Week 18 in my
Mellow Kraft
Journal.
The journal prompt this week
from France Papillon was
Eyes Closed.
One Sunday night,
I happened to be awake
in the early hours
& needing some fresh air,
I stood by an open window.
The night sky was clear.
The stars were bright.
After a while
my eyes could see smaller stars
then I tracked a satellite in orbit,
then another.
At a time when my eyes
should have been firmly closed,
they were instead wide open.
As my eyes followed the satellite
across the vast sky,
I wanted to be free too,
but lockdown means there is
nowhere to escape to,
no exit.
I used a paper doll
by Tim Holtz,
patterned paper
from Glenda Waterworth,
a butterfly image
from the Graphics Fairy,
Life's Journey Ruler paper
from K & Company,
a label image from Joseph Cornell,
words cut from an old novel,
a Sakura Pigma Micron pen
& printed text.
Mellow Kraft
Journal.
The journal prompt this week
from France Papillon was
Eyes Closed.
One Sunday night,
I happened to be awake
in the early hours
& needing some fresh air,
I stood by an open window.
The night sky was clear.
The stars were bright.
After a while
my eyes could see smaller stars
then I tracked a satellite in orbit,
then another.
At a time when my eyes
should have been firmly closed,
they were instead wide open.
As my eyes followed the satellite
across the vast sky,
I wanted to be free too,
but lockdown means there is
nowhere to escape to,
no exit.
I used a paper doll
by Tim Holtz,
patterned paper
from Glenda Waterworth,
a butterfly image
from the Graphics Fairy,
Life's Journey Ruler paper
from K & Company,
a label image from Joseph Cornell,
words cut from an old novel,
a Sakura Pigma Micron pen
& printed text.
