The passage of time is a mystery to me. Some things seem like they happened so long ago, perhaps I only dreamed it. Other events seem like yesterday. I just realized the other day that I was fast approaching the third anniversary of starting this blog. Now that really seems like yesterday! I have a tendency to not follow through on projects, so three years is just short of a miracle. I think that all of you who follow along and give me encouragement have been the motivation I need to keep it going. In the past, everytime I decided to keep a journal it lasted for about 3 days. To think that this on-line art journal has lasted 3 years boggles my mind. I do enjoy sharing what I am doing with everyone and making new friends I never would have met in any other way is part of the wonder of this modern age. Maybe that is what was missing from a traditional journal for me....a connection to others. Now it is possible to create a book through Blurb of my blog postings. I may decide to do that as a tangible record of all this activity. It will involve a number of volumns. It is not high on my priority list at the moment, but nice to know for the future.
Wrestling with the idea of the passage of time, I decided to start fresh with my 50th High School Reunion book. I found a board book that is 12 inches square with 10 pages, so I dedicated the front cover, which I created today, to the 24 members of the committee. Each square has a background of a metallic paper, the names are stamped using 3 different alphabets I couldn't resist buying, and then the drawing was done with a Sharpie Ultra Fine point permanent marking pen. It is almost impossible to photograph metallic surfaces. but it looks quite snazzy in person! Two of the people on the committee didn't have their photos in the year book, so I used other faces that look somewhat like them instead. Most of the images don't resemble the person that much but it was a fun exercise. I am hoping to get a photo of each of them at the reunion. Can't wait to do the "after" images!!!
