Vivian Bonder

sigh.. - 24/03/2011

Sigh. Deep deep sigh. You know how you sometimes just need to expel air from the body? Yeah. That's what I feel like. So much has been going on in my life and I haven't had the time to do anything with my blog whatsoever. In the larger scheme of things what has been going on in my world is tiny compared to what others go through, but it seems that massive changes have occurred here, which shows once again, everything is relative and strongly influenced by our individual perspectives.

After a break of a good few years I have started work again at Scraptivate. The above picture is one of the Inspired Tree which I will be teaching over a course of a couple of weeks, 3 workshops in total. Next week 30/03 and 02/04 I'll teach an Art Journal class {if you're interested, call 9444 6626}. For me it is interesting being back in the 'workforce' after such a long break and mainly working for myself, but in all honesty  I am really enjoying it!

I love how things start falling together as soon as the right choices are made. All a confirmation that the chaos of the last couple of months has been worth it.

Synchronicity..

 

silence - 24/11/2010

While I've got a minute, I quickly wanted to share another page out of my recent journal..

And then have a look at what my dear friend Lynne has been up to ;)

I just got back from 5 days Brisbane and fell in love (once again, just like 10 years ago!) with the Sunshine Coast. I stayed with a lovely girl in Melaney and it is so very lush, green, wet, hilly up there. Everything Perth is not! Fruit and veggies grow like crazy and how I loved the fresh pineapple, papaya and bananas at the market..  Anyway; back home now and I enjoy that too :) It looks like I'll be here for a while now, I don't have any travels planned but then again.. you never know!

I have not been sleeping very well lately and feel quite tired. I might have just half an hour or so for a nap before picking up the girls from school.. Mm sounds tempting..

 

virtue - 17/10/2010

Dawn over on d'blogala is hosting (for the 2nd time I believe) NaNoJouMo with wonderful journaling prompts/words. No pressure, just a way to do some art journaling everyday, getting in the habit so to speak ;) Now we all realise I need a bit of that!

She says:

Each day during November, I will post a word to get you art journaling. A journal jump of sorts—one word a day to inspire or get you thinking. The goal is to journal SOMETHING in your art journal. DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A FULL PAGE...can be a doodle, maybe painting some backgrounds, doing some collage...just SOMETHING every day in your art journal during November. Even if it’s just moving a pencil across the page in a crooked line...

Nothing earth-shattering.

You may say, “Dawn, WHY should I do this?”

Well, I know some of us (many, let’s be honest) have a difficult time getting started. Sometimes we just need a kick in the pants to encourage us. I also want you to learn how to journal a little at a time. Art journaling is an activity that can be done in spurts. You don’t have to create an entire page or spread in one sitting. I have pages in all stages of production! And it’s OK!

So I decided the night before last to join and wow, it really works! I feel inspired to create (somewhat more than just writing pen to paper). Thank you DAWN! There are prompts/words available as from the 1st of November so quite a bit of catching up to do for me and that's ok. I have been having late nights again because my mind simply won't rest and what a better way to deal with life than doing some art play?