COLLAGE: The time of day I feel my best is…
What She Knows is an art practice by Lucy Bellwood that prompts you with a daily statement and I am answering in my native language of collage. My previous responses are collected here. The prompt today was:
#7: The time of day I feel my best is…
The time of day I feel my best is in the morning.
Don't get me wrong, I rarely want to wake up and get out of bed, but once I muscle through my initial internal bargaining to just let myself sleep in "just today" and I begin my morning routine then I have to admit to myself that, yeah, this does feel good and I am so much more productive in the morning.
I grabbed this Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg right up from a nearby Free Library box because I make a point of collecting the picture books I read as a child.
This is a collage without a whole lotta symbolism in it, it's pretty straight forward. We've got a person stretching and (presumably) waking from their hammock paired with the warm, morning-y illustration from this book from my childhood.
When do I feel my best? The morning!
Comments (3)
Do you aim for a certain size finished piece? Or let the collage dictate what works/is possible
I’m using 4x6” (I think) index cards as my base! The kind that are lined on one side for notes, which is where I write down the prompt and my answer. Then I stick down my collage on the blank back side! Bonus: they fit in the photo slots of basically any photo album (which I buy for cheap at Good Will)
Oh this is so lovely! I feel the warmth emanating from the photos haha. Steven Kellogg does such beautiful books. n_n