Sunday, April 30, 2017

DC #313 ~ Amanda (Earth) Day!

On the very first Earth Day in 1970, I was a senior in High School (now you know my age...lol) and there was a big rally up at the college in my town. I went and listened and thought about what they were trying to do. It all made sense to me and I have since that time, tried to do things that were earth friendly. There have been times that I haven't always been as conscientious as I should have been, but I always try to remember that this earth that we live on won't last forever, especially if we don't take care of it.

Along those lines, I have been going through some things that need to leave this house and came upon a few books that were falling apart. I had always wanted to try "found poetry" and this particular book has a replacement copy in the house so I used a page from it to tangle on. It is a page from "Renegades of Pern" by Anne McCaffery and one of my favorite books (the whole family loves fantasy and sci-fi). So I hope you like it, I think it turned out well. The small piece was a piece of scrap paper that I just didn't want to throw away because of course it was big enough to use for something, I just didn't know what. I tried to do them both in earthy tones with colors that might be found in nature. So without further delay, here they are!

Amanda (Earth) Day #1
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Amanda (Earth) Day #2
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Thank you for stopping by and as always, comments and critiques are always appreciated. If you want to see how other artists approached this challenge, check out the Diva's page (here) and see them all. And remember, you too can come and play with us and show us your interpretation of the challenges each week.

5 comments:

  1. Think I have not seen you in a while!? Good to see you back then :-) I like your thoughts and the 'tiles'!!!

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    1. Thank you very much :) No, I've been gone a bit because I've had arthritis issues and had some teeth pulled. Probably will have them all gone soon, but that will be a good thing. My meds are ruining them :(

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  2. Welcome back Lezli, it is nice to meet again for this special challenge and I hope you are better at the moment. Me too suffers from arthosis and have to pay attention (don't sit to long and doing exercises and easy walks)
    You have written nice words in this blogpost an shared with us two lovely tiles, thank you.

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    1. Thank you very much Ria. It feels good to be back and yes, I'm doing more walking and less sitting also.

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  3. Great to see you back Lezli! I really enjoyed tbe Dragons of Pern novel series! Terrific way to celebrate Amanda Day! I've saved a "Chocolate for the Soul " book for found poetry, but haven't given it a go yet..... too intimidated! :)

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