Stumble upon or was it purposefully guided ?

 

This past Sunday I went to the woods, I've not chosen to go for whatever reason but this Sunday I knew I was past and over due for a good energy bath of Forest. The trees in their sizes and shapes. Looking up at them brings a much needed perspective of life and my well being. 

I've been working in my little Brown Bag Art Journal for a few months. My workshop had low enrollment and I had to cancel with Naperville Art League.  But maybe at another time it will go. 

I leave the whole art journal laying out and open so when I segments of time I can jump in and let it dry. 

This morning I was checking to see about something else on YouTube and there this sweet face caught my attention and I watched the video below.  Her passion and the place she lives is a dream and so peaceful. How special, though I don't have a forest right out my door I do have many trees and within a short driving distance I can be in a beautiful forest.  I know after I was there in the forest for two hours, Gracie and I, later that day I was still feeling the effects of the time.  I was actually in a bit of high...could talk well and just want to be in solitude and ponder the whole experience.  Like I didn't want to rush through it and savor it. A soulful taste and a blessing it was. 

               

I have played around with my leaves....on the journal and I know cut some more out from the geli printed papers and going glue them down on top of all the other things I did to the back of the accordion spread.  

• I glue strips of the papers down the middle
• Used a mark making tool and watered down acrylic black paint, made my marks. 
• Did a bit stenciling with a anniversary card cut out of a leaves in green because of all the green I seen. 
• Did some writing of thoughts
• White washed around the leaves and other sections, pushing back all those things I just listed. 
• Made a new stencil and cut out leaves from the papers I had left and glued them down. 
• Not sure what is next....more will always be revealed. 

Here is the video I created the other day about this.... 

               

Just glued the cut out leaves down....