It Just So Happens

 

It's the beginning of day 3 of my work week.

My work days are spread really, really thin. 

I drive an hour to get to work,

work an 11 hour shift,

and when the rest of the world is heading to work, I drive an hour to get home.

In the very little in-between, I, hopefully, get to see my kids, kiss my husband, catch some precious zzzz's, blog a bit, shit, shower, shave, and hit replay on the grind.

And in the hairline fissures of time, I create in my soul journal.

How the hell does that happen????

It amazes even me!

But here goes... how it happens, just so:

Wednesday morning -1:00 am: I got a lunch break. On that lunch break, I type up my blog for Wednesday afternoon - "Flippin' the finger at Chaos". When I was done writing, I still had 5 minutes so I finger painted some acrylic washes into my Moleskine.

Wednesday, 3:30 am: to keep myself from falling asleep while waiting for 911 lines to ring, and they don't, I found an image of a fairy and doodled her on a blank Moleskine page.

Wednesday, 3:45 am: Still quiet, I ripped my fairy out of the journal and cut her out carefully. I found some butterfly wings for her and stuck her on the page with a glue stick.

Burglar alarm calls and traffic stops for a while.

Wednesday, 5:45 am: While waiting for my relief to arrive, I doodled on the page with Sakura Glaze pens.

When I got home from my commute, I popped open a Blue Moon, uploaded my blog post, and crawled into my bed. Ahhhhhh.

Wednesday, 3:00 pm: Wake up!

Wondering what to do with my fairy, I happened upon Nancy Baumiller's Collage Play with Crowabout Collage Sheet for week #60.

What a might fine piece of howdy-do, right there!

While my daughter made us some spicy chicken strips for dinner, I printed out some elements on the sheet and scissored and pasted away. (It's the little things my family does that supports me in my art-making)

I Mod Podged my "Tick Tock" garden and conversed with Mattea until it was time to hop in the shower. (Jeff had my clothes ironed and laid out on the bed...so I could Mod Podge longer - THAT is love!)

Wednesday, 7:00 pm: Driving to work, my iPod plays one of my new favorite songs.

I really BELT the chorus out on this song... people in cars next to me look over and laugh...

Fireflies - Owl City

 

...and I think, THIS IS MY JOURNAL PAGE! I am a little firefly levitating above the garden of time - in a space where Earth slows her spin long enough for me to dream art onto the page.

Thursday, 1:00 am: I doodle-journal the lyrics during my break.

Art in a day.

During the "Art Every Day of the Month" at Leah Piken Kolida's Creative Every Day, participants are often challenged by the "task" of creating every day. 

For me, creating... journaling, doodling, playing artist... is like coming up for air. I have to do it our of sheer necessity. Creating is the stubby wick of the wax stick that I burn at both ends. It provides warmth and light to my existence.

Happy day 12 my fellow Creatives! What will you create today?

It's off to get ready for work! I must go create a hairdo that doesn't look like bed head!

 

Namaste,

C H E Z

A Happy Post Script: Mattea gettin' her creative on during a break before class. Enjoy!