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By the 4 winds is a project I do with other women in our Journals. One subject, several points of view. If you want to know more about it, go there.

This week (note: this blogpost should have been fully published on July 13rd, I update it today on August 12th), I wasn’t inspired at all, and as my mum was with us for a last week together I didn’t take time to think and create for this week theme, that was “OBSTACLES”.
The majority of my peeps are in vacation right now, only one did her “homework”: thank you Sofiah !

Look at what Sofiah created:

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Journaling about Obstacles is tough. Some words came but images didn’t.
When I was in front of my blank page, I realized that the best way to go through an obstacle is to fully Trust. Trust Life, trust the process, Trust the fact that nothing is impossible.
The Universe puts on our way only obstacles we can overcome. It can take some more or less long time to succeed, but we can if we never give up.

I recorded while I was doing this page. I hope you’ll enjoy watching it.
I’m appreciating going out of my comfort zone in terms of colours. And I am currently in love with this combo of yellow+red+greenish blue ! I use it over and over again. Until the next colour combo I’ll fall in love with 😉

I tried to use light modeling paste as a base for texture (you know how much I love texture) instead of gesso, but I’m not fond of it; I don’t really know why. But I have a huge jar of it, so I better gotta find how to use AND like it ! What do you do with it (as it’s too light for using with stencils for example) ?

Here is a close-up on the heart:

And here is the new Art Journal Video I made (yes, i am really enjoying making and sharing these videos with you ! You can click on it to see it directly on YouTube if you want):

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Time flies… Today, for Wishcasting Wednesday, Jamie asks us where do you wish to send some love ?

Love can have so many faces. The Love for our self, the Love for your family members (your parents, your kids…), the Love for your partner, the Love for your friends, the Love for your pet… and the Universal Love, Agape.

I wish to send love to my family. I love them so much… but being a mom is sometimes really really tough and I wish my daughters feel and know I love them way beyond what words can express, even if sometimes I’m mad had them because they don’t listen and just do what they want.
I wish to send love to people who dislike me. Because I can’t love everybody the same way, so I understand I can’t please every single person in the world; I wish to send love to them too.
I wish to send love to people who think they are alone and that nobody loves them. Been there, done that. It’s a feeling I wish to nobody, and we are all loved even when we don’t feel like it.
And last but not least, I wish to send love to my Body as much as I surround my Soul with it. I am in discordance with my body for years, we struggle together. Even if I don’t hate it anymore, it’s still hard to face it as it is.

Bonus video: Sia performing her beautiful song “You Have Been Loved”:

You know how much Connie‘s BIG workshop means a lot to me.
I am so happy that I followed my gut feeling and signed up for Connie’s Workshop.
I warn you: this post may be cheesy, but I don’t care because it is how I feel about it. And I think I might share it with you.

When I signed up, I had in mind “you’ll learn how to get rid of your fears and how to just enjoy the painting process“. I was right. But it is SO much MORE than this.

Connie knows how to explain things clearly; I sensed the teacher side in her (and I can tell that every kiddos she taught too was very lucky to have an art teacher like her in their life).

Each week, there is a specific theme, something to work on, assignments, exercices, creative juice flowing, discussions, sharing, dreaming, tears sometimes, but a lot of joy; and each week we celebrate what we experienced and encourage the others. I speak for myself but I think my Tribe mates would agree: it’s a life changing experience.

It’s not only about painting. Trust me, it’s so much more than this.

I know I am not the same I was six weeks ago.
For example, during these siw weeks, I began recording my art making process and sharing it with you, I started painting on big sheets of paper and enjoy it, I am taking huge steps in my artist life I was affraid of six weeks ago.

This was exactly what I needed, and I feel so blessed to be part of this first tribe of BIG & FEARLESS painters. I met lovely Souls there, and I really hope that someday we’ll all meet in the desert for a few days, gathered around a huge fire…

Look at this amazing video Connie made, featuring each of us in a way or another. Meet them, see how BIG they went. I’m so proud of them, of me, of Connie.

If you feel your heart calling, don’t overthink and sign up. NOW! 😉 It’s there: BIG is back !

Kyra is starting a new Art Journal Challenge on her blog, exciting !! For this first week, she asked us to chose one of the awesome artists featured in Connie’s summer project 30 Journals 30 Days and to create a page based on this artist. Not this easy, indeed.

I did it ! I took some time to spread some LOVE in my Art Journal before going to sleep yesterday night… I had kind of a block, didn’t know what to do even if I knew who I wanted to chose.

This project really pimped me all July long. I discovered a lot of new artists, and some really inspired me. Karin Baltimole is one of them.

I decided to get the idea of her Target Practice paintings, I used as a base a “gingerbread” shape bought at a craft store, at the kids section. Then I covered it with oil pastels that I covered with a thin layer of black acrylic paint that I scrapped with a palette knife.
I just let it go, without knowing what will come next. And it felt good.

I’m not so satisfied with the result but I am learning to detach myself from my pages.

Here are some close-ups:

Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

This week, I feel full of Gratitude. Because I never felt that good, that ME, than this week.

I have this gut feeling telling me that I am on the right path, the one I chose before coming to “life”, and I am supported and cheered on.

Thank you for all the laughter shared with my family.

Thank you for my mom’s weekly calls.

Thank you because my body is finally shedding the over weight.

Thank you for all the artwork that are taking shape through my hands.

Thank you because I feel my heart beating, and it is full of Gratitude.

Thank you, Dear Universe.

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