The Art of Collage

Randel Plowman is having his collage workshop down in Kentucky. Yet again I missed this one but maybe you can go. Let me know if you do and what you think. I am marking my calendar for next year as I really would like to try this class.

This is ..my dream job

Originally uploaded by R. Plowman

Growing up I wanted to be

* a French teacher for little children (languages were not taught till high school when I was young)
* a diplomat (I did not know that US foreign service women had to resign when they married then)
* a wife (this was kind of a given in the 50s and early 60s)
* a mother of 6 children (I was an only child)

Life happens and I flunk out of college, marry and live all over the world, and have three children who learn various less than common languages. So I sort of had all 4. We wisely stopped having children after 2 (anyone recall zero population growth?) and #3 was adopted.

So fast forward to my 40s, divorced and working in government. xh used to always say angrily "You should have been a lawyer!!" Yes, I should have. But over the next 20 years, I was able to work in the immigration law area and eventually work on state legislation and finish my degree.

So did I get my dream jobs? Yes, in a roundabout way I did. Oh, with marriage to current dh, I now have a total of 6 children (all adults...phew!). So never presume a dream is lost. You may have to work for it later in life, you may find it's a dream job that has turned into a nightmare, or perhaps just an idea you have outgrown.

Being retired, today I play with paper and scissors and glue and teach reading to adult male prisoners. Sounds dreamy to me!! Thanks to Randel Plowman for inspiring me with his A Collage of the Day. That's his crafty table not mine. (But if you want a quick and decisive answer OR a diplomatic answer, feel free to ask me!)

Click ThreeButton's list over on the right to see who else answered this week's ? which came from Cindy at bugandpop. Great one Cindy!

Collage Workshop

Collage Workshop Photo 9
Originally uploaded by R. Plowman

Wouldn't you love to do this?? Randel Plowman has a website, A Collage a Day, and a studio to die for ...well live for! (I'm trying to avoid that DIE phrase.) When you look at his site, you'll note his technique of one 4"x4" collage a day. That seems very doable, rather like the Julia Cameron concepts of just do 3 morning pages, and the rest will start to fall into place.

I also like the idea of doing a 5 min collage with a group -your materials are out and a guided theme/or method it looks like.

I'm going to have to check out this class for next year. I see a road trip ahead!