Dear Liza,
The other day, I woke up grouchy. There wasn’t really any reason for it, I just had a chip in my shoulder. Art projects I had started weren’t working the way I wanted. A story wasn’t as good as it should be. Nothing felt right.
Grouchy.
After stomping around the house all morning and irritating my lovely people, I went for a walk and stomped around the park. I watched the dogs, listened to the birds, and smelled the rain in the mud. I am glad I did.
When I got home, I didn’t go near the art or writing projects I had wrestled with. Instead, I opened my box of collage papers and just started gluing pieces down.
I know enough to stick with colors that look good together. The first few I chose were red, so I went with that. Watercolor pencils, tissue paper from Pittman and Davis fruit boxes, and a small envelope filled up the bulk of the space.
The circles on the tissue paper were looking good, so I pulled out some circles that I cut from magazines years ago. A watercolor piece I did online with Ruthie Inman got cut out and added. A little bit of black made it better.
I made a weird little dude to hide in the envelope. And after more than an hour of cutting and gluing, I felt better!
Art therapy. It works!
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 
Absolutely! I’m so happy it worked for you… and your little dude is CUTE!!
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Thanks! Thanks for your help, your confidence, your silliness…. All the things you have shared with me have made me able to help myself. Even the words on the envelope were from your gift of collage things….maybe the envelope, too…
The little dude happened near the end, as I was feeling less hellish.
I saw that you are taking a winter break. I hope your body is well, and I am glad you are taking time off. Even when you love your work, it is still work. Take care of your self.
Love ya.
Jude
Sent from my iPad
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Just know that I’m not taking a break from zoom art art and I’m also adding in postcard swap . I sent you an invite to the group
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