My word for 2010: Horizon (Art Journal Page)

After much thought, I've chosen the word "horizon" as my word for 2010.  There's something about it that suggests looking forward and moving toward a promising future.  That's how I feel about the New Year - I don't have set goals I want to accomplish like I did for last year.  Instead, I want it to be a year of striving for new and somewhat unknown accomplishments.  Maybe I'll finally write the book I want to on the Thirteenth Amendment.  Maybe we'll travel to Costa Rica.  Maybe I'll help the kids discover new talents and achievements.  Maybe my art and/or photography interests will take off.

I looked up definitions on the internet and found the following:

• the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
• the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"

I also found three quotes I like. 

• "Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road."  Dag Hammarskjold
• "We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon."  Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• "Now, bring me that horizon."  Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean 

In celebration of my word, I created some art.  I hope you like it!  It was inspired by the art journaling class I'm taking, and it incorporates inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh.


Also, check out yesterday's post to find out how to win some of my special collage sheets!  You have until Sunday night (California time) to enter.