{"id":2104,"date":"2015-09-05T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T17:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2015-09-05T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T17:32:56","slug":"a-study-in-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/05\/a-study-in-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"A Study in Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2106\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/222b-bluespread.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2106\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2106\" src=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/222b-bluespread.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;Study in Blue&#8221; in my Mixed Media Meditation Journal<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ve been spending more time in what I\u2019ve now dubbed my <em>Mixed Media Mediation Journal. <\/em>I have found myself drawn into my studio and opening up to wherever the moment takes me. Today as I was cleaning out an art closet I found a pack of Sun Print paper that is probably 15 years old I had it in the throw away pile but thought better of it and gathered some leaves from outside my studio to see if the Sun Print paper still works after all these years \u2013 it does! You can see my row of sun prints drying in the art room. What started as a closet cleaning turned into a meditation in blue. I\u2019m usually such an on task person \u2013 I don\u2019t allow myself to play until the work is done &#8211; but I\u2019m beginning to soften on that ideal \u2013 I\u2019ve decided it is best to greet the muse when she presents herself \u2013 and today she was all decked out in blue and beckoning, I could not, should not resist!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2105\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/222a-blue.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2105\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2105\" src=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/222a-blue.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"Sunprints in various stages of development in my studio\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunprints in various stages of development in my studio<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2107\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/222c-detail.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2107\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2107\" src=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/222c-detail.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"Detail- Sunprint plus drawing and painting\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Detail- Sunprint plus drawing and painting<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2108\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/222d-detail.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2108\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2108\" src=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/222d-detail.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"Detail of page - stamped, stenciled, spray paint (of course)\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Detail of page &#8211; stamped, stenciled, spray paint (of course)!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been spending more time in what I\u2019ve now dubbed my Mixed Media Mediation Journal. 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