How the Art Was Done.
Gesso the page and follow with a coat of blue paint. I used a couple of different stencils and a baby wipe to remove part of the blue paint. Doing that gives it a soft look.
I've been seeing people on The Documented Life blog doing circles so I gave them a try. They are simply circles of paint on two different backgrounds and then black circles drawn around the color.
Thoughts
When a
person is in recovery..( whether that recovery is from co-dependence,depression, drugs, alcohol, eating disorder, physical/emotional abuse or
anxiety to name a few) we meet people walking along that same path. We help and support each other on our
journey. Sometimes we find people who we
can finally trust enough to be who we really are.
One of the
most magnificent things I've ever experienced is being loved and accepted by
someone who knows all my warts and quirts. Being accepted when I'm being
selfish, controlling or just wacky as a bed bug. Having friends who look at me and see all the
good in me as well as all of my baggage and love me. I have meet
people that I love that way too. It's
amazing to see I can be that accepting and loving toward others.
It's amazing
to have someone love me until I can love myself. I have done that for others too. I know people I love and I will love until
they can love themselves. It's difficult to watch those people struggle
along their path. The co-dependent part
of me wants to help them or "fix it" for them. That doesn't really help them and it feeds my
belief that I can "fix" everything.
That is one of my defects of character.
My belief that I know what is best for other people... I don't really. I
just think I do because if I believe that, I feel less helpless when someone I
care about is hurting. "Fixing
It" is usually a huge control flag for me.
If I'm all about fixing something for someone else than I am feeling the
need to be in control.
This is a wonderful page Boo and an idea that could be used for so many times of stress or tension in ones life. Thanks for sharing and for the 'how to', too ;-)
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