Diversity, collage

This collage is attempting to get a handle on the idea of diversity. It is magazine slicks and fine tip Sharpie. I did about 20 or so of these collages. Now I have started my pastels of cows. I have the first one roughed in. When it is done I will post it. Nothing gets done over night but it is about constant progress. Every small positive action is important. All of those small actions add up to a big action or result over time. Remember, one day at a time.

Discourse, collage

This collage is about communicating, sharing ideas and speaking to one another. It is not just about talking but listening as well.

I just got my grade on my journal and I was so excited that I had to print it out so that I wouldn't forget what it said!!! It was 100+ %. My teacher said it was stunning. I am so happy. I really love my journal, but I was starting to worry that I had done it wrong. No one else in my class did it the way I did, so sometimes it is easy to begin doubting yourself.

"Creole", collage

This is another collage from my "Crossing Borders Journal". Creole is the mixing of Black and Spanish heritage to create a hybrid culture. I have a new thought for today. "We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves... The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined." by N. Scott Momaday. This idea is enough to really make you think.

Chromatism, collage

In this collage the leaves represent all the earths people and their multitude of colors and the pencils are the artists through out the world and their many ethnicitys. The scene represents the peaceful place we all deserve.

I passed my final yesterday and I am so pleased. I still have not gotten a grade on my journal but I'm sure Teddy will be grading them soon. She has really made me think about putting myself into my work. I may not have the answers yet but at least she has my mind working.

"We need to own our lives. We need to claim our experiences, all of them, and integrate them into our existence and decisions.We need to claim who we are and be who we are....." by Anne Wilson Schaef. This is a brief quotation from"Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much". This little book has helped me find peace when I was moving to fast.

Cannibal

The word cannibal in post colonial studies is not eating another human being but to take something from the dominant society and change it to fit the needs of the dominated people. I saw a documentary about the disappearing children of Sudan. It wretched my heart. The children leave there homes in the bush at night and go to the city to sleep under verandas and outside hospitals to keep from being kidnapped and killed at night in their villages. The children are wall to wall sleeping. Everyday I discover even more, how spoiled and privileged I am. If you want to know more, go to invisiblechildren.com

Crossing Borders Journal, cover

Well, here is the cover of my "Crossing Borders Journal" I turned it in today. It is not for sale just thought I would share what I have been doing. Remember to share smiles and kind words. My Dad always said that. Be positive and constructive. I am trying to be myself.

Binarism, collage

Well this is the 3rd collage in my book for my "Crossing Borders" class. I have done 20 plus collages."We must get in touch with our own liberating ludicrousness and practice being harmlessly deviant." By Sarah J. McCarthy Good night!