today

These two images were taken at the Anthropologie store at Rockefeller center right before Christmas -- I have never seen such exuberant paper chaining and happy colored decorations all piled together; this splendor will inspire my pages many times to come, I suspect.

I find inspiration in places least expected, so I go there often to see what I find. If all life is planned out, there is no room for unforseen and happy accidents. What you don't look for, is often the best thing you find.

Stuck?
Go somewhere new, explore a place you have never been, bring a camera or a sketchbook, or your journal.
or better yet, be an explorer at your own desk, in your own studio, in your own bed. Surround yourself with some good paper, juicy markers, a glue stick and lots of random things to tear. Add some ink pads for color, and you have a recipe for something new happening in your journal.
and a good little movie playing near by is never a bad idea, in my book.

Be a Journaling Explorer -- discover a new continent in your pages, and put up a flag of victory claiming your right to this new world that only you could create.




"Muse, muse, and muse. Do some yoga or other activity before working. Read a poem, then let it go. Listen to the silent voice of your work." --Linda Saccoccio