Tuesday, July 28, 2015

True Change Comes from Within (art journal page)

Made this simple art journal page over the weekend. It features some left-over paper printed during a recent print making class and a Dina Wakley stamp.
I made it thinking about my daughter, who just returned home from having spent a month in Peru. I know the experience will change her, but just realized that the changes may not show up for a while. When I think back on some of the biggest adventures in my life, I realize that they shaped me slowly and over time, rather than right away. I wonder where Peru will eventually take my girl . . . 
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11 comments:

  1. CheriJuly 28, 2015 at 10:08 AM

    Sarah came home from a 3 week stay in Swaziland (on the border of South Africa) with a new appreciation for the simpler life and what a "1st world problem" really means. It has changed her perspective on a lot of things. I'm sure you'll see some of that very subtly as the year goes on.

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  2. KarenJuly 28, 2015 at 8:13 PM

    I think you are right on; both of my kids had life-changing experiences growing up, but some of them didn't become evident for quite some time.

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  3. debs14July 28, 2015 at 11:13 PM

    What a great opportunity that trip was for her. She will have learnt so many life lessons.

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  4. SianJuly 29, 2015 at 4:22 AM

    You are so right. It might be years before she looks back and realises how it has shaped her

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  5. alexa@clara.co.ukJuly 29, 2015 at 4:24 AM

    Your acute observation is so very tue - hoping it turns out to be life-enhancing for you all.

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  6. Hootin AnniJuly 30, 2015 at 3:15 AM

    I'm here from Cathy Geller's link on her post of the Summer Scavenger Hunt. Tho, it's too late for me to search for any on your list, this looks like a LOT of FUN.

    Are you going to do another one sometime soon? I'd love to join in on the challenge!!!

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  7. Hootin AnniJuly 30, 2015 at 3:17 AM

    ps...well, I just noticed on your sidebar, I'd have until September to complete your list? Maybe I WILL join in.

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  8. BarbaraJuly 30, 2015 at 12:57 PM

    I love seeing your art journal pages, I agree changes do not always show for a while.

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  9. Lady EllaJuly 30, 2015 at 3:50 PM

    So pleased to hear she got back safe and sound. I agree with your sentiment; the day after I finished my walking pilgrimage, a lady asked me, "Did it change your life?" I could only say I didn't know yet. (Now I do, and yes - I just don't know exactly how.)

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  10. BeverlyAugust 1, 2015 at 6:15 AM

    Looking back I find it's true, some changes can be immediate but most of the ones that truly mold you seem to take awhile to be recognized by you. I love the texture and the inking behind the stamp.

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  11. MelissaAugust 1, 2015 at 6:57 AM

    A lovely page & your reflections on it are so true. I can look back & see how things changed me, but it wasn't always apparent at first. So glad to hear she's home.

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