Well, not literally (that would be really messy), but definitely artistically. My dear friend Dawn of http://artistreborne.typepad.com/artist_reborne/ recently sent me a box of new-found sanity entitled, "The Happy Box." In it I discovered and actual Happy Book which rocked my socks off in its creativity and how we get to do daily activities, artistically of course, in a way that we discover what makes up really happy and helps us find the happiness in the day itself. It is a lot of fun and therapeutic as well. Please visit her site with the link above. She blogs about the book and gives more specifics than I have provided.
To retaliate happiness to her, the day I received the box I got on the internet and arranged it so that the next day she would have a man show up at her door (nothing kinky - darn it) to deliver huge "Thank You" balloons and a flower to her with a note card letting her know I received her box. She just called and told me that it was a creative way to let her know I got her package. I'm such a stinker!
Her family had gone through much sadness at the end of 2009 as did me and my family with loss and death. She decided that we were going to have a happy year this year damn it! I'm so glad she did.
The next thing I found in the box was a bookmark and 6x6 piece of paper with Zentangles drawn on them. They are beautiful. I was immediately drawn to these Zentangles as I had never really seen them before. She also sent me paper and pen so I could start Zentangling immeditately. Not only did I begin creating them immediately, but I'm on my fourth one right now. Not sure what a Zentangle is? Here is the first one I created last night:
I began this piece by drawing a simple ladder in the upper, left corner of the paper and from there I just exploded. It was as though all of those years that I hadn't picked up pen and paper (I used to draw incessantly) just raced out of me and onto the pages. The next few I have created I will mat and frame in a series of three. This is the one that will be on the bottom:
Also in the box was a set of beautiful note cards, a small "Thankful" journal she had made, and some really nice calendar sheets for 2010.
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