Chaos and Art: You Will Fly Again

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

You Will Fly Again

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it

is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

~William Arthur Ward

With Thanksgiving just two days away, I find myself thinking about gratitude and blessings and the things in life that sometimes breeze right by me. Not the usual stuff like family and friends and relatively good health; I'm thankful for those things countless times every single day. I'm talking about ideas and being able to put them into form. Questions that sometimes have answers. Getting through the muck of living life and making it to the other side, alive and kicking. Not just surviving but THRIVING. I think I'd be pretty damn boring if life flowed minus all the bumps and grief along the way. I might be happier for a minute, but boring just the same. So I'm giving thanks for my own personal crap because it's made me who I am today. Strong, even in the weak parts. Compassionate. Funny. Cynical with a good measure of hope. My wings may be broken and scarred but they still work. Thankfully.

My latest collage.

I used the door from our old vanity for the substrate.
There are three more doors in the garage
just waiting for their makeover.

Belief, Hope, Survive.
And mended wings.

You WILL fly again. Really.

7 comments:

JulieNovember 22, 2011 at 5:02 PM
Buffy just happened to walk past my office as I was looking at this, and I was like, "Buffy, want to see my mom's newest collage?" and she almost had a conniption. LOL. She gasped and just stared at for about 30 seconds and then said "I wish I had a mom who made cool stuff!"

Suffice to say, I also think this is cool and not as creepy as your usual work. :-)
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Laure Janus ~ Little Joys StudioNovember 22, 2011 at 5:20 PM
Tell Buffy her Mom DOES make cool stuff - she made Buffy! And um, thanks (?) for the compliment of "not as creepy as your usual stuff."
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abbie at playDecember 22, 2011 at 5:42 AM
dear laure,
what wonderful work you're doing! i'm so glad you shared the link to your blog when you replied to me on etsy. is there a way to subscribe to it by email?

peachy
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maj.January 12, 2012 at 1:08 AM
So beautiful!!!!!
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Laure Janus ~ Little Joys StudioJanuary 12, 2012 at 1:14 AM
Thanks ever so!
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JaMajkaMarch 2, 2012 at 2:28 AM
Great, interesting collage. Beautiful colours and brilliant idea!!!
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Laure Janus ~ Little Joys StudioMarch 2, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Thank you! She's one of my all time favorites.
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* Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss

* Don't mind if I fall apart, there's more room in a broken heart. ~Carly Simon

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* There are more horse's asses in the world than there are horses. ~my father

* Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got. ~Janis Joplin

* While we try to teach our children all about life our children teach us what life is all about.

* If nothing ever changed there would be no butterflies.

* I get plenty of exercise pushing my luck.

* At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

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* We worry about tomorrow like it's promised.

* She builds others up because she knows what it's like to be torn down.

* A dog will look down when he's done wrong. A snake will look you right in the eye.

* We are all searching for someone whose demons play well with ours.

* Broken crayons still color.