This weekend I had an ah-ha moment that was several months in the making. Funny what a new haircut and a couple of collage techniques can do for you! At any rate, I had been religiously complaining about my hair to whoever would listen, comparing it to—depending on the day and the weather--a brown football helmet or the episode of “Friends” where Monica’s hair keeps growing bigger and frizzier in the humid air. So, Friday night I broke down let my hairdresser put layers in my hair, something I had been avoiding, foolishly thinking that the layers would make my hair look shorter. Instead it seems bouncier, which makes me feel lighter overall—it makes you feel a bit like jumping actually, or at the very least bobbing up and down a bit! As an added bonus, my face doesn’t look like it’s being pulled down by the weight of a big head of hair! Woo-hoo!
Part two of my ah-ha moment knocked on my noggin because I spent some time working with the Kelly Rae Roberts book, “Taking Flight,” and merging her ideas with collage techniques I have been practicing. Between the hair and art practice, I believe that I’m finally getting the concept and the importance of layering. With it you have depth and interest, without it the piece seems kind of flat disjointed, and lacking, like it has no cohesiveness to it. I can see the difference between two pieces I’m posting today…I have a long way to go, but I’m so grateful that I’ve started.
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