Wednesday, January 1, 2014

AJC14 digi collage pause...

I've resisted the one little word thing since I first heard of it, firstly (and mostly) because I suck at resolution type things, and, secondly, because I couldn't think of a word that really encompassed enough of what I wanted a new year to be. It seemed confining somehow.

But as I was going thru this first day of the year, I found myself pausing to scan the 6am sky for the last stars, to breath the crispy air more deeply as I waited for the dog to piddle on our walk, to read thru a poem a second and third time, to pick up that painted paper I got in a swap and really look at the colors.

So' pause...' is my OLW for 2014. Pause... before I speak that unneeded remark, before I go inside for the night to look at the sky one more time, before I walk past that stranger without a quick smile, before a lot of things - most things, probably, for me, because I'm a hurrier. Gotta get this done, no matter how pleasurable it may be, so that I can get on to that. Hurry to work, hurry home, hurry thru saying hi to the animals, hurry thru that really good book so I can get to the next one cause they're piling up on the shelf.

I'm going to pause... a bit more this year.

To plant the thought firmly in my mind, I made a digital collage.

12 comments:

  1. What a beautiful post. I love your OLW. Your collage is also very beautiful. Happy New Year!

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  2. You are on the right track. You've planted that word for me too. Thanks for sharing, my friend. Happy 2014

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  3. Leslie, this is just wonderful! It inspires me.

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  4. Leslie, this is just wonderful! It inspires me.

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  5. Leslie, this is just wonderful! It inspires me.

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  6. Leslie, this is just wonderful! It inspires me.

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  7. A great word for the year. And another stunning digi collage!

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  8. Amazing collage and yay you, a word found you! I like it -- something I should do more of too... Love the fish in the collage, reminds me of the gyotaku idea! You are so talented!

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  9. Love it! The idea, and the collage

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  10. Fabulous digi collage - the colors suit the image and word. Pause is a great word and one I should embrace as well! Here's too an aware, pause-filled 2014.

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  11. Wonderful, Leslie. I love your work...and your word.

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