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"When the Blackbird Flew"
mixed media panel
6x8 inch blank handbound journals
Panel inspired by Wallace Stevens' poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Wallace Stevens
I
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.
II
I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.
III
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.
IV
A man and a woman
Are one.
A man and a woman and a blackbird
Are one.
V
I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.
VI
Icicles filled the long window
With barbaric glass.
The shadow of the blackbird
Crossed it, to and fro.
The mood
Traced in the shadow
An indecipherable cause.
VII
O thin men of Haddam,
Why do you imagine golden birds?
Do you not see how the blackbird
Walks around the feet
Of the women about you?
VIII
I know noble accents
And lucid, inescapable rhythms;
But I know, too,
That the blackbird is involved
In what I know.
IX
When the blackbird flew out of sight,
It marked the edge
Of one of many circles.
X
At the sight of blackbirds
Flying in a green light,
Even the bawds of euphony
Would cry out sharply.
XI
He rode over Connecticut
In a glass coach.
Once, a fear pierced him,
In that he mistook
The shadow of his equipage
For blackbirds.
XII
The river is moving.
The blackbird must be flying.
XIII
It was evening all afternoon.
It was snowing
And it was going to snow.
The blackbird sat
In the cedar-limbs.
This icy white journal has some interesting stitching - I'd seen some "French" stitching for regular hardbound books and thought it would be really nice to have it visible on the outside of the spine. Attaching the covers was the trickiest part because I didn't want to disrupt the crossed stitch ladder effect on the spine.
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I was tempted to get a fancy, trendy 'Moleskine', but eventually decided against it. Old, proven 'mixed media' notebook from 'Canson' would do better, I guess.
II
This journal has the same dimensions as the Midori Traveller’s Journal, but the ones I use are cheap versions from Ali Express. So naturally I had to come up with a whole new name for my journals, and ”Kiroku adventurer’s notebook” came to be. I doodle, draw, write, use washi tapes, ephemera, postage stamps, paper clippings, memorabilia, rubber stamps, well anything that fit in the journal really.
You can now order the first Journal Doodles zine:
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This zine is a collection of my journal doodles, which have been previously published on my blog (marloesdevries.tumblr.com).
Why buy this zine when you can read the blog, you ask?
Well, this zine contains unpublished, slightly embarrassing doodles that I didn't dare to post on the blog before. You've been warned. ;)
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Thoughts, feelings, heartaches, hopes, turmoil and inspirations fill the pages of these seven journals over the last four years of my life.
drawing organic things makes me calm. i have been inspired by some very talented photographers here who post macros of gorgeous rocks and cross sections. thank you!
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** 06-13-11 i added a watermark to this photo :)
New limited edition poster for Process Journal featuring graphic depictions of ephemera I've found and collected. $25. Buy it here: www.processjournal.com.au
Practicing drawing a floral tag in my art journal before I put the image on an actual tag. The floral image and 2 of the leaves were inspired by designs found in the book "5000 Flower & Plant Motifs" by Graham Leslie McCallum.
un journal que j'ai fait cet après midi...j'adore en faire, alors encore plein à venir !!
this is a journal I made today..I love making these so there are still a lot to come!
also for die cuts leftover challenge by Drummer girl on SIS
A page in my teeny-tiny journal measuring just 7.5 x 10.5 cm. See more on my blog here:
www.thekathrynwheel.blogspot.com
I thought this page was finished but then I added a bit more ... just because .... :-)
I think I did my homework on this one. I have been doing lots of reading, asking questions and viewing on making a journal. Thank you everyone.
the size is 5 1/2" x 7 1/2", the paper inside is 5" x 71/4" I would cut back on the front and back with dimension by a 1/4" But it is good the way it is. I am very pleased. The paper is all cp 140# Fabriano Artistico.
this is the first page in my shabby chic/flea market style junk journal. this journal basically chronicles my daughters and my daily life. what we find at thrift stores, where we ate, what they did in school (which is where i do most of my journalling is waiting for them in the parking lot)
when seeing other peoples journals i usually felt quite a lot of pressure and was very intimidated of journalling, but since ive started out with junk, im finding it very fun and highly addictive lol :)