Bound Together
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Last week I added several new mixed media journals to amanobooks. Bound together is the most recent addition to the offerings there.
Bound Together, 6×8 inch blank journal
For this cover, I drew upon a previous encaustic painting that I created last year called Patterns Often Overlooked. I encased the image in wax and pulled out my paints to finish off the rest of the canvas. I often like to revisit an old painting that has already left me and continue the dialogue with it again. See where my explorations take us next.
For this piece I was interested in an issue that I am always intrigued by- our connection to nature seen in the cycles of the moon and the seasons. How life begins with one little seed. But it takes so much to call forth that life. Acceptance, nourishment, cooperation, life; and then ultimately, the letting go, the passing, death. We are all connected and bound together.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 1:33 am
I love this cover, Bridgette, and also your comment on our links with nature. I cannot imagine a day when I amnot totally aware of all that surrounds me, the landscape, the sky, rain or wind, and all the growing / living things. Although I only keep a sporadic nature journal, whenever I re-read what I have written, or one of my poems, I am instantly transported back to the occasion. I would urge everyone to jot down their observations – it adds an extra dimension to one’s life. Thankyou again for sharing your beautiful work.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 am
This is really fantastic! I just love the whole design.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Thanks Ann for sharing your insight. Now that I live in a very urban setting, nature and its cycles seem so far from me. But if I open my eyes, I can still see it!
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Thanks sam!
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Such a gorgeous cover. I am in love with that blue!!