Get Messy

Sorry for not participating last week.  It was a rough week, as my dad began a new round of chemo that he has never had before.  Even though I didn't have pages ready last week, I worked through my anger by creating this page.  I didn't think, I just did.  I wrote out the word and marked it up.  I really just wanted to cross right through the word, but then I would have been left with either a black piece of paper or a black box.  So instead, I scratched through the word.  I didn't worry about staying in the lines, but wanted to stay in the lines as much as possible to still show the word.  Then I added blue paint and added water to symbolize tears.  I paired this with a black sheet of paper because it is such a dark time.  As much as I wanted to cry through this process, my stubbornes held me together.

Don't worry, the tears came eventually and through the worse possible way.  Through a dream, where I have no control over it and I wake up in the middle of the night sobbing, shaking, emotional bruised, and wondering what was real and what was just a figment of my imagination.

It has only been one week, and we are still figuring out how this is affecting his body and if it is something that will work for him.  But please, keep us in your prayers.

If you'd like to read about his story, go here.


Get Messy is an art journal challenge where a gang of crafty vixens are sharing art journal pages we have created to practise our skills and push past our creative limits with hopes to inspire. We share our pages without restraint every week, and once a month we create around a prompt. Go check out these crazy talented ladies who are creating pages who each have a unique perspective and style. We will be sharing our work around social media so follow the hashtag #getmessyartjournal.