Creature Comforts

Today it is all about creature comforts....a hot cup of tea, my personal art journal, and my beloved furry family. 2009 could become a little stressful for me. I needed to take a time out from the worries in life and surround myself with blissful things. Something I must be sure to do throughout the coming months. Above are some photos of entries I've made in my journal, and my cats caught catnapping in the afternoon sun.

After some daydreaming & allowing my creative mind to wander, I've decided to start a new project of my own. I am going to attempt to create my own 'mandala'. It is actually going to be in the form of a journal. The journal covers & pages will be in the shape of a flower. I am looking forward to this new journey of reunifying myself. I would like to incorporate my 'papermonzsters' as I progress along the path of my new self-discovery. My mandala will be in celebration of self, & also 'Earth Day', as I plan on making it kind of an earthy journal.

Mandalas can be used to refer to the 'personal world' in which one lives, the various elements of the mandala or the activities & interests in which one engages, the most important being @ the centre of the mandala & the least important @ the periphery. Depicting one's personal mandala in pictorial form can give one a good indication of the state of one's spiritual life.

I have a spare 2007 engagement calendar that I am using for a 'stay @ home' CJ. It's the National Gallery of Art calendar. The paintings are absolutely gorgeous in it. This is my 1st entry. I've titled it 'Silver Angels'. The words on the left page are taken from a song called 'Precious' by Depeche Mode.

I just completed some spreads in another calendar journal. This time around it's Terry's CJ. The first spread I titled 'Greener Pastures' as it's the way I am seeing things lately! In this second spread I used Karen O's journal prompt: Think about the day you've had. If you were to write a soundtrack for it, what songs would you choose? Well, I had two songs playing in my mind the day I sat down to create in Terry's journal: 'Mad World' by Gary Jules & 'Bittersweet Symphony' by The Verve. I decided on these two songs since I had been viewing how people were going about their day in a very hectic way while I was at work.