An Awesome Morning!

I just had the most awesome morning visiting with an old friend that I haven't seen in over a year.  It was a chance to talk about life and catch up and share art talk.  I love time like this.  I come away feeling so refreshed and energized. There is something so fantastic about sharing where you are at and talking about what inspires.  I loved it! And she brought me some lovely little treats from the Philippines.  I love them all (eating the amazing dried mangoes as I write this), but my favourite, because of how creative it is, is the coolest little change purse made out of recycled drink containers. I love this up-cycling - what incredible ingenuity.

 And to make my morning even more fabulous, this lovely lady - Fortune 6, as well as a "Pinkie" got to go home with her as well. I am so grateful for the support and connection with fantastic friends.

Thanks for a great morning Annika!

xo
Jen

Fortune 82

FORTUNE

Dreams of paint dripping and pretty girls, 

gold gilding,sparkles and pretty swirls.

Elements of mystery with layers unfolding,

reaching to snare you into beholding

the wonders.

I collect fortunes.  Those tiny slips of paper tucked in to a tasty little bit of cookie.  Over the last few years, I have amassed a substantial collection, knowing that they would become art.  I regularly think about the many ways to work with them and yet, when I sit down to create, they stymy me.  They sit in their bag, taunting me with their messages. Until today.  This one leaped out of the pile and spoke to me. The Fortune series has begun. The dictionary defines Fortune as:

1 often capitalized : a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably

2 obsolete : accident, incident

3 a : prosperity attained partly through luck : success b : luck 1 c plural : the turns and courses of luck accompanying one's progress (as through life) fortunes varied but she never gave up

4: destiny, fate fortune; also : a prediction of fortune

I love all the different elements of this definition. Here is where we begin, at Fortune 82

 

 

 

xo

Jen