TIME

Time - manipulated image. First layer is a photograph of barrels. Images of a clock and a metal washer were altered and resized. Text was added and the entire piece was created in Picture It, 2002 version which is superior to the newer versions!

Gwen Diehn's latest book, "The Decorated Journal" arrived from Amazon.com two days ago and I finally had time last night to do take a serious look at it. While I've always attempted to follow the adage that less is more I have failed miserably to live up to that!

"When the buying crazies hit you, when your confidence in your own work slips, trying holding on to the idea that less really can be more. Try sticking to a small range of high-quality materials and practice with them to learn how they work. Once you can use these few materials well, you will be able to produce every effect you want." Gwen Diehn

Also, "The difficult truth about art materials is that the materials themselves are not as important as what you do with them."

I've always believed the above statement when it comes to having the "right" camera, but when it comes to getting the latest "must have" item I'm already a bust! I had to have Lutradur to make a fabric journal out of. I'm hoping that I can justify the purchase of it by creating an exciting journal to mail with my Flat Villagers for their whirl-wind tour to exotic places with Marie. She lives in Australia and to a native Californian the country down-under is pretty exotic to me.