smeared ink journal prompt Gratitude

Gratitude and thought journal page for smeared ink journal groups..links at bottom of post

http://smearedandsmudged.ning.com/group/artjournaleveryday/forum/topics/art-journal-prompts-week-66

Thanks for stopping in.
susan s

self explanatory journal page....
watching sao many of my friends hurt..hurts me

This is me..no make up tired and grouchy coming home from my shed where i met with sheriffs and shed owners after vandals stole from my son and me. I am disgusted more than angry..a person has so little and someone else wants more...I have been very tired this week and working way to hard trying to get my life picked up again...what is sad if i knew someone needed something that bad...i might have given it to them.
susan

Hi and welcome to my blog. I made a new piece two actually for http://smearedandsmudged.ning.com/group/artjournaleveryday/forum/topics/art-journal-prompts-week-65
changed my mind on the second photo and went for the flowers. enjoy
susan

Good morning and welcome to my blog..Journal Art By Suswan

Yesterday was such a thought provoking day for many of us in Smeared Ink .com.My wonderful friend Fiona and fellow DT had a hellish experience with a challenge piece she made and uploaded to the challenge site.
You can go to http://smearedandsmudged.ning.com/group/thevent
to read the discussion thread and see the art work in question.That will bring you up to speed on my purpose this am.
This is dedicated to Fiona my friend I named it the prude

I also wrote this message to her

My Dear Friend Fiona,

We should rejoice in the fact we are free spirited. We have over come our fears and inhibitions .
We can love people different in thought color creed/religion..ideologies and taste.
Martin Luther King Jr. said free at last free at last...
we have found peace and the freedom the liberation and that detachment has enabled and empowered our art and our personal lives.We are free to laugh at the worst of our natures and write sentiments attached to physical pieces of art we slave over to release that message.
We fly like little messenger pigeons sending forth our masterpieces.
Rejection...that is why we have a dark spot in our lives to begin with for most..rejection from little birds bound in cages of fear.our response...to sing our song even louder...are we wishing to set the captive free?
we are blessed and unique and fearless glancing back as we flyaway at the little birds bound in their cages of fear,self deluted glory and self righteousness...with quirky little jesture birds making them feel safe and secure..applauding their "red queens" mind set.
You made art...she made fear...not much ever changes does it my friend.
susan s

21 secrets journaling work shop with willowing (Tam)

Welcome to my journal blog journal art by suswan.blogspot.com
I have to tell you I have loved today..a all day with Tam at willowing.com the button is at the bottom of my blog.. I am going to show you what I made today

I took this to ....

this.

I will be posting more tomorrow about this..if you want to know more now..click the button at the bottom of my blog..willow
hugs
susan

welcome to my blog journal art by suswan..I have a new toy that arrived today and i am about to go play with them..let me share

and my first ever brayer..
i played some with the water soluble colors tonight beginning a piece for smeared ink journal theme  which i will leavfe the theme to your interpretation...here is mine.

here is a link where you can go play http://smearedandsmudged.ning.com/group/artjournaleveryday/forum/topics/art-journal-prompts-week-63

have fun
susan s

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Here is page two of my circus journal images from www.smeared ink.com..and thew fae is from Tim Holtz stampers anonymous.
Thanks for looking in
susan s

Making a journal with a sweet pea digital stamp..far from finished but here is what I did today

I will detail what I have done once i am finished..more tomorrow.

duality

Hi and welcome to my journal blog. I made another entry for http://smearedandsmudged.ning.com/group/artjournaleveryday/forum/topics/art-journal-prompts-week-62
The theme is duality...I thought of  duality in my life..well how odd, when I first joined smeared ink. I was interested in their  journal group more than anything...odd after visiting with magnificent friends there and watching them make wonderful art I blossomed in to their challenges. and I am still growing.so the man jumping into the water and the butterfly rising was my duality..well enough of that here is my picture.
Thanks for stopping in.
susan

The circus banner the butterfly and the circus man are images from smeared ink.com