so recently i've entered this cooling off period where i just don't really feel like
making paintings that much, and there isn't really a whole lot on my plate,
so i've been working in this art journal that i started for one of those by bun online classes.
because of her, my art journal is also music lyric related. we found a whole bunch of cool
maps in the closet while we were cleaning it out and i wanted to play with some of those.
i wanted to make a page and video almost meditative sort of,
to match the mood that i'm in at the moment, kind of self-isolating, kind of apathetic, kind of just
chilling out on the sidelines a little bit. so the song that i chose for this one is called
"open the floodgates" by the smile. so with that title and with the sound, i was thinking water,
i was thinking blues and purples, but to me, this song kind of speaks to the experience of showing
yourself online, especially in regard to computer algorithms and how sometimes what you want to do
and who you are isn't what's hot, it isn't what's trendy. we're all just very impatient, quick,
and not spend too much time on it just because there's just so much out there, and this is an
escape for most people. we don't want to hear long introductions. we don't want to see the process.
it's usually better to put on a really fun upbeat music and dance to it and let it
take you somewhere else, but then sometimes you just want to sit down and grab a snack,
and listen to a sad beautiful song and just make something nice out of it.
i had these leftover copies of the cat in the paper boat that i was able to just stick on here.
i was originally thinking of galaxy water, big shiny moon, you know? in my mind, it's sort of
galaxy colored, it's got stars glittering in it. i also love the warm neutral tones in it, so i just
used a little touch of darkness, and then kept everything else kind of sweet and candy colored.