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For the 2nd day in a row, I took a nice walk in downtown Flagstaff. However, instead of a 2 hour grueling walk (with rest stops/texting breaks/cell phone calls), I only walked 1.7 miles today, in the sleet. I ended up back at my car just in time to attend Mass at the Church of the Nativity on Cherry and Beaver Streets. It's the first time I've been inside. This statue resides in the vestibule. The interior of the church is just like the old church in Cleveland, OH, where I grew up, and the old church in Phoenix that Mom and I used to attend.
Today is cold with snow flying off and on. Molly and I are resting on the couch and the footstool. She's keeping my legs warm and the computer is keeping my lap warm. I'm watching The Godfather Part 2 on the telly. Nice way to spend a cold day. Just ate a small lunch and will soon stop to pray and meditate.
I'm just starting to read a new book, THE SPIRITUALITY OF IMPERFECTION. Very philosophical and a little difficult to understand. All I know so far is that I have a lot to learn and a lot to give up. I am slowly learning to let my troubles go into the loving hans of God.
So I have several scanned background pages that I created by using the Citrasolv technique on National Geographic pages. Decided to play in PhotoShop. I'll get better as I play with them more. But notice that I used the flower from the Ranch Houe Restaurant in Phoenix, AZ. I purchase Citrasolv from our local health food store. Directions for the technique can be found on the Internet - just do a Google search for Citrasolv and art.
Here are the original images used:
Sometime last year when my macro lens was still new, I took pictures of a great vine flower at the Ranch Houe on East Thomas Rd & 56th St in Phoenix. Today, I layered 3 of the images and played with some filters. Hey, it's art a day for 365 days. Here are the 3 images before I combined them. These are such pretty and intriguing images that I really need to play with them more often. Maybe that's what the 365 days of art is supposed to be about for me: take an image, or set of images, and see how often I can manipulate them into different compositions. What a concept - Marrianna on the computer and playing at something she is good at.
A few years ago, a young husband & expectant father was fatally struck on his bicycle by a drunk driver on the Cedar Hill Drive close to Buffalo Park. Several of his friends have used shiny whirlygigs at the spot to commemorate his life. I took several photos and the other day, I played in PhotoShop with the layers and filters and came up with this image.
