happy messy temperoray work space <3.
and remember this!!! "this is the beginning of anything you want". you have a choice. every single day again. you can choose YOU. no matter what happened yesterday or even today. CHOOSE you. choose YOU. you can work on who you want to be every single day.
this is it. this is all you have. right here. right now. better make it work dude :D.
i kinda wondered, what would happen if i put modeling paste in a piping bag for decorating cakes and 'write' in my art journal?!
simply buy cheap disposable piping bags (for the Dutchies: HEMA has them). scoop some modeling paste in there.
yes. it was that easy. although writing is a bit wonky and LOVE it. i'm sure if you use it more often, the writing will go more easily. but man, i love wonky :)
remember: if you do this in your art journal, it's gonna be THICK and you need to let it dry for quite some time. and you will notice when you work on other pages. but i really really don't care a wonky wobbly art journal.
so. go out AND PLAY.
so. what's stopping you from believing in YOU? that you can achieve anything you set your mind to. your heart to. are you listening to your inner critic? or are you listening to Other People's Opinions? those are toxic!
stop it, and write down every single morning why you should believe in yourself and what you are going to do, to make it happen. PLAN & make it happen.
just saying :)
ohhhh did i have fun yesterday with my gelato's, sequins and just random stuff. sneak for my upcoming online class. still planning to go live 1 september, but with the rebuild of our home & moving stuff... it's getting close!!
and this class will NOT be about art & techniques. nope. it's gonna be about "Love & Free yourself more" through art journaling. and i will show you every page i've made (in realtime & speedup video's), but it's more about the way of live. How to Free and Love yourself more.
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note to self: RELAX.
today they are gonna place 4 (!) roof extensions on our existing roof. well, not much left of the old roof anymore! and while i could think of all that could go wrong: i just get out my paint and art journal and focus on that in stead :)
"nothing can dim the light that shines from within" - Maya Angalou
this must be my favorite quote from her. man, everything she said is so spot on!
fear. fear has been such a big part of me for so many years. fear is asphyxiating. it can have so much power over you, that you simply cannot function normal anymore. as some of you know my childhood years were far from 'happy'. and due to the shit i had to endure, i developed FEARS. yes. in capital. because there were many many fears. if you don't have a save home, a base, it is very very hard to make one yourself. you simply survive by what works. fear kept me alert and alive. but when i didn't need that anymore, fear was becoming my enemy.
fears of large groups of people. fear of people standing too close to me. fear of getting hurt. fear of traffic accidents. fear of any public transport. fear of big malls. fear of concerts. fear of the cinema. fear of elevators. fear of small rooms. fear of going out at night. fear of the dark. fear of something horrible happening to Arjan or the kids ... i had build up so many fears that i was making myself sick. but i was handling because i managed to move around my fears. always made sure i had my own back. but still. it was making me sick.
and now, so many years later i feel SO FINE! i've had EMDR Therapy in 2013 and that really really did make huge changes. sometimes i even forget how it felt to be so fearful. it feels now like i can take big deep breaths again, without holding anything in.
raising Sanne & Ruben makes me realize now more and more that fear is a big part of so many lives. they have their own fears. and telling them "you don't have to be afraid" is simply hurting them and not taking them serious. i know so well, that just 'telling me i don't have to be afraid' makes me feel small, misunderstood and even offended. as if i would not be smart enough to tell myself "you don't have to be afraid'. that's the same as telling me i should not have to have green eyes.... yes. BS.
have you dealt with fear, and how did it affect you? are you still dealing with fear or have you learned to live with it or change it? you can always send me a private message. i'm no coach. i'm just another human being who lived through shit and back.
let's help eachother. please, do not feed the fears.
"the problem is not the problem. the problem is your attitude about the problem". Captain Jack Sparrow.
already shared this quote before, but it's too damn good to not use it in another art journal page <3.
my 7 days 'dare' is ALMOST finished. creating the ebook in Canva and happy to work with my own drawings as illustrations.
you can sign up for this dare soon and we will have so much creating time together! it's about focussing and making sure you do the things you want to do, in stead of spending it on well, social media :D
