Journal: Handmade using Death Wish Coffee packaging and scrap paper Medium(s): Acrylic paint, gouache, alcohol markers, watercolor crayon, washi tape, ink, ephemera Status: Complete Notes: Most of the pages were created in Wales with minimal supplies during the worst time of my life.
×May/October 2021: A mixed media art journal page with an animal print background and the words make shitty art and a painted dark background with the words especially through grief.
×August/September 2021: An lino print of coffee beans and a painting of a coffee with a tulip design.
×May 2021: An illustration of a vampire lady looking creepy and shooting lasers from her eyes with the words "beware the psychic vampires" next to her. Reference photograph loosely based off acid_aphrodite via the Museum by Sktchy app.
×May 2021: An illustration of a magpie soaring in front of a colorful background with the words "one for sorrow" and "they are just happy" next to it.
×April 2021: A painting of a woman looking up with flowers covering her eyes and the quote "the world itself is a bad dream" by Sylvia Plath next to her (I think the quote is the bad dream but I don't have a copy of the book handy, oh well). Reference is tallie_cat on the Sktchy app.
×June/October 2021: An abstract painting with the words "you're with the universe now."
×May 2021: An illustration of a woman in a crying mask surrounded by doodles and bright colors with a torn up envelope next to her and the words "I saw their faces in the clouds when flying over Washington" surrounding it.
×July 2021: A collage of a woman in woods with an inverted mirror image of herself and the words "have you seen me?" underneath. The image is Small Woods Where I Met Myself (1967) by Jerry Uelsmann. I rarely use other people's images in my journals these days but I thought it summed up how I was feeling.
×May 2021: An illustration of a bedroom with blinds and a skylight, and the words trying to be strong and brave, like you in the top right.
×May 2021: An illustration of an upset woman trying not to cry and holding her hands to her face with the words I'm too overwhelmed and keep going keep going keep going next to her. Reference is aenne on the Museum by Sktchy app.
×May 2021: An illustration of a redheaded woman amongst weeds reaching up to an increasingly darkening sky. Reference is Gertrude Hoffman 1917 by Frank Bangs found via Museum by Sktchy app. I talk to God but the sky is empty - Sylvia Plath.
×July 2021: An illustration of Katya in a Twin Peaks themed outfit that she wore for the Drag Race final and the quote I do not jump for joy... I frolic in doubt.
×June 2021: Illustrations of myself doing a COVID-19 lateral flow self-test.
×August 2021: An illustration of a skeleton looking sinister in pink/purple clothing with lyrics by The Offspring underneath and a golf scorecard to the right. Reference based on TheNeonTino via the Museum by Sktchy app.
