A Year In The Life of an Art Journal: Musical Musings (Jan 15)

I am loving this follow along, and actually finished this one last week.  

The first prompt was Starting Now, and asked to incorporate (or think about) John Mayer's Waiting on the World to Change and the technique was to use a foot photo.  The foot photo part cracks me up, but it makes a lot of sense.  There is no better symbol for action or movement.  And, I admit, I'm not a huge fan of Mayer, so I dug the idea but didn't incorporate any of his lyrics. 

I have a stack of images found from magazines, so I borrowed liberally from it.  My intent right now is to be actively creative and make more; my own images will begin to show themselves and take over soon, I hope.  But for now, I lean on that stack of images for inspiration.  I found this incredible image of a woman jumping, and so she became my center.  Around her, I incorporated images of balance and movement, using techniques of image transfer and liberal paint smearing!  I added words and journaling, and soon began to see a theme emerge. 

I am realizing that I know what I want and need.  But trusting myself and then going out and finding it are difficult.  One, I need some of it to come from within, but two, I also need mentorship and guidance.  When I have it, I flourish, and that's what I'm hungry for.  I'm still feeling restricted in some parts of my life.  I wake up ready for what I need and want to do, but then find there is no place for that.  And to carve one out makes me find myself more deeply entrenched in restrictions instead of lifted up, buoyed, doing my best work. 

So each day it is up to me to do my best work, and to lift myself up and to keep myself balanced.  But good mentorship would be fantastic.  How do I find that?