fifi’s grafitti

scribblings from historic downtown McKinney, Texas: altered art, local color, flora, fauna, cemeteries, irrational commentary, improbable-and-unlikely diy home projects

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art psychiatry

26 June, 2008 (10:30) | journaling, collage | 1 comment

While wandering the virtual shelves at amazon.com, I found this book, Soul Collage: An Intuitive Collage Process for Individuals and Groups>. I read the blurb about it and decided to do my own analysis of my collage. I usually think my collages have to have some ironic or symbolic meaning, but now I’m just putting […]

punching through mental blocks

18 June, 2008 (08:28) | journaling | 1 comment

Mental blocks can take on an infinite variety of forms and disguises. There are the Barmy Brain Waves, the Dots of Doubt, the Cracqueled Cerebellum, and many more. If you’re trapped in a sealed room with no windows or doors with only a mirror, how do you escape? (corny answer to this junior-high school riddle […]

beyond fashion?

5 July, 2007 (09:23) | journaling, collage | No comments

“It’s going to be beyond fashion.” (quote from fashion mag.) Hmmmmm. If we think about just what that might really mean perhaps we don’t need the fashion mags or anyone else telling us what to wear.
I experimented with some magazine clippings after looking at some of the faces Teesha Moore has made. Mine didn’t turn […]

Studio Friday: Studio Summer Brunch

29 June, 2007 (16:17) | journaling | 3 comments

CHILL! is the motif for my summer snacks and also the cover of my new home-made journal. you can’t see it well in the photo but there’s a found beer bottle cap that says “chill” on the palm of the hand. I’ve got to fight that summer heat with cold stuff. My favorite snack is […]

Gears of the Grind

30 May, 2007 (10:02) | journaling | 1 comment

a journal page for “A Day in the Life of Me” for “Inspire Me Thursday.” I was thinking my daily routine is pretty much just that: routine; and then this morning I’ve been disrupted by more thunderstorms traveling through North Texas. The ground is so saturated already that flooding has become a real concern. McKinney […]