Day One - I am excited to get started on this new adventure called - The gifts of Imperfection - an ecourse offered by Brene Brown on Oprah. We are being encouraged to set an intention for ourselves. It is always best to start any project (day, trip, etc) with an intention as it helps us to stay on track. Brene mentions that it provides her with clarity, meaning and purpose.
I am easily distracted and over the course of the last few years I have realized that I have spent my life in little bits - an hour here, a few days there, without too much focus and framework around what I chose to participate it. I have spent time emotionally distracted as well - upset because "this" happened and "why me"!! So I am looking forward to being more focused and conscious!!
They provided a beautiful graphic to be used for our intention but I decided to make my own with a little heart of my own making. This is a photo my own hands!! I love that the lentils make a heart!!! I discovered this while playing with my grandchildren at the park. We would pick up a handful of little stones and take our turns putting them into a container, dump them out and start again. As I was waiting for my turn, I noticed that the stones made a heart in my hands. Hearts are my thing!! I had to stretch my comfort zone to get this shot. Because DH is not available to set up the timer on the camera I found the manual and the tripod and experimented until I got a shot I was happy with. I colour printed it on my white cardstock, hand lettered my intention with a black fine tip Sharpie, added the frame and then watercoloured a bit of purple all the way round inside the frame.
I am excited to combine inspiration and learning with my art!!
Therese
