There are times when I’m feeling stressed or just some type of way that needs to “get out”, so I decide to do a collage art card. Sometimes I will do some research on a theme of some kind to give me direction. On this day I decided to collage the color I was feeling. I researched the color yellow–haha, yes I did. And once I did that, I found my direction. The way I go about collage is I have hundreds of pages from magazines and other books and I just start pulling things that interest me. On this day, I was obviously searching for yellow things.
This is an excerpt from what I journaled on the back: “When I think about (yellow), I think of warmth and happiness, connections with others. However, yellow can also have negative connotations and meanings such as caution at a traffic light; or yield-traffic sign. Research shows that yellow can also be a color connected to illness and anxiety. That’s how I feel right now. I want to be optimistic about my health but there is the underlying nagging idea that I need to be cautious with my optimism.”
“What do you give me?” “What do you want from me?” Remind me that it’s ok to be stuck between happiness and sadness or happiness and anxiousness. Remind me to be calm and happy.
Symbolism:
The Bee represents Christ and it is a symbol of love. It also represents growth as it pollinates and reminds me to continue to grow along the journey and recover from cancer. The clouds near the top remind me of what I think “the heavens” look like. The person in the middle is me. I just decided to make something silly. Of course, there are daisies (I will explain their significance later). The car possibly represents the journey I’m on as well as the arrow above the car. This is the first time I made a 3D (2D?) card. I like how it turned out. Angie