223. Mess Around a Star

Again and again, I feel as if I'm fighting a mess, lately - inside and outside. So, for a change, I decided to make one: There's this wonderful book "Mess" by Keri Smith which I had neglected long enough. Here's a page I worked on today:

Note the imperfection of the shape - I feel rather good about it.
When I say 'imperfection'...
Someone once told me 'We are all perfect. We've got to be. Otherwise, we wouldn't exist.'
Those words keep coming back to me these days...

221. Snow Globe Star

Here's a snow globe that's not a globe:

I discovered it in a fantastic art supplies shop today and immediately set to work on decorating it (repeating the motive of the "Music Monday" two weeks ago because I liked it so much). I'll try and make a video of the stars flying around above the sea once the light's returned tomorrow morning...

Update: Not the best video ever, but one can see the stars falling:

209. Music Monday #7

Yay, another Music Monday! I'm so glad I'm back at some place where I have lots of different materials at hand and can just start creating. :) So here is something I've had in mind for weeks now.

Not long ago I discovered a German song which carries stars in the title. This is how I picture it:

"Am Rande der Welt fällt Gold von den Sternen."

(At the edge of the world there's gold falling from the stars.)

Since it seems to be a rather unknown song, I'm going to give it away:

"Gold von den Sternen" (Gold from the Stars) from the musical "Mozart" - but the music of the song has nothing to with Mozart as far as I can tell...

I used soft pastels for the water, glued little golden stars to the sky and dripped a bit of golden glitter beneath some. The effect of the flash for the photo made it just what I had imagined it should look like! :)