Day 2: Journaling the Uncounscious

This is the inside cover of the book.  It was blank, so that made it easy.  I came across this castle/mountain image in a magazine, and I really like it Not sure why.  Maybe it's opposites coming together in an unusual way. More likely, it reminds me of the iconic image that explains the conscious mind versus the unconscious mind. Wow, I just found this other image online, and even the colors I used are similar.  Brilliant!

Journaling - My New Project

Yesterday I went to The Goodwill used bookstore and bought several hard cover books - novels and non-fiction.

You can follow this metamorphosis as I cover over the words of this book with drawings, collages and paints to reform a book of my own.

I have chosen one, originally titled, The Book of Eleven, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and I am going to transform it into my own personal journal. The only reason that I chose this book was because I liked the size (5"x 5") and when I randomly opened the book, I read:

"I WANT TO THANK Dr. Seuss and his classic My Book About Me for introducing me to the process of putting thoughts down on paper, resulting in self-examination and unwarrented self-importance."

I LOVE Dr. Seuss!!!! His work has influenced me throughout my life.

Day 1:
I removed the dust cover and collaged a picture of myself and I have retitled it, The Book of Power, Goodwill, Hope: Understanding, Treatment and Resources.

Library of Dust

Photographs by David Maisel

These photographs, by David Maisel, are of canisters holding the human remains of mentally ill patients, left in a storage room which was flooded multiple times over many decades. From Oregon State Hospital - as depicted in the movie "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".

 The colors are created from a mixture of the copper on the containers and phosphates, calcium (from the bones) and sulfates, with smaller percentages of potassium, sodium and chloride (the ashes) combined with the corroding acid in the groundwater from the flooding.

David Maisel states, " I am seeking to give those who lived with mental illness a presence that encourages their existence in ways that were impossible in their lifetimes.”

Here is what amazes me! 

These look as if they could be photographs taken from the Hubble Space Telescope. The colors create a swirling that is very similar to photographs of galaxies. We are all made up of the same materials, and we all revert back to our origins, but each of us also carries our own specific affect on the world.

http://www.davidmaisel.com/works/lod.asp
http://jessiesimmondsfinalyear.blogspot.com/2010/11/library-of-dust.html

Video Podcast - Episode 10

Experiment with New Materials

Pamela uses rubbing alcohol and acrylic paints to try out some resist painting, but she is ultimately unsatisfied.

New eBook at Amazon

Hey Friends!
I wanted you to be the first to know,
I have a new workbook out:

BLENDING ART THERAPY WITH THE 12 STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
An Integrative Approach to Addiction Treatment
THE WORKBOOK

Available on Amazon for Kindle, Kindle Fire and iPad
http://www.amazon.com/Blending-Therapy-Alcoholics-Anonymous-ebook/dp/B0096WCZ92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347076436&sr=8-1&keywords=blending+art+therapy+and+the+twelve

The print version will be available in a few weeks.  Look for that on my website:
www.HayesArtTherapy.com 

Day 48: Riveted Sun

Drew this while listening to a webinar this morning.  Makes me wonder what my attendees do while I am talking during a webinar.

The sun images is always a go-to easy doodle for me.  Really have not done one yet, so I thought I should include a sun.  it looks like it has been riveted like it's made of metal. Or like Levis

Day 47: Canopic Jar

Canopic jars were used by the Ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and preserve the viscera of their owner for the afterlife. They were commonly either carved from limestone or were made of pottery.^[1] 
-Wikipedia

I copied this from a ceramics assignment my daughter did recently.  Cool and spooky.