Back in April I began reading Lucy H. Pearce's Rainbow Way. It came to me by post already two summers ago but the other book I ordered with it got my attention more, and though I've been celebrating the Rainbow Way's cover and briefly read through some chapters - I haven't dove into that book before. Now I'm deep under water. It's beautiful how it stretches me! Along with reading it, I started an Art Journal - something I've never done before. Well, not consciously at least. I did have notebooks, wrote and drew in them since I can remember, but never on such a mission like now: to go through the whole book, answer all the questions and complete the tasks on the way, and draw draw drawn, collage, doodle, make a record. It gets really uncomfortable sometimes! But I'm moving forward... Recently I got stuck on the word "renaissance", around which I was supposed to collage all the associations that come to my head. Renaissance just makes me think of school and our boring and harsh history teacher from 3rd grade. Since I know that renaissance means "rebirth", it then overflows me with a whole new sphere of images and meanings. But that's for the rebirth all right - renaissance on the other side is a blind spot, empty page, nothing.... I'm curious to get into my mind like this.. Through somebody's creative guidelines. Through a series of questions. It is much like a therapy. A good therapy. I have time. It's for free. I answer in my own pace. I'm having fun! And I feel the weight. But Lucy had done so much work there already.. laid a blueprint of a healing path for us. I am walking it barefoot and with a light backpack.. I wishto recommend this book, with all my heart, to all the mothers who feel themselves creative or attracted to anything creative. It's been such a blessing for me, I hope you can benefit from it too. Oh, and I let Saule doodle all over my journal. I find it so pleasing, to have that one notebook entirely unrestricted, where I know I go deep, try my best and also try the whatever - and my daughter joins me on the page.. Meets my lines, as I meet hers. One day she might read what I wrote, or write and draw through her own Rainbow Way...
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May all mothers find peace in this creative universe and often rest their heads on its playful lap ♥
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