Showing posts with label traveling journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traveling journal. Show all posts
Monday, August 1, 2011
still life 365 travel journal, the community
Traveling Journal.
still life 365 community.
Video of mixed media art journal.
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about this piece.
Jess suggested a traveling still life 365 journal. The idea is that one journal moves around the world with art inspired by our grief and our babies as a shared art project. Each participant could pick one or two (or more) 8"x8" pages as a spread or a single page. Any medium that fit into the plastic sleeve was allowed. The work served as a tribute to our babies, life after loss, healing thoughts, and/or supportive messages--anything that moved each person. The journal pages could either be mixed media, collage, painting, sketching...anything flat of which you can conceive. After each person finished their piece, it was mailed to the next person on the list. Before mailing it off, each person put a dot on the map where they were. The journal was mailed March 31, 2010, and just made its way home July 28, 2011. Accompanying the journal was a little travel gnome, each person was asked to take a picture of the gnome in their town, or house, and email it back. On its first leg, in Germany, the journal was accompanied by a mini-writing journal (created by SkyTimes) called the Traveling Gnome Diary, and people wrote in the first person from the gnome's point of view about the art and their trip. People included pictures, and writing.On the second leg, in Ireland, Ines added footprints and a beautiful bag that accompanied the gnome. Each contributor was asked to take a carved pebble from the Irish shore. You can read about individual journal entries through this tag: traveling journal.
A second journal was started a few months later, but was lost in the mail.
about the contributors.
The contributors to the traveling journal include: Angie, Skytimes, Ines, Jess, Andrea, ANg, Kara Jones, aka Mother Henna, Tina, Holly, Katrina, Amy McCarter, Audrey, Noah, Michelle White, Naomi, slh, Jill, Carly Brooks, Sally, Julie Cozens and Soph.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Ferdinand in my Heart. Janis Tan.
Ferdinand in my Heart.
Janis Tan.
Travel Journal.
Ink.
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about the piece.
This is what I did for my journal page for the travel journal.
After I decided to participate I had a feeling, an idea of what I wanted to do. But concretely, I really did not know. I went to the craft stores and tried to find my ideas in concrete forms. I went home with stuff, I started, I stalled.
Then, life got in the way.
And I kept emailing Angie that yes, I was going to do it, next week, next week, next week.
And weeks went by, temperatures plunged and my young little one refused to be put down for her naps. Which meant I never got my hands free from October until now.
In the meantime, I discovered Zentangle and was really drawn to it. When I had a few minutes (while waiting for pasta to cook, water to boil...) I would doodle a little on bits of scrap paper.
And eventually, I knew Zentangle was the answer to what I wanted to create for my journal page. I immediately had the vision of a heart, filled with so many things: memories, heartaches, hurt, love, my precious Ferdinand, hope, strength, friendship. I left some small spaces here and there.
I kind of made a "draft" before I started, just to visualize for myself what it may look like when I brought together elements that called to my heart. But the actual work proved rather different.
First, I was drawing on a larger piece of paper. Second, I could not really stop. I stayed up late one night to allow myself a good stretch of time to do it; I would never find a good two hours during a day with no interruptions. Third, I did not feel I could stop, artistically. Fourth, I changed my mind about some motifs as I went along, and new ones sprung to my head/heart. Fifth, it was tiring on my wrist and fingers and I made imperfections here and there, but a re-do was out of the question (the lines were like manifestations of feelings, emotions and memories, which was why I felt I could not stop), so I just let the imperfections be a part of the work, my heart.
As I was drawing, I thought too of the twins I miscarried last August. And when I finally finished and stepped back and looked I saw elements that represented the twins too.
This is Ferdinand in my heart. All the love, all the loss, everything.
- Janis
about the artist.
Janis Tan writes on Ferdinand's Gifts. She also gathers recipes her family loved and enjoyed at My Sweet Life. She is still trying to put together the puzzle of her life after her son Ferdinand died, but there is always a missing piece.
Monday, October 4, 2010
On Joy and Sorrow, Megan
On Joy and Sorrow.
Travel Journal page.
Megan Warren.
Watercolor and ink.
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about the piece.
This piece was created for the Still Life 365 Travel Journal. It is On Joy and Sorrow by Khalil Gibran
This was read at the funerals of our sons. -Megan
about the contributor.
Megan is the wife to Ken and mother of five: 16 year old Troy and four who are only with us in Spirit - Brendan (stillborn 19/4/1999 - 20 weeks gestation); Cianan (stayed with us for us for 7 hours - 6/8/2000 - 22 weeks); Kavyn (stillborn 31/1/2002 - 23 weeks); Alex (stillborn 17/2/2005 - 21 weeks and 5 days). As Megan says, "Writing and art have helped me to traverse the journey that is grief. I have volunteered as a Peer support counsellor to other bereaved parents and facilitated grief writing workshops that I wrote and designed. I am in the process of developing this into an online workshop so that it is more accessible to those that need it. I blog at Four Ravens and my former blog The Rose Garden has more of my poetry and writing."
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Travel Journal, Kara L.C. Jones
Travel Journal.
Kara LC Jones aka Mother Henna
8"x 8"
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about this piece.
This piece was created for the still life 365 travel journal project. Kara explains, "Right after our son Mizuko died a couple weeks ago, the still life 365 travel journal arrived at my door! Talk about right timing. It was my turn to make an 8"x 8" art journal page to add to the book. This travel journal has been in the hands of bereaved parents in Germany, Ireland, England, Canada, and the US. It is amazing to see everyone's contributions. And it was transforming to create my own page just now. My first piece of art really exploring the fact that I am living the life of a bereaved mother of TWO dead sons now. Was humbling, and moving."
about the artist.
Kara is the Radical Creative behind all things MotherHenna.com. In 1999, after the death of their son Dakota, Kara and her partner Hawk co-founded Kota Press (KOTA: Knowing Ourselves Thru Art), an expressive arts outreach. Through their KOTA work and in partnership with the MISS Foundation, they have been mentoring other bereaved parents and caregivers around the world, offering creative perspectives on learning to life again after loss. As a coach to private clients, Kara facilitates the exploration of grief and creativity using many tools for alternative mind, body, spiritual health. Some of her specialties include henna art, heART-making, co-active coaching, Reiki, Tapping, asking the answerable questions and more. Kara keeps a radical creativity blog at Mother HennaKota Loss & Compassion Blog. Kara has been featured on still life 365 with her scrapbook page for her son Dakota, her poem Take-out Order, and her poem the After Life. The still life 365 community is mourning with Kara and her husband for the recent loss of her second son, Mizuko Star.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Purple Heart, Angie
Purple Heart.
8"x8".
Angie
Watercolor.
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about the piece.
In Angie's words, "I created this piece as the first page of the second traveling journal for still life 365. I originally didn't intend for the flowing of energy from the arms to be an upside down heart, but when it began revealing its shape, I went with it. The writing around the edge reads, 'This may not always look like love from the outside, but when you turn my days upside down and it is always a heart with your name right in the middle. Even when I have no intention of painting you, my blacks become purple hearts.'"
about the contributor.
Angie is the editor of still life 365. Her second daughter Lucia was stillborn after 38 weeks of pregnancy. She writes about her experience with grief and mothering at still life with circles.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Separation, Audrey
Separation.
Audrey.
Mixed Media.
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about this piece.
Audrey describes this piece, "This is a page I created for the travelling journal. I have loved this poem since high school, well before I had any understanding of its meaning. When Eva died, this poem came back to me and has stayed with me ever since."
about the contributor.
Audrey is the mother of three. She is raising two and writes at Glutton Button.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Travel Journal, Jess from After Iris
Travel Journal.
Jess from After Iris.
Mixed Media.
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about this piece.
Jess' piece was done for the still life 365 traveling journal, a journal making its way around the world and still life 365 community.
about the artist.
Jess lives in Birmingham, United Kingdom, with her husband David and children Ava and Moe. Jess' second daughter Iris was stillborn May 2008. For work, Jess creates and facilitates drama-based communication and cultural programmes for large organisations. She also owns a family business with her husband: an artisan cheese shop and deli called Capeling and Co. She maintains a blog called After Iris.
Monday, May 31, 2010
News
Wow, it is June. We are entering our sixth month of still life 365.
SIX MONTHS?!?! Woweee.
Six months of incredible art and writing. Music and craft. And so much more than that. still life 365 has become a community. Artists grieving. Grievers arting. I love the discussions here, and the words that flow into my inbox for the community poem and the mid-month challenges. Every reader has contributed to making still life 365 a safe creative space where we can explore our demons and acknowledge our angels.
Thank you.
As always, month six still means we are looking for six more months of art. Submit your work. Always. Even if you have submitted before, or lots. Check out the submission guidelines under the header of this blog. Send your work to stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com.
In other news, six months into this project and I am already thinking about next year, and what the future of still life 365 will be. I want to keep this space going, and continue doing awesome things in the name of art. I'd love to do more with creative prompts and community discussions. Do you have anything you would like to see on still life 365? Would anyone be interested in seeing some of this art in person? And if so, where could we set up a live still life 365 art show? (Wouldn't that be incredible?) And then, we could also showcase the traveling journal...just some ideas of things I want to see of still life 365. I'd love your insights and ideas too.
about facebook and anonymity.
Which brings me to the Facebook still life 365 page. We do in fact have a vibrant fan page on Facebook. I often post status updates when I am working on still life 365, the blog. Our traveling gnome, which accompanies the traveling art journal, has its own photo album as it makes it way around the world. He is currently en route to Canada. I will talk more of the traveling journal below.
Facebook has a discussion board feature. I have started a few discussions. Let's talk, shall we?
There is a feature to link the blog onto Facebook, so each piece of art will also link on Facebook. Everyone that I have heard from has been excited about that feature, since people tend to be on Facebook throughout the day via their handhelds and not as able to surf the net. My only concern is for identity and anonymity.
This space is interesting in that people are fairly anonymous. Yes, we know first names and blog spaces, but mostly submissions come in with just first names, which is fine with me. You could submit something with the name Zoltron, I would still publish it. But My Face contains full names. Generally, people are weary of parents, non-babylost friends, co-workers, etc, finding their blogs, and that is why the anonymity is so important. At any rate, I would love your opinion on this. Everyone I heard from on Facebook was pro-publishing in both places. I want to protect the safety that is so important with creating art and writing about our grief.
Speaking of anonymity, if you have regretted giving too much information, using your full name, or linking your blog, you can always email me and I can change the details of your submission. ALWAYS. I take your comfort level very seriously. Just know.
about the blogroll.
I have found some blogs I entered in the blog roll to be mysteriously gone. Please check out the blog roll if you submitted your blog to me, and let me know if yours is not there. And if you want me to add your blog, please please please let me know. I am linking right here to my email address to make it easier. Use blog in the subject: still life 365 days.
about live chat.
I have absolutely been aching to host and do a discussion about grief, art, loss and creativity. I cannot tell you how incredible it is to take part in the artist to artist conversations, and well, I want us all to have that. I have saved a date: JUNE 6th. That day I would love to host a live chat/discussion. I am just flummoxed about how to do it. Here are the options I see: google chat. We can set up a group chat at a set time, then publish the chat after it happens on June 6th. Or Skype, which I have but do not use as regularly. If you have any ideas or suggestions, I would love love love to hear them. I think the best way to start this, though, would be to ask you to send me your name if you are interested in participating in a live chat about art, grief, loss and creativity. Email me at stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com with live chat in the subject line. If you do know of any other, more blog friendly features to chat, please let me know. I am kind of an idiot to bloggy stuff.
about the travel journal.
Did you know the traveling art journal is now headed to North America after its European tour? So exciting. I cannot wait to see the work. I have gotten quite a few more inquiries about the travel journal and participating. I closed the deadline on March 15th to join. I see a couple of options, because I really do not want to keep anyone from participating in the traveling still life 365 journal. Firstly, an option is that the journal has slip in pages and are sized 8"x8". If one wanted to participate in the traveling journal, you could send me the page, or pages, you wanted to enter, and I could put them in at the end. That means you don't get the travel gnome (boo.) or to see the incredible art as it makes its way around the globe. But you will be part of the last day of 2010 post. The other option is to start a second journal. What do you think?
SIX MONTHS?!?! Woweee.
Six months of incredible art and writing. Music and craft. And so much more than that. still life 365 has become a community. Artists grieving. Grievers arting. I love the discussions here, and the words that flow into my inbox for the community poem and the mid-month challenges. Every reader has contributed to making still life 365 a safe creative space where we can explore our demons and acknowledge our angels.
Thank you.
As always, month six still means we are looking for six more months of art. Submit your work. Always. Even if you have submitted before, or lots. Check out the submission guidelines under the header of this blog. Send your work to stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com.
In other news, six months into this project and I am already thinking about next year, and what the future of still life 365 will be. I want to keep this space going, and continue doing awesome things in the name of art. I'd love to do more with creative prompts and community discussions. Do you have anything you would like to see on still life 365? Would anyone be interested in seeing some of this art in person? And if so, where could we set up a live still life 365 art show? (Wouldn't that be incredible?) And then, we could also showcase the traveling journal...just some ideas of things I want to see of still life 365. I'd love your insights and ideas too.
about facebook and anonymity.
Which brings me to the Facebook still life 365 page. We do in fact have a vibrant fan page on Facebook. I often post status updates when I am working on still life 365, the blog. Our traveling gnome, which accompanies the traveling art journal, has its own photo album as it makes it way around the world. He is currently en route to Canada. I will talk more of the traveling journal below.
Facebook has a discussion board feature. I have started a few discussions. Let's talk, shall we?
There is a feature to link the blog onto Facebook, so each piece of art will also link on Facebook. Everyone that I have heard from has been excited about that feature, since people tend to be on Facebook throughout the day via their handhelds and not as able to surf the net. My only concern is for identity and anonymity.
This space is interesting in that people are fairly anonymous. Yes, we know first names and blog spaces, but mostly submissions come in with just first names, which is fine with me. You could submit something with the name Zoltron, I would still publish it. But My Face contains full names. Generally, people are weary of parents, non-babylost friends, co-workers, etc, finding their blogs, and that is why the anonymity is so important. At any rate, I would love your opinion on this. Everyone I heard from on Facebook was pro-publishing in both places. I want to protect the safety that is so important with creating art and writing about our grief.
Speaking of anonymity, if you have regretted giving too much information, using your full name, or linking your blog, you can always email me and I can change the details of your submission. ALWAYS. I take your comfort level very seriously. Just know.
about the blogroll.
I have found some blogs I entered in the blog roll to be mysteriously gone. Please check out the blog roll if you submitted your blog to me, and let me know if yours is not there. And if you want me to add your blog, please please please let me know. I am linking right here to my email address to make it easier. Use blog in the subject: still life 365 days.
about live chat.
I have absolutely been aching to host and do a discussion about grief, art, loss and creativity. I cannot tell you how incredible it is to take part in the artist to artist conversations, and well, I want us all to have that. I have saved a date: JUNE 6th. That day I would love to host a live chat/discussion. I am just flummoxed about how to do it. Here are the options I see: google chat. We can set up a group chat at a set time, then publish the chat after it happens on June 6th. Or Skype, which I have but do not use as regularly. If you have any ideas or suggestions, I would love love love to hear them. I think the best way to start this, though, would be to ask you to send me your name if you are interested in participating in a live chat about art, grief, loss and creativity. Email me at stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com with live chat in the subject line. If you do know of any other, more blog friendly features to chat, please let me know. I am kind of an idiot to bloggy stuff.
about the travel journal.
Did you know the traveling art journal is now headed to North America after its European tour? So exciting. I cannot wait to see the work. I have gotten quite a few more inquiries about the travel journal and participating. I closed the deadline on March 15th to join. I see a couple of options, because I really do not want to keep anyone from participating in the traveling still life 365 journal. Firstly, an option is that the journal has slip in pages and are sized 8"x8". If one wanted to participate in the traveling journal, you could send me the page, or pages, you wanted to enter, and I could put them in at the end. That means you don't get the travel gnome (boo.) or to see the incredible art as it makes its way around the globe. But you will be part of the last day of 2010 post. The other option is to start a second journal. What do you think?
Monday, April 19, 2010
I Dreamed You Once, Angie
I Dreamed You Once, 2010.
Angie
Watercolor, Ink.
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about the piece.
In Angie's words, "I created this piece as the first page of the traveling journal for still life 365. I had been procrastinating this piece because I just had been so busy, but when I sat down, I remembered these lines that had been floating through my head for days, 'I dreamed you once with purple eyes' and 'love is my center'. My only experience with Lucy alive and interacting with me was a dream I had where she clung to my belly, and looked up at me, smiling, with purple eyes. I cling to the memory of that dream as much as to the time we spent together after her birth." You can read and contribute to the traveling journal in the about the journal section of this blog.
about the contributor.
Angie is the editor of still life 365. Her second daughter Lucia was stillborn after 38 weeks of pregnancy. She writes about her experience with grief and mothering at still life with circles.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Submissions, sappiness and traveling journal reminder
I have been so massively impressed with all the amazing work that comes into my still life inbox--from challenges and community poetry lines to the art and craft. The ways people have chosen to express this experience of grief and loss has been amazing. Still Life 365 has published paintings, music, poetry read aloud, cooking, photographs, mosaics, pysanky, jewelry, sewing projects. Thank you for sharing your work and your children and your grief. I often am moved to tears when I read your stories, see your artwork, pull together your biography or read your gorgeous words. And I am always touched that you choose to share your work. This project has been more powerful than I could have ever imagined. Thank you. I hope y'all get as much out of it as I do. I do think sharing artwork about our losses helps to not only feel connected, but to look at our grief and loss through a new lens.
I am again putting out the call for submissions, because I can see the end, and while it isn't this week, I am also planning for a few weeks in advance, you know, just in case. So please please please consider putting yourself out here. I think you'll find this community and the reception to be warm, loving, kind and accepting. Some people have chosen to use the call for submissions as a creative fire. Others use it to dust off old work and revisit it. Whatever you choose, please consider submitting something to still life 365. I connect with so much of what is presented here, and I know others do too. I wish I could share the things people say in email, which choke me up and make me feel that this project is really important. You can always share your feelings about still life 365 in the guestbook if you are so inclined.
The deadline for participating in the traveling journal is rapidly approaching. This afternoon, I emailed everyone who expressed interest in the traveling journal project. (More details are in the tab on the header.) If you did NOT receive an email from me, but emailed me with interest, please email me again. (stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com). If you are still interested in participating, now is the time to let me know. Email me at the above email address with the words Traveling Journal in the subject line.
I often spend a day just creating submissions and emailing people about their work, so if you submit and haven't heard from me, know that you will. If you haven't and want some response, email me again, and I will email you with a confirmation. Some of the submission guidelines were revised in February--you can find the new guidelines under the header of this blog. Please note that if you email me and ask me if I want your submission, the answer is always yes. I simply do not have the time to email requests for submissions to people, so just send it. I have had to tell people here and there that their work is not a fit for still life 365. That work includes things written, drawn, painted or created by other people for your child. I only accept first person submissions, or combined submissions from spouses. I absolutely loved getting the joint submission a week or so ago, and if you and another babylost friend are inspired to create something together, that is wonderful and encouraged.
I know some of you email with me personally with me on my other email address, or through my other blog still life with circles, but please try to submit still life 365 submissions, challenges, traveling journal information and community poem work to this email address: stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com. I am afraid of missing submissions because they are going to a few places and mixed in with other chatty email things. (Hope that makes sense.)
Thank you, and please direct questions in the comment section. If you are wondering, then others might be too. XO
I am again putting out the call for submissions, because I can see the end, and while it isn't this week, I am also planning for a few weeks in advance, you know, just in case. So please please please consider putting yourself out here. I think you'll find this community and the reception to be warm, loving, kind and accepting. Some people have chosen to use the call for submissions as a creative fire. Others use it to dust off old work and revisit it. Whatever you choose, please consider submitting something to still life 365. I connect with so much of what is presented here, and I know others do too. I wish I could share the things people say in email, which choke me up and make me feel that this project is really important. You can always share your feelings about still life 365 in the guestbook if you are so inclined.
The deadline for participating in the traveling journal is rapidly approaching. This afternoon, I emailed everyone who expressed interest in the traveling journal project. (More details are in the tab on the header.) If you did NOT receive an email from me, but emailed me with interest, please email me again. (stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com). If you are still interested in participating, now is the time to let me know. Email me at the above email address with the words Traveling Journal in the subject line.
I often spend a day just creating submissions and emailing people about their work, so if you submit and haven't heard from me, know that you will. If you haven't and want some response, email me again, and I will email you with a confirmation. Some of the submission guidelines were revised in February--you can find the new guidelines under the header of this blog. Please note that if you email me and ask me if I want your submission, the answer is always yes. I simply do not have the time to email requests for submissions to people, so just send it. I have had to tell people here and there that their work is not a fit for still life 365. That work includes things written, drawn, painted or created by other people for your child. I only accept first person submissions, or combined submissions from spouses. I absolutely loved getting the joint submission a week or so ago, and if you and another babylost friend are inspired to create something together, that is wonderful and encouraged.
I know some of you email with me personally with me on my other email address, or through my other blog still life with circles, but please try to submit still life 365 submissions, challenges, traveling journal information and community poem work to this email address: stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com. I am afraid of missing submissions because they are going to a few places and mixed in with other chatty email things. (Hope that makes sense.)
Thank you, and please direct questions in the comment section. If you are wondering, then others might be too. XO
Monday, February 8, 2010
News at still life 365
Still life 365 got a bit of an overhaul. Hopefully, the space looks a bit more streamlined and clean. Sections like, about this blog, about the editor and how to submit are now located directly under the header.
Submission guidelines have been updated and changed based on some unexpected challenges I have faced since starting this blog. So, please please review these guidelines and make a note of them before sending to your work to me. I have been slowly making my way through the submissions. If you haven't heard from me, just know that I will contact you. I have had an amazing outpouring of submissions since my last call for help. They are beautiful and I just thank you all so much. Keep them coming.
The mid-month challenge deadlines are coming up very soon. Friday February 12th is the deadline for the Valentine visual challenge. Guidelines are posted in the right hand column of this blog. Please email submissions to stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com with the words VALENTINE CHALLENGE. The literary challenge is due on February 14th. Again, guidelines are listed in the top right column. Use FEBRUARY CHALLENGE for the subject.
There were some great suggestions in the last post for feedback. Thank you. One of which was featured last Sunday, which is our new Artist to Artist section where a contributor is interviewed about grief and art. One thing I envision for this space is real conversation about grief, loss, art and creativity. Hopefully, the Artist to Artist section can be a space where we can explore some of those conversations. I also think it would be great to hear who you would like to see interviewed on Artist to Artist. I hope to make this a feature that appears every other Sunday.
Also, Jess suggested a traveling still life 365 journal. She suggested posting pictures of the journal on the last day of the project, which I think is an incredible idea. The idea of the traveling journal is that I will start the journal with a two-page spread as a tribute to my baby, my life after loss, healing thoughts, and/or supportive messages--anything that moves me. The journal pages can either be mixed media, collage, painting, sketching...anything flat of which you can conceive. After I finish my two-page spread, I will then mail the journal to the next person on the list. Before mailing it off, I would put a dot on the map where I am. I would love to kick this project off in March. I will collect addresses and interested people and then come up with a journal journey. If you are interested in taking part in the traveling journal, please email me with your interest and address to stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject header: TRAVELING JOURNAL. More details to come, but I am starting to collect addresses and names now, so start sending them. I will be posting a page under the header describing the project and the journey. No addresses will be posted on-line. I will keep a list, and after I create the journal journey, I will email each person with ONE address for the next place it will travel. Does that make sense?
Submission guidelines have been updated and changed based on some unexpected challenges I have faced since starting this blog. So, please please review these guidelines and make a note of them before sending to your work to me. I have been slowly making my way through the submissions. If you haven't heard from me, just know that I will contact you. I have had an amazing outpouring of submissions since my last call for help. They are beautiful and I just thank you all so much. Keep them coming.
The mid-month challenge deadlines are coming up very soon. Friday February 12th is the deadline for the Valentine visual challenge. Guidelines are posted in the right hand column of this blog. Please email submissions to stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com with the words VALENTINE CHALLENGE. The literary challenge is due on February 14th. Again, guidelines are listed in the top right column. Use FEBRUARY CHALLENGE for the subject.
There were some great suggestions in the last post for feedback. Thank you. One of which was featured last Sunday, which is our new Artist to Artist section where a contributor is interviewed about grief and art. One thing I envision for this space is real conversation about grief, loss, art and creativity. Hopefully, the Artist to Artist section can be a space where we can explore some of those conversations. I also think it would be great to hear who you would like to see interviewed on Artist to Artist. I hope to make this a feature that appears every other Sunday.
Also, Jess suggested a traveling still life 365 journal. She suggested posting pictures of the journal on the last day of the project, which I think is an incredible idea. The idea of the traveling journal is that I will start the journal with a two-page spread as a tribute to my baby, my life after loss, healing thoughts, and/or supportive messages--anything that moves me. The journal pages can either be mixed media, collage, painting, sketching...anything flat of which you can conceive. After I finish my two-page spread, I will then mail the journal to the next person on the list. Before mailing it off, I would put a dot on the map where I am. I would love to kick this project off in March. I will collect addresses and interested people and then come up with a journal journey. If you are interested in taking part in the traveling journal, please email me with your interest and address to stilllife365days(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject header: TRAVELING JOURNAL. More details to come, but I am starting to collect addresses and names now, so start sending them. I will be posting a page under the header describing the project and the journey. No addresses will be posted on-line. I will keep a list, and after I create the journal journey, I will email each person with ONE address for the next place it will travel. Does that make sense?
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