For the past eight weeks, the focus of Get Messy art community has been Kindness. Each week we receive a list of prompts around that theme, in addition to a tutorial each week. It’s been a good characteristic/value to explore, with many different aspects to consider.

 

This is the cover I created for the season. I’ve learned not to make these until towards the end of the season because where I am when start the journal and where the season takes me almost certainly are different places.

 

 

Here’s my video collection of the Season of Kindness. I did a quick flip through so you could see the entire journal (fyi: there’s no sound). It’s a fun design, with pages nestled inside two sections —  it almost looks like I’m showing you two separate journals with the same covers, but it’s actually one journal.

 

 

Here are a few of my favorite pages from the season:

 

 

 

 

 

This next spread is based off a quote that is said to come from Mother Teresa. The full original goes like this…

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find sincerity and happiness some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today will also often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

 

I had the opportunity to do my first tutorial for the membership portion of the Get Messy website. I was excited and nervous but it turned out pretty good! Here’s one photo from the tutorial:

 

 

The next couple months of Get Messy are the Season of Play. You know I’m gonna love that one. My goal is to post more pages here more often, instead of a big pileup at the end.

(In case you find yourself intrigued by the whole Get Messy art journaling group, you can find out more on their website.)

As always, thanks so much for letting me share my thoughts and creations with you.