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COLLAGE: The time of day I feel my best is…
🕑 Added 2023-10-05 00:59:01 +0000 UTCWhat She Knows is an art practice by Lucy Bellwood that prompts you with a daily statement and I am answering in my native language of collage. My previous responses are collected here. The prompt today was:
#7: The time of day I feel my best is…
The time of day I feel my best is in the morning.
Don't get me wrong, I rarely want to wake up and get out of bed, but once I muscle through my initial internal bargaining to just let myself sleep in "just today" and I begin my morning routine then I have to admit to myself that, yeah, this does feel good and I am so much more productive in the morning.
I grabbed this Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg right up from a nearby Free Library box because I make a point of collecting the picture books I read as a child.
This is a collage without a whole lotta symbolism in it, it's pretty straight forward. We've got a person stretching and (presumably) waking from their hammock paired with the warm, morning-y illustration from this book from my childhood.
When do I feel my best? The morning!
Comments
Erika Moen
I’m using 4x6” (I think) index cards as my base! The kind that are lined on one side for notes, which is where I write down the prompt and my answer. Then I stick down my collage on the blank back side! Bonus: they fit in the photo slots of basically any photo album (which I buy for cheap at Good Will)
Sky
Do you aim for a certain size finished piece? Or let the collage dictate what works/is possible
The Ferret
Oh this is so lovely! I feel the warmth emanating from the photos haha. Steven Kellogg does such beautiful books. n_n
