Meri's Musings

To celebrate my triumph over bronchitis I took a field trip to Mt. Vernon, Washington a few days ago to visit my friend Judie and tiptoe through the tulips. We found fields of color, flower-lookers, salivating gardeners, and photography madness. Postcards from Paradise .

I've been spending a few minutes each morning  creating a digital collage on Polyvore. It's kind of the same idea as Julia Cameron's suggestion to do Morning Pages, only with images instead of words. "Wildly Improbable"  © 2012 Meri Arnett What I'm finding is that I'm drawn to certain images,  colors, and themes and tend to return to them  again and again. Circles, for example, and blues and greens. Birds. Botantical images. Asian-inspired things. Doors. Windows. Textures. But then again, I guess I already knew that. When we create in this way, are we tapping into our unconscious? Perhaps even exposing hidden parts of us? I think so.

Oh dear. . . . I’ve found a new source of JOY.  It's the collage making potential of Polyvore.com. Swirl of Infinity by merimagic Where did you find JOY this week? 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list so that people are enticed to visit your blog. If you just can't get it to work, send me the info and I'll try to link it for you. 4. Visit other players -- as many as possible -- and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment, because everyone enJOYS getting positive feedback. Let's start an epidemic of joy!

Yes, I’ll have some creative play. The Passage of Time by merimagic   Thanks so much!

I emerged from the cocoon of illness to find the world ablaze with color -- pools of light -- and diverse things clamoring for attention like an unruly child   or a squeaky wheel just waiting for grease Everywhere I look I see reminders of this quote by Ellis Peters Every spring is the only spring -- a perpetual astonishment.                                         Postcards from Paradise

For me today, JOY is simple. I made it to class last night. Wrote all morning. Went to see this simple little film about connection. The bronchitis is still with me, But getting better each day. What’s your JOY? 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list so that people are enticed to visit your blog. If you just can't get it to work, send me the info and I'll try to link it for you. 4. Visit other players -- as many as possible -- and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment, because everyone enJOYS getting positive feedback. Let's start an epidemic of joy!

Today’s the eighth day of this year’s Epic Bout of Bronchitis. I haven’t gone searching for joy, But it would perk me up If you’d share yours. 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list so that people are enticed to visit your blog. If you just can't get it to work, send me the info and I'll try to link it for you. 4. Visit other players -- as many as possible -- and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment, because everyone enJOYS getting positive feedback. Let's start an epidemic of joy!

Another reason for JOY Cool signs that pack a punch with their messages. What’s your sign of JOY? Tell us (or show us). . . .    1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list so that people are enticed to visit your blog. If you just can't get it to work, send me the info and I'll try to link it for you. 4. Visit other players -- as many as possible -- and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment, because everyone enJOYS getting positive feedback. Let's start an epidemic of joy!