Inspired: Prepared

05/10/2010

Prepared

The theme last week at Lens Us Together was “prepared” and…well, I wasn’t all that well prepared so I’m running late…we were away here, for a late anniversary get-away.

When I'm away during the winter months, I try to prepare by taking a few creative “tools" to play with. Some years my suitcase is more art supplies than clothes but last year I kept it simple.

I took a smallish sketch book/art journal, a watercolour paint box, a few brushes and pens, and a glue stick…picking up magazines and used books along the way for ripping, tearing, cutting and pasting. It was very low key, without any real direction, except to let myself play.

I finished a background on every page and started the layering and journaling on nearly half of them. Although I packed a few magazines with me and found some old paperbacks in Mexico, the biggest challenge by far, was finding English text in Panama.

It was an interesting challenge...limiting myself to just a few materials and finding out how I could use them in ways that work. It pays off to be prepared before you leave because you just never know how difficult it may be to find materials at your destination.

These few items didn’t take up a lot of room in my suitcase and provided that needed fix for creative play while escaping the intense mid-day sun (and through a week of downpour in Bocas del Toro!)

Creative blessings to each of you…and don't forget to let your inner artist out to play! (and the emphasis is on play!)