I haven’t been working in my art journal which I started this blog with lately, but that’s usually how it goes. If I feel like I am expected to do something, then I don’t want to. I don’t know if that’s a rebellious thing, or just the unwanted pressure of expectation. God has been showing me that I am fully loved and accepted in Him, so anywhere that I feel striving try to creep in, I have to look at it and decide if I am acting in faith or fear. Faith says God loves me, fear says I’m not enough. I have partnered with the wrong voice for far too long in my life and I’m ready to fully embrace the One Voice that matters. God has been walking me through a process of deliverance. There were still issues in my life that I just couldn’t shake off, no matter what I prayed or did. When I finally accepted the fact that I needed deliverance, a great weight was lifted off of me. It’s a process, and I’m still walking through it, but with God life is always from glory to glory. There is always more freedom and joy to be had.

In the meantime on this blog, I will be sharing from my mini art journals. They have become such a sweet part of my art practice. I’m able to gather up all of my favorite old papers, all of my castoff art that I’m not sure what to do with, and all of the many collage fodder papers I have made as a result of watching online classes; and combine them, sew them, and give them a new life. They reflect the span of years of my art and make me fall in love with my old work again. Sometimes work just needs to be recombined or reworked to see its full potential. I have always loved taking my art castoffs and using them for something new.

As always, thanks for being here and thanks for stopping by!