Thursday, January 27, 2011

What's Inspiring You Today?

I've been very inspired lately by Traci Bautista's art journaling blog.  She has such freedom in her artwork, and she blogs almost daily with all kinds of art journaling inspiration. I can't believe the amount of creative energy she has!  Laurie is taking a class called "Big Paint," and, even though I'm not in the class, I love the idea of it.  Pippa just posted these very cool doodle birds.  I was channeling all these lovely, imprecise, free-form inspirations today when I took out my art journal and started throwing paint around on the page to create this background.
For the message on my page today, I was inspired by Tammy Lee Bradley, a terrific photographer who captures everyday beauty in so many of her posts, like this one.  I also came across a wonderful quote on Ali Edward's blog about finding the meaning of life in the ordinary.  It reads "the ordinary has extraordinary value in isolating meaningful experience."  I almost used that quote on this art journal page, but instead went for the Pooh classic: "Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known." 
 What's inspiring you today?
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9 comments:

  1. AmyJanuary 27, 2011 at 11:49 PM

    Well, I'm a bit flat on the scrap front but I am loving taking photos from ground level, or table level ... basically, not looking through the viewfinder, setting the camera down and taking a shot from that angle ... it seems quite an authentic way to shoot for me at the minute :-)

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  2. Tammy Lee BradleyJanuary 28, 2011 at 12:50 AM

    You are my muse! Thank you for the kind words. Xoxo Tammy Lee

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  3. scrappyjackyJanuary 28, 2011 at 5:15 AM

    I love quotes from Winnie the Pooh....there are so many wonderful ones.....though I'm not feeling very inspired by anything much at the moment....think it's the really cold,dismal weather.

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  4. SianJanuary 28, 2011 at 5:25 AM

    Well, a quote from Winnie The Pooh is always inspiring!

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  5. LizzieJanuary 28, 2011 at 7:24 AM

    I can be inspired by Pooh Bear, oh yes! He is a great philosopher, in the most comfortable sense of the word.

    I love your background - I recently bought a wonderful sheet of paper, with a design of peacock feathers in torn paper. Your design really reminds me of that paper - which I plan to use for a large Guest Book very soon!

    So perhaps the answer is that Rinda (and my sheet of peacock paper) inspires me today!

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  6. TerryJanuary 28, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    Lovely background! My inspiration today is the fact that the weekend is fast approaching and I won't have to worry about my DH driving around! I like him with me! Have a great weekend!

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  7. laurieJanuary 28, 2011 at 7:45 PM

    beautiful page and the quote makes me want to find a bridge. thanks for the link and all the inspiration. :-)

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  8. Pippa (pjbear)January 29, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    Thanks for the lovely mention Rinda, I blogged about it and added a link back to here :)

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  9. Kat SlomaFebruary 14, 2011 at 1:41 AM

    I am so happy to have this linked in to Exploring with a Camera! The rule of thirds applies regardless of medium, and I love this art journal page. Thanks so much for your participation. :)

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