my journals

ok so i was going to post these photos to flickr.....but it is having a fit....so i will post and write about them here.......

these are pages from an old calender datebook that i am pretty sure i gessoed and added some paint and color to first...now when i am journaling anything is game, just like when i make "real art"....i use anything and everything, nothing is save from me......i just go along and do what i feel like doing at any given time........i like workin in spiral books.....one thing i like to do first to the book is lay the first layer down in this case gesso and paint.......and then i just add stuff as live happens....i go back and forth and forward......but i do like to get to a point and say this journal is done....

ok i name names, so if you don't want you name mentioned play nice, oh but i add the nice people too...i must have well over 100 journals as i have send before i have been journaling since i was 12, i have at least 32 books that are just what i call glue books with pictures that i have collected over the years, more on them at another date........

i use a lot of clothing tags, cuz i am forever buying clothes.....another bad habit i picked up when i was 5........and i love stickers and rub ons......did i ever tell you that i have been cutting photos out of magazines since i was 5,(alot started at that age), i used to cut them out and put them under my bed, and at the time i shared a bed with my ocd sister , who used to pull them out from her side and throw them away......my first journal was all animals sadly i don't have that one......rats......

this one is for johnny.........the punk........love and miss him.........

ok i was going to add more photos, but either the web is having a fit or my pc is not co operating with me.....and if by chance you have read any of this please let me know, give me a shout out.....pass the link to friends and such....i would love to hear what you all think......no matter what.......have a good one while the sun is shining.....

keep kalm and karry on....

keep calm and carry on.....i have been doing it for years aka the game of life, survivor etc.....so what does one do on good friday when they never ever bought into that papal crap that came out of europe in which i can only say the fucking dark ages.......and please tell me it isn't true that the candy is just a bribe.....remember what your parents told you about taking candy from strangers......do you ever fucking wonder how much money corporate america is making off of chocolate easter bunnies......c'on the peeps alone...(nuke for about 10 seconds) awesome.....anyhoo 3 of my  favorite things are in the picture......fashionstying, cards and books.....and yeah i am going to have real printed out photos of my art work and sell them as cards.....i will post where ever people buy things.....and i have paypal......ok so i goT 2 SAD letters today, one that says the bank of america is something something foreclosing on my house, which i find real funny cuz i have been in foreclose process for 4 years now with what ever was that corrupt one{gee that narrowed it down} with washington in there name, you the one that when the shit hit the fan took the largest payout/bonus in corporate history....you 2 fuckers fight it out, you can have it.....just be gone already, i walked away a while ago....i was done before you.....and the other exciting letter is that my unemployment is going to end....but that only means i just have to figure out more ways to earn money....and i do and don;t want to leave the flea market cuz i do make money there, but i have no way of getting there anymore....swear to god true story one of the ladies that picked me up was arrested as she already had an ankle bracelet on her leg and is being held on 250k bail along with her husband another 250k.....and i don;t feel sorry for one bit....greed is not good.....really people, haven;t you all learned that by now....i swear i have seen things that no nyc girl has seen before, and man, i have seen a lot in this life......but i digress so i need transportation, the bus system is only good on sat and i could get a half a day in at best.....but better then nothing........now i really wish my friend carole was here so i could talk to her as i organize my creative space......and sewing and paper, will have separate areas in the house......i think i better add another picture or something and i only use my own.......

look more books ........i love to read and have been catching up on reading cuz i love to read.....now i just finished reading this morning "miss peregrine home for peculiar children" and all i am saying is that i wanted a better ending.......i thought it was an interesting read ...and i loved the old photos's being a collector of them.....but i still wanted a different ending.  i did come up with a few of my own, but dumb me didn;t realize that the book was about time travel.....i see a second book....until the end.....i kind of wanted the kid to be a total loon.....but i think the government already did time travel in the late 50's i think something about monkey's...if my memory serves me well......i think i will go and read L.frank baum.....i think he know  thing or 2 about time travel.....do i go too much, if i was talking to you in person, this pretty much what i would be saying and talking.....ask anyone of the people that know me....whether they like me or not....cuz if you don;t like me that means i stood up for myself and you couldn't handle it....so now you hate on me......news flash i am too small to hate, so i wish everyone in this world the same as i wish for me......and most of yar i don't even think about and time fades lots........i am writing like i am in one of my manic states....oh gee i am////////what joy///////.....i will continue next time.....carry on and keep calm...

is there a song about wednesday's



shema

this is my little kitty cat....i sometimes call her lil bit, cuz she is so small compared to princess and bear.....she is the smartest, funniest cat i ever had....she could be part human, but i don;t think science has done that yet.....

anyway off to finish reading this great book....the one about ms peregrine's home for peculiar children.....so far so good.....i am in reading mode......

and i made/baked this great chocolate from heaven dessert.....1 box of yellow cake mix, musselman;s chocolate filling, a half  bag of coconut flakes and shivered almonds.....mix all in a cake pan......heat oven 350....bake til done stick fork or toothpick in when it comes out clean it is done.....spoon and serve or if you really want add some real whip cream or ice cream.........mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

what i have been reading....

i love to read..i think reading is one of the greatest gifts....and i will say that i have learned more from reading books that i ever learned in school.....and got into constant fights in any class that taught history.....cuz all those teachers lied or didn't read enough books on the subject......            i can understand people that can't read i can teach you...and i have come across many how can't....but won't i don't understand is people who DON'T read.....one of the best things about my childhood was a newspaper we got every month, and you can order books and only books and every month i was allowed to order 5 books... i had a father who bought me books, a truly smart man.....and thank you for giving me the love of books and reading.....just a side note the people that have had to move my books for me not so happy that i love to read.......

anyway last week i read this bio on chanel.....i think she was a wonderful artist, i would say ahead of her time but i have read many books from that era and it was just TIME.....i would say that she was a genius, but come on she didn't split the atom.....she just invented and sold a style of dressing that still exists....but some fun....she didn't own chanel #5....she had some fun friends that i would have love to hang out with.....she was generous to her friends and family most of her life......and sipped a lot of tea with the nazi;s.......i am just saying.......and i would love to own anything that she made.....but in my life it would kind of be chanel car, chanel car, and i would have to say the car will win.........

the next book i read was about the imperial royal russian family the romanovs.....let me just say this they all died that fateful night, the whole family.....it was not a good night for the romanovs and their loyal servants......lenin was mean....it was proven with DNA....any one that claimed to be part of the royal dead family is nothing but a lair.....i am starting to read "miss peregrine's home for peculiar children.....and all things oz......get off the internet and crack open a real book.......

almost done

ok, today we make the last run to the new place......tonight i sleep there.....last night a friend that i can always count on showed up moved my stuff for me at 10o'clock at night....i love when i do stuff with him, it is always like a dope deal down to we were with the uhaul, making cash withdrawals at the atm at 1:30 in the morning.......and you def know your in ghettoland when it is after 12 and people are walking their infants out at night.......god i am gonna need a big dog........next photos of the new place........i need to make a cozy home for myself.......

packing up the truck 101

here are some "journals" from the last 10 years there are more, there just in a different place.  so right now i am into packing 101 the easier way to move a lot of stuff, i want to move all my studio stuff today.....i took the 3 white shelves from sugarman's......and i have the white craft cabinets here.....so all the furniture with be white for now.....but white is good, cuz all my baskets and boxes are different colors....and i have some vintage boxes that will show up great against the white......tomorrow i tackle my clothes......you don't even want to know.........but i am so into moving.....out of this place.......

journals......

ok so if you haven't heard by now, i have been journaling since i was 12.  i have every journal that i have ever written in. the older journals are keep in a green footlocker that has wheels.  the journals from the past 10 years are on in a bookcase in my bedroom.  i have many different types of journals, but the constant thing about them is they all reflect who i am , and what i think.......the photos here are what i would call my journal scrapbook....it is just one of those big plain white page books you can get at any bookstore. this is the book that i put "most" of papers in from where i have been and then i write notes.  i also just go through it at times and place various clippings from magazines.....and when i get to that page i might or might not journal about the page............i have another art journal that i working in right name i was inspired by an art journal and tutorial by an artist named caatje.....http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com i am having fun with it as i can draw, play, doodle and what ever in it.......at any given time i have at least 5 different journals around....i think i have one in every room and my purse.  i have some journals that have taken me 5 years to complete from cover to cover......and it is funny how one changes.... i did morning pages ala julia cameron for 3 years straight and i can't begin to tell you want an eye opening life changing experience that was....for anyone that needs to get a handle on their life i strongly recommend morning pages....if you don't know what they are just ask.

i received as a gift from dover the notebooks of leonardo de vinci, and i swore to myself that i would leave more notebooks to then him....and i may well be on my way.....

the thing is i was getting confused by all the names people call these books, diaries, journals, notebooks, art journals, altered books, smash books....til i just started calling them "the big fucking book of everything.....it just makes it easier for me and i hate to have to be pushed in a box......and a rose by any other name......but i do have to say i like the idea of putting colorant on the books first, but then again i like to see just how the journal will evolve.....and like all my art if i can get it to stay down it stays there......and there are always loss stuff , stuffed in the pages.....all i have left to say if you don't have a journal, you should.......someone once told me they will be the greatest gift that i will leave my children......if you would like to see more of my journal pages check out my flickr site.....just go to the flickr icon on the right and hit coffee with gloria . and look for the set that says journal pages.......i love feedback so please leave some good or bad....cuz it is all good

it's all about meeeeeeeeeeeeee........

First let me start off by saying that it is all ART to me……I am a crazy self taught artist who still has lots to learn…I am free…at a high price….i love to journal since I was 12 and have every {art journal} book I ever wrote in….i love to dance….sing ….play….rock n roll….create…snap photos….bead….paint…write…think…..read….watch tv (but the internet is breaking that habit]….i love words and I like to play around with the English language, and someone once told me that you have to know the rules in order to break them…..i break them anyway…..anyhoo,  this is just me everyday person living in the everyday world and making the most of it…..and don’t ask if I can do better, I am doing the best I can…..and I always want better……