jibberish

jibberish, originally uploaded by MadSunCaribou.

so this one is kind of a stream of consciousness. i kind of want to develop this idea some more. i was writing words i heard on tv and song lyrics combined with just how i was feeling. i also like the idea of using text as a design element (a friend of mine does this kind of design technique a lot) could be i might try it using my blog. hell no one reads it anyway, not like i have to explain myself.

lovers like us

lovers like us, originally uploaded by MadSunCaribou.

i discovered through ATCs for All an artist named teesha moore who does these amazing collages. She calls the style zettiology or zetti. so i tried my hand at making a zetti style atc. it was so much fun. i can't wait to try making some more.

shouldn't have been

shouldn't have been, originally uploaded by MadSunCaribou.

i watched a show about a teen aged boy that was bipolar and killed himself when he was 15. it scared me because i can see how out of control it could get.

felt kind of bad today could be because i haven't taken my antidepressant for a couple of days. i'll pick it up tomorrow. no sense in messing around with that!

red

red, originally uploaded by MadSunCaribou.

i've been playing around with ATCs or artist trading cards and made a couple, sent them out in swaps. just getting my feet wet. today i came across a web site specifically for ATC trading. of course i joined and proceeded to look through all the swaps going on. i came across one for mixed media altered photographs. i thought, i can do that and went and did 4 of them tonight. this picture is the first one i tried and i love how it came out. i love really grungy textured art and it's something i can do that doesn't take weeks to finish. at least not so far!

apparently my sister informed my mother that i was bipolar. so mom was all freaking out thinking i hear voices and shit. i had to talk her down and let her know that as long as i take my meds i'm fine. she just looks for reasons to worry about me i think. but i never lost my temper with her which is kudos for me.

overall mood has been much better past couple of days. that high level of anxiety has passed for now but it never stays gone very long.

make sense of it all

i used to paint all the time. now it seems like all i do is shoot pictures. i think it's because i am inherently lazy. photography offers instant satisfaction while a painting can literally take years to finish.

pottery

i just finished my first pottery class and these are just a few of the many pots i made this session.

luck of the thairish [ 72.365 ] / [ 6.365 ]

luck of the thairish [ 72.365 ] / [ 6.365 ], originally uploaded by MadSunCaribou.

me in a big goofy st paddy's day hat courtesy of michelle.

soft

soft, originally uploaded by MadSunCaribou.

i'm going to list this ttv later today. initially i was not going to offer it as a print because there are just SO MANY floral ttvs out there. but i've been busy reading in forums and for the most part people recommend you list something every day. so this is it. what do you think? do you like floral ttvs?