What face do you show to the world?

Continuing my journalling adventure, I decided to explore how the world see's me. (and before you ask, no, this is not aimed at any one in particular...not at the moment lol)

I have spent most of my life being what other's expect or need me to be, and on the odd occasion when I have said no or behaved how I pleased, you would think the world was about to end!

So this page is about "freeing" me.(my butt is a lot bigger than that but you get the drift :D)

The text in her hair reads;

"Some times I say no!

Some times I will disagree with you!

Some times I will shock or surprise you!

This does not mean that I don't like you

Or that I don't want to be your friend.

Do not act as if I have never done this before, we do not live in a playground..."

"Just grow up

AND

Kiss my

BIG

FLOWERY

BUTT"

I thank you! :D XXX

p.s. now your getting to understand why I don't join journalling classes :D

Don't just live with it!

Yesterday I showed how I'd found my inner self (well, what funky bones I have any way), so now I needed to flesh them out a bit...

I started the face, using watercolour to add shadow...

And was going to paint Zebra patterns on the skin, but then I thought

Why not just "Love the skin I'm in"

I deliberately didn't add hair, eyebrows or lashes, as this page is about skin....and I know it should be "you're" not "your", but I liked the balance better this way.

It's "Your" skin...don't just live with it...love it...no matter it's colour or texture

it is the one thing guaranteed to hug you 24/7 :D

Give yourself a hug!!! You deserve it :D XXX 

Finding your inner self...

So, lots of people are doing art journals about "finding your inner self", and I thought "why not?"

Now I'm a pretty ...mmmmmm...self contained kind of a person, and I like words, so I chose to focus on the phrase "to find our inner selves we must start with our bones"(and I was thinking about Skull appreciation day which is June 4th)

I have crazy hair, so it stands to reason that my inner self would too :D

...and I still have all my own teeth...!

My inner self was chiding me to "get Funky". 

Why should we hide what is truly inside of us? I like being eccentric, and funky, but other peoples expectations have dictated my outer images for far too long.

I always said that if I lost my hair i would have flowers tattooed on my head...and people looked at me with derision. But I believe in grabbing life with both hands and shaking it til something nice happens :D

I believe all my bones are already tattooed with flowers...

and colourful to the core, with multicoloured marrowbone jelly in the centre!

If some one, or something is getting at you...deal with it...and shake it til it smiles at you (or runs away)

So I give you my inner self...just as crazy as the outer me!!! (and I so want to make this image into a staff of some kind!!!)

Enjoy "yourself", you are wonderful!!! :D XXX