One of the cool things about the Artfully Wild Blog Along with Effy Wild is that for each post we publish in the group, we have to read and comment on 3 other blogs. I've learned all kinds of things and pondered and smiled and laughed out loud, even cried at some of the blogs I've visited. And of course each blog post can become a jumping off point for something in my life: a memory, an idea, an emotion. One such post by blogger Francine aka The Organised Crafterbrain was about a 100 day project of creating temporary collages Visit it here and check it out. Francine uses a selection of precut collage pieces and rearranges them differently each day, takes a photo then dismantles them. I simply love this idea of impermanence. I get far too attached to just about everything in my life! That includes my art and often how the painting or writing piece will turn out. So this collage practice would be great for me! Then I remembered a fun 'book set' that my friend Linda gave me as a gift many years ago. I should probably add at this point that I'm not affiliated with the book in any way but I do really like it. It consists of a magical board, a soft-tipped brush and a hard backed book full of simple brush stroke drawings and an accompanying meditation or Zen poem. The idea is to embrace non-attachment by choosing a meditation and copying or creating a simple brushstroke drawing, then contemplating on the saying or poem as your drawing disappears. I've found it to be remarkably liberating to let something go like this.
I once knew a poet who burned her poems as soon as she wrote them. I was stunned! How could she do that? How could she let go so easily? But to her it was a double release: first the expression of the poem into a tangible form then the burning of it. She never regretted it. Oh to live so freely!
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Yes I am enjoying reading other's blogs very much and I don't stop at 3.
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Kimi Bois
4/26/2019 08:21:35 am
I too have loved this blog along for the interesting stories I've had the opportunity to read. I've seen those books before, played with a sample at a store with my daughter, delighted in watching the image disappear and then walked away from it. I never thought of it this way, thanks for opening my eyes. I too have a hard time letting go sometimes. My memory being so bad means I want to hold onto tangible bits because I won't remember them if i don't, but somethings don't need remembering, they just need experiencing.
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