after creating that box book last week, i have fallen in love with the idea of a book as a vessel in which all manner of messages, text, and content can be not only stored but crafted. the book as vessel gives me cause to see everything in my home as potential book covers and possible text. everything in my home is now subject to being transformed anew. i can feel my plants starting to cower in their pots.
this week, however, i'm preoccupied with less animate objects. like this heart thingy that's lived on my art supply shelf for years. i think my husband or one of my sons gave it to me for Valentine's Day a while ago--with candy inside, no doubt. the sweets are all gone, but i kept the vessel because it always felt like it should be something more than a VD product. made of hard, smooth plastic with a metalic red sheen on the outside, it was surely destined for multiple uses. and so its day has come to be transformed anew.
i want to title this book The Message in the Midst. it's a metaphor for our heart energy center and all the messages of truth, love, peace, joy, passion, good, life and wisdom that abide within, at the core of our Being. and like this book, all we ever have to do is open that core and allow what is there to feed our soul, nourish our Spirit, heal and love somebody. here's a look at how it looks.
as stated in my last post, i'm taking myself on this year and committing to make a book a week. i've been so consumed that i almost forgot to post this week's creation. and then there's the issue of learning how to make short videos with my phone. it's like learning how to make decent meringue for a lemon pie. practice, practice, practice.
but i digress.
my intention last week was to make a round book, but a box book was born instead. i like the idea of a book with 6 covers that function altogether as a prelude to the story within. i used tissue paper, cotton, ribbon, beads and magazine clippings. it's 2" around---little and cuddly enough to easily fit in your hand. and since every book deserves a title, i'll crown this one "Beyond the Green Framed Windows." enjoy.
happiest of new years to everyone out here in the bloggingverse. i've decided to play a much bigger artist game this year and create/produce a new book every week. i have to admit i punked out on the idea at first. that would mean [fill in all doubting blanks]. but then i thought about author Julie Powell's tour de force with Julia Child's entire cookbook in 365 days. What?!
that's when i heard that still small voice within whisper: get over yourself.
so here goes the 2015 bookmaking challenge: create a new book of any size/shape/scope/dimension for every week of the year. i invite everyone who reads this blog at any point to join me. a challenge loves company.
of course, that means i'll have to learn how to (1) have more connected conversations with people in the bloggingverse, and (2) use other technical elements of blogging. uhmmmm . . . this challenge just got a little more involved than i foresaw.
i tried to take pictures of book #1, but it's an
accordion fold, 3-D book with pop-up components that don't show up well
in a 2-D format. the only other option for sharing the book was to shoot my first blog video. however, the video keeps turning sideways and upside down. special thanks to my husband for holding the book while i figured out how to video the book after @ 20-something takes. anyway, here it is.
