Tag: journaling

  • Anatomy of an Umpire

    Anatomy of an Umpire

    My thoughts for this post hit me immediately when I was browsing through the U words.  The choice: Umpire. Now… I realize that the girl in my illustration looks more like a referee than an umpire, but that was intentional. The difference is a lot like “you say tomayto” and “I say tomahto.” No matter…

  • Tantrum

    Tantrum

    -Also Known as Throwing a Wobbly- I did a complete 180 on this one. Initially, I was going to do an illustration of a Treasure Chest. My chosen ‘T’ word at the time was Thesaurus. It was a happy idea. The chest was full of words and jewels (which I may use later)… and my…

  • Me and My Shadow(s)

    Me and My Shadow(s)

    So… my S word today is Shadow. I thought of the idea for this image after creating the laughing girl in my post… The Best Medicine. So, when S rolled around, I had to do it. I looked into Jung’s idea on the shadow – as it refers to “the unconscious aspects of the personality…

  • Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait

    So… I’ll admit that my self-portrait looks nothing like me, but it’s a perfect reflection of how I’ve been feeling… like my head it going to explode (or fall off). This is all in humor, mind you. I actually made 3 versions of this – in different colors – but I chose the red one…

  • Measuring Joy

    Measuring Joy

    I was going to say that I’m reverting to my childlike thoughts and images, but I suspected that could sound strange because I’m not 100% sure I’ve ever really graduated to the world of “adult” thoughts and images. Anyway, I started this illustration before Christmas, to post at Christmas. I really liked where it was…

  • Deconstruction

    Deconstruction

    “The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces.” -Aldo Leopold Before I say anything else… Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were grand. How exciting to be writing my very first post in 2025. I’m still quite busy with my downsizing, minimizing, upcycling (and so on) initiative, but I’ll be…