over these six months, I was forced to define who I was an individual and artist especially the connections and separation between them both. Through tears, writing, laughter, and thought, I developed a seven chapter project that would be broken up over the span of seven months. This project is entitled “SELF/Warfare”. SELF/Warfare explores the makings of my being: what fuels me, motivates me, censors me, and uplifts me.
By Garrett Mason5 years ago in Journal
Catch the Fire
In the poem “Catch the Fire” by Sonia Sanchez, Sonia said “ Sometimes I wonder: What to say to you now. In the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death? I say—Where is your fire? I say—Where is your fire? You got to find it and pass it on.” From a young age, I always knew what my fire was. I knew that I possessed a purpose that transcended those of my peers. My ability to create meaningful art in various forms could allow me to reach and uplift so many people in my community and those alike. Growing up, I explored my voice as an artist through community theatre, dance ensembles, art classes, photoshoots, and writing. As I encompass year 20 of my life, my voice is becoming more sophisticated and I feel a need of service to my community to share it. In March of 2020, the global pandemic formally known as the Coronavirus locked me in the house for six months. Over these six months, I was forced to define who I was an individual and artist especially the connections and separation between them both. Through tears, writing, laughter, and thought, I developed a seven chapter project that would be broken up over the span of seven months. This project is entitled “SELF/Warfare”. SELF/Warfare explores the makings of my being: what fuels me, motivates me, censors me, and uplifts me.
By Garrett Mason5 years ago in Journal
The friends I made during Covid
Like everyone else, when Covid hit I was unprepared for just how lonely it would be having to stay away from loved ones and friends. I needed a hobby to give me a reason to get out of bed in the morning. If you can’t meet new people – why not make them?
By Angel Whelan5 years ago in Journal
