Front page:

I took this class a long time ago but I never actually finished the dream planning part.  I knew I wanted to be more creative and do creative things each day.  But that is a "murky" goal and so my plan was only begun not finished.   

Since I have mental health issues I know that I can't wait for motivation to find me and go on the best we can in our journey.  For many of us creativity is part of that journey and in my case a large part at least  when I feel "okay".

Creativity gives me the confidence and clarity to make the journey a little better.

When I started this class again I decided to edit and redo my book,   while it is not traditionally bound I found these rings to keep all my pages together, it has the added effect that I can easily re-arrange or add pages.

My Why Now:

It reads:  "I deserve to express my truth."

My Why from before (also valid and still in my book):

Another Reason to dream:

(My current (both long term since they are ongoing )dreams are to have my art and design website at https://krisnamarie.myportfolio.com found by more people.

 

My other dream I'm acting on is to use SkillShare, and perhaps other resources to explore art, design and surface design.)

My Painted-Over Fear Spreads:

One of my fears was that art would no longer give me joy if I practiced all the time.   I reframed it as:

"while the joy may come and go, currently rt gives me joy.  And I am always welcome to give myself a break and explore something else if the current piece or medium is not giving me joy."

 

Inside Pages:

The original art for the tree above was too large to paste in my book so I pasted a reduced print out of it instead. 

 

I used many different papers in this including watercolor paper, construction paper, wall paper samples, and off-white office paper.

 

inside back:

 Back:

A little slogan on the back cover