A Favorite Page

for some reason the following page is calling me today, so i'm following my intuition and posting it here rather than focusing on a particular journal to discuss this week.

this is one of my favorite journal pages because i was able to weave six different elements that i really love into a composition that compels me to stay with it for a while before moving on to the next page. the weaving includes--

• top/bottom indigo blue border ribbons
• pic of splashes of white and turquoise paint on a gradient sky-blue background; i cut out the rectangle in the middle of the page as a window for the--
• pic of pure marble blue eyes  
• pic of an anime character 
• silver, crystal and aquamarine appliques accenting the splashes of paint and pupils of all eyes on the page
• shimmering purple and blue embroidered ribbon pieces

i think i chose to write on those white strips to cover unrelated text that came with the larger page with the splashes of paint. altogether, "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" (Aristotle). the trippy thing about this composition is i didn't intend its outcome. it just happened as a result of being present with a blank page and trusting the creative process, much like trusting the process of life.