22 maio, 2009

experiences with gel medium...

I love transfers and transparencies but haven't find...yet! the right amount to use it in a way that suits me.I'm resisting photoshop but when I see the tons of papers I use printing and reprinting it's not very ecological though I keep the waste papers for notepads still... it's a lot of waste. Doing my first album for my 40th birthday.Wow!!! Feeling very excited about it and working pretty fast 
 
Have found in New-york "the prophet" Khalil Gibran that I've been reading for 20 years now , here are one of my favorites poems:
then a woman said, speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
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When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Some of you say,"Nay, sorrow is the greater."
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed...
Enjoy create ...Have fun