Art @ The Hermitage: The Color Purple

Monday, July 28, 2008

The Color Purple

The weekend prompt for The Art Journal Group was to pick a color and make it the subject of a journal page. Purple is my favorite color, and I probably have more purple fabric than any other color, so it was an easy choice for me. I've concocted a mix of my favorite things - cats, aardvarks, flowers, a Day of the Dead skull and a Sacred Heart. It was hard to call it finished without adding a few beads and some glitzy stitching, but my UFO bin is still overflowing, so I have to move on!

1 comment:

Michi Michaelson, Orange County, CA said...: I LOVE your Purple art piece for the Art Journal Color Prompt this week, Francie!!! You are a very talented lady!!!!!; July 29, 2008 at 7:47 AM

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Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann