Daily Art- Trapped in a woman- Birthday wishes

“Sometimes I feel like a Drag Queen Trapped in a Womans Body”

Mixed Media laminated paper collage

8″ X 11″

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The Quotes that inspired the work:
“My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be significant, shall be myths or mythologic. Facts which the mind perceived,thoughts which the body thought - with these I deal.”

~Henry David Thoreau

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“The first thing that strikes the careless observer is that women are unlike men, they are ‘the opposite sex’ (though why ‘opposite’ I do not know; what is the neighboring sex’?). But the fundamental thing is that women are more like men than anything else in the world.”

~Dorothy Sayers

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“Let us not hesitate to be the messiahs of our age.”

~Lucretia Mott

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I am a Woman. I am a Human. I am More than a Gender. I am simply just More. We are all at the epoch of non-gender thinking. We are Human, and we could all be so much more. To find the truth of ourselves, sometimes you must go inside to find your way out. I love Drag Queens, I always have, they are some of the bravest and most loving people I have ever known. Strong, beautiful and talented these humans have always been powerful hero personalities for me. I honor them in this work. Besides, they will take off a shoe and beat you to death with it, in a heartbeat. They are warriors of the light. So, watch yourself. :)
The text at her elbow reads:

“Nuer warrior in ceremonial costume: the Nuer believe in an omnipotent God who is responsible for good fortune and for bad, who is in the sky but is also on earth with man. Man is God’s opposite, the created as against the creator, but his ‘breath’ or ‘life’ comes from God and returns to God again after death.”
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I hope your day is full of Wonder and Joy, thanks for being here today.
On a side note, my two best girlfriends in this world are celebrating their birthdays yesterday and today. Stop by and tell them happy birthday won’t you, I’d love to see them both over run with well wishes. Tell them Heather sent you. *Big Grins*
Happy Birthday Dina! Happy Birthday Vikki! All my love to you both.

Heather

Daily Art- New Work- Name your Poision

‘Name your Poison’

8.5″ x 11.5″

Laminated paper collage

Will need a standard frame to display

Here is the quote that helped the inspiration:

“People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.”

James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)

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This work is paper on heavy card stock then laminated. I am working on a large canvas mixed media work, have been for a week or more now. I also was finally able to unpack all of the studio boxes full of the paper I hauled across the country. Gave up space in the trailer to make room for a few boxes of paper, vintage pictures, collected fine hand made paper, vintage magazines, snips of pictures, pages ripped out of books because I could only afford so much weight in the trailer for my enormous book collection. In sorting, and sorting I have been collage/mixed media crazy. It’s so fun to pull out the bags and tins that I carefully sorted and packed so many moons ago. This one small collage came from the sorting effort. I needed to create, had little time, and a small box of pre-cut images. The laminator got unpacked…and that’s all she wrote folks. It came together pretty quick and in the moment.

This work is a little about anger, a little about family life, a little about humanity, a little about not enough love, a little about fire in the belly, a little about fear, a little about personal power…a little about me.

I love collage and mixed media for the effect that it has on my brain. I can’t think beyond does this fit? Is that right? Is this what I want to say? Ohhh, can I fit that in? I love it.

I hope everyone is enjoying their day in the world today,

Heather

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Daily Art- The quiet Warrior

Quiet Warrior

Laminated collage

8″ x 10″

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Here’s the words I wrote to go with this work (yes I am quoting myself now) :

The Quiet Warrior

I am not Average.
I am not Afraid.
I am not Small.
I am not Unlovable.
I am not Leave-able.
I am not Avoiding my future.
I am not just a Gender.
I am not a definition of Anything.
I am not Exploitable.
I am not a Number.
I am not going to ever give up.
I am not just a Human.
I am not a Prophet.
I am not your Messiah.
I am not afraid to be my own God.
I am not unethical.
I am not a liar.
I am not what you think.
I am not Ordinary.
I am not afraid to go First.
I am Me and that is good
and enough.
I am a machine of love
programed for living.

copyright HMBT 2007
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Happy Hump day everyone.

This work is from a series of laminated collages I did last year. They are all fun, lightweight, easy to slip into a standard frame, and really chock full of imagery. Take your time and really look at this work, there is a lot going on.

That’s about all from me today, I’ve got to get ready for my day. I’m out here…moving, grooving and shaking the earth. I hope something happens today that I can lay down tonight, and feel really good about. So, to whatever Gods or Goddesses that are on duty up there today: I am only asking for a good thing, not the world on a platter, just one good thing.

Have a wonderful day everyone,

Heather

The fine print:

Quiet Warrior

8″ x 10″

Laminated paper collage

$25.00 + shipping (inside the USA, shipping will run about $4.00 maybe less)

Please Email me HERE for purchase or for a free shipping quote to anywhere in the world.

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Collage...an Artform for your future

BAD! Kitty Art Studio

Collage an Artform that can transform your Future!

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Here is an exercise to see into your future - the future that you want for yourself - even if you don't know it yet!
First, visit a newsstand where they sell a variety of magazines. Grab issues from all interest areas - architecture, clothing, travel, sports, pets, just as long as you have a selection of very different publications. Do not open the magazines or look at them for any length of time prior to sitting down to complete your board. Next, buy a plain poster board and a glue-stick. Pick a time when you are the only person in your living space. It's paramount that no one else's energy influences you. You must be completely alone. For this reason, it is suggested that you do not play any music with lyrics. Music without singing is all right, but if you can do it in silence, that is preferred.
Once you are alone and have your magazines, poster board, and scissors you are ready.

One by one, flip through each magazine. Do not read any of the articles. Flipping through them from the back to the front can help achieve this. As you flip through, any image that catches your eye or causes a reaction in you, tear it out. Anything - it is very important that you do not sensor yourself!
Pile up the images and keep ripping!

Once you have your blank board and your - hopefully - many ripped out pages, you will need your scissors. It is important that you rip first and cut second. The ripping energy is in tune with open possibilities, the scissors is your focus.
For each ripped page, cut the heart of the image out. The heart is the center, most prominent part of the image that you are drawn to. So, if you ripped out a picture of a couch with a dog on it - perhaps it's the dog that is the real heart of the image for you. Words and phrases are important as well. Messages of encouragement or headlines of achievements are all encouraged. Continue with this through the images. Soon, themes and color groups will appear.

Now that you have the hearts identified, group these images. Build piles relating to home, self, family and career so that you have four piles. Take your poster board out and arrange the piles out into each of the four corners. Move images around and swap some in and out for while. When you feel a deep relaxation, you have arranged the images correctly. As soon as you feel that release, start gluing.
When you are done, prop the board against a wall and look at it. It's your heart life. It's all right there on the board. It is truly what you desire.

You have allowed your soul to whisper to you what it wants and you have given these whispers form, color and shape. This is a poem by you and for you only. Look at it often, remember that your heart's desire is a real, breathing thing and has shown itself to you through the board. These images are from the future - your future. They will manifest in your life. You will recognize them as yours because it was already within you. This is what the universe wants for you.
If possible, keep the board to yourself. It is a special conversation between you and the universe. It is your manifestation song. And with vision comes fruition of our dreams. See it, believe it, and allow it to come to you. And when it does, look back at your board, it was there all along.

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I have done this experiment several times in my life, and it always works!

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Heather

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