I live and work and create in a world of chaos. No matter how hard I try to put order in my life, I always return to a chaotic atmosphere. To me, this is not a bad state of being. In fact, I thrive in chaos. I would like to think there is some order in my chaos, however, when you look at my desk, not too many people would think of there being any reasonable assembly of order.
Work has been chaotic since July 2011. I haven't had a full day off since July 4th. If I'm not working at the office, I'm working in the evening, at home. In an attempt to balance the work chaos, I chose to take four days off over the Thanksgiving holiday. Out of the chaos, I created three new journals, enhanced two small journals, worked in my art journal and baked four different kinds of cookies. Below you will see gingerbread people, peanut butter mice, pumpkin cookies with cream cheese icing, and double chocolate peppermint biscotti.
The kitchen table is full of chaos. My favorite cookie is the peanut butter mice.
In the art room, the chaos resulted in three new journals.
I made two small journals a few months ago. I like the look and the feel of these mins, however, I just felt like they needed something. I took old photos of flowers that I photographed several years ago at Red Butte Gardens and cut them down to fit inside the journal. I glued the photos back to back on certain pages, leaving numerous pages in between for writing surfaces.
Finally, I made a new entry into my art journal. The poem, by Joyce Kilmer, is one that I had memorized in grade school. It is been among my favorite ever since.
I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is preset against the earth's sweet flowing breast. A tree that looks at God all day and lifts her leafy arms to pray. A tree that may in summer wear a nest of robins in her hair. Upon whose bosom snow is lain, who intimately lives in rain. Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree.
While my desk still looks like a mess, out of the chaos some good things can be found.
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