I’m typing these words with orange fingers. Spray tan accident. In this moment I’m feeling grounded and peaceful, which is a nice reprieve from the overthinking that usually goes on in my mind. Maybe the fumes from the spray tan machine changed something in my brain.
I recently made the decision to abandon a novel manuscript, and it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I tried to return to it many times, but I couldn’t move forward. I was stuck and the only way to get unstuck was to let go.
These days I’m exploring new ways to tap into my creativity and make art. I’m going through a gestational period—no I’m not pregnant!—I’m incubating something and I don’t know what it is yet. My intention is to keep an open mind and an open heart. In other words, I’ve completely taken over the dining table, forcing my family to eat dinner on the living room floor. That’s because I need space for my art supplies: magazines, glue sticks, scissors, cotton buds, tweezers, cardboard paper, my laptop and the image scanner I bought to capture this new thing I’m doing.
Welcome to my new obsession. Collage poems. I don’t know how long this obsession will last. It’s irrelevant anyways. I’m following whatever feels good, and zoning out while putting magazine cut outs together is a fun and worthwhile endeavour.
Here’s a new theory…
Making art for fun + inhaling spray tan DHA = a peaceful me?
That’s it for now. I have more collages but I worry the images’ file size will be too heavy for this newsletter. That means you can expect more collage poems from me in the future. I’m sorry!?
See you next week!
P.S. Last week was fun! I asked you to share 3-5 things you don’t like in the comments and you DELIVERED. Thank you so much! Here’s the essay I’m referring to: 36 Things I Don’t Like. If you haven’t left a comment yet, please do. It’s hilarious/refreshing/fun/liberating.
Ah wow ! Thanks Michelle ! I loved your "collaged" poems ! I'm going to think about your "why in a nutshell" re: last collage thoughts/poem. I have always thought of art as EXPRESSION and not COMMUNICATION...I am going to have to rethink about "seen and (being) seen" (MB)...I'll have to let "A New Obsession" mull over.
En passant, j'aime beaucoup tes oeuves d'art. Continue ma belle !