I’ve been away too long
every day I missed you more and more and more.
You look like you did before,
only prettier.
Every day I love you more.
From the song 'Love You More' by Racoon For the complete song, click here)
This song kept playing in my head last week so I think it is time
to start posting again. Heya folks! Did you miss me?
I enjoyed the break I took from blogging.
I worked on articles for FEATURING, fooled around in my art journals,
practiced my drawing skills and overall enjoyed the relaxed feeling that
came over me after a few days. Funny, how keeping a blog is both nice
and pressuring… I know you all must feel it that way every now and then.
My advise? Take a break – I’m sure you come back with a lot of new energy
after a while. I know I do!
Soooo… I won’t show you all that I created at once (and some things I won’t
show you at all: ‘doodles’ for practicing, cards and a folder that I forgot to
take pictures from and send away… )
Today is haiku day – so let’s start with that shall we?
Enjoy!
| ElfstedentochtIJzig koud buiten
Een volk in de ban, zou het dit jaar gebeuren? |
Eleven Cities Tour Freezing cold outside People hold their breath, will it finally take place? |
Last week, temperatures dropped in the Netherlands. Just when I thought
Winter was almost over, the wind turned east and brought frost… and I mean
‘real, serious frost’. We Dutchies are weird people, because every time winter
sets in the whole country starts talking about a ‘Elfstedentocht’.
(‘Eleven Cities Tour‘).
The last time this race was held, was in 1997. The ice must be really thick
to make this happen but lots of people already got their skates out of the
drawer and are preparing. (No, not me. I hate sports! I watch it on TV, Ha!)
Anyway, I watched a movie that was made about the toughest tour in history,
called ‘The Hell of 1963’ and I recommend you ‘foreigners’ to watch the trailer
here. (I know it’s in Dutch, but the scenes show ‘Netherland at it’s best=cold’)
I wrote the haiku after I’d seen the movie.
For more haiku and photos, find the other Haiku my heart Friday
participants on Rebecca’s blog Recuaerda mi Corazon.
See how much I missed you?
I start rambling right away, there’s sooo much to tell you!
Like how I practiced drawing.
I started with sketching self portraits in my ‘grid journal’.
(I sketched after photos)
Self portraits in pencil
(Size: 15 x 15 cm - 6 x 6 inch)
… and then some little sketches ended up on my ‘weekly page’
The Chronicles of Marit 2012 – Week 3
(Size: 24,5 x 49 cm - 9.65 x 14.86 inch)
The text is all ‘venting’ (as you English speaking folks call it so nicely)
It’s not that there were serious problems or that I was angry or something,
but still I find it too private to publish so I blurred it all…
… but here’s some text that doesn’t need blurring
The Who – See Me, Feel Me
(Size: approximately 30 x 15 cm - 12 x 6 inch)
No, these words are not printed!
I painted it and used a black sharpie for outlining the words.
It is a page in the Album Cover Art Journal – that still has a lot of
blank pages – but I might finish it this year.
Here’s another photo.
This journal is made out of old album covers and extra cardboard pages.
It can be folded in strange ways, and there are smaller flaps (like the one
I created the ‘Who page’ on.)
That’s all I want to show you today.
I’ll be back next Tuesday (as usual) with more pages and art.
I loved my ‘blog vacation’ but I’m glad I’m back!
Have a nice weekend you all.
(OH, and Dutchies: stay warm!)
Wonderful creations ~ self portraits are amazing ~ hope it has warmed up ~namaste, carol (A Creative Harbor) Happy HMH
Wow! Awesome!
I love everything I have seen here!
Your journal is amazing!
I came for the haiku and got bonus gifts ♥♥♥
Welkom terug, Marit! Fijn dat je er weer bent en dat je ons direct weer verwent met zoveel moois!
Ben helemaal onder de indruk van je zelfportretjes!
En bedankt he, nou speelt dat liedje waar je je blogpost mee begint de hele tijd door m’n hoofd 😉 Niet dat dat erg is hoor, ben een groot Racoon-fan!
Fijn weekend, Marit!
XXXJenneke
I wish we lived down the street from each other.
Cool Marit.. I missed you. I remember when the Who first introduced the rock opera Tommy and the song that had those words in it. They grabbed me tightly and never let go. I have this entire opera on my ipod.
I like your haiku offering for today. I wrote about the opposite. here in Wisconsin USA, a climate that is suppose to be cold and snowy, we have hardly any snow on the ground and warmer than usual temperatures all Winter this year. Many Winter events like sled dog races and snow sculpturing contests have been cancelled.
Taking a break did you more good than harm. Always a pleasure to come to your pages.
Peace
Fabulous work!! 🙂
Such a feast here Marit! I’m trying not to hold my breath with the cold… but the vibrant color of your art and words warms me up! XO
Hi Marit! Welkom terug! Lees dat je een fijne vakantie hebt gehad, top! En ook alweer bij mijn blog langs geweest, thanks 🙂
Briljant dat je Haiku over de 11-stedentocht gaat, dat vind ik als echte Fries wel leuk 😉 Het begint idd wel te kriebelen! Mooie schetsen, bijzonder. Inspirerend, zo los, is lastig (voor mij als perfectionist!).
Kortom: fijn dat je er weer bent!
Liefs, Simone
I have missed your Haiku’s and your journal pages!! These are all AMAZING! :):):):):):):):):):):)
Welkom terug in blog-land. Je hebt jij blogloze periode goed besteed zie ik 🙂
Erg leuke zelfportretjes
welcome back dear friend!
you have a earned your place in our haiku hearts no matter how long the blog vacation!
thank you for your beauty…..
Welcome back! Lovely things on this blog!
Welcome back. Sounds like you have been really busy. Your photo so reminded me of Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates, a childhood favorite. All of your art work is amazing!
Je bent d’r weer!
Gelukkig maar…. Wat ben je toch ‘n ster met letters en wat zijn je zelfportretjes leuk zeg!
Wat denk je? Dit jaar een elfstedentocht?
Volgens de voorspellingen blijft het vriezen volgend week. Brrr… ik verlang naar een waterig “lente-zonnetje”. Heb al leuke enkellaarsjes gespot van de nieuwe collectie 😉
Leuk dat je weer terug bent in blogland meis!!
Ik vind je zelfportretjes in je grid journal heel erg leuk!!
Ik heb al vaker gezegd hoe fantastisch goed jij letters kan tekenen… deze page van the Who is dus weer super!!
Welcome back !
We in the North Eastern US are having a bizarrely mild and relatively little snow this winter. Very unusual. I have to say, I am really liking it. I hope you find ways to stay cozy in the extreme cold you are having there, Dutchie Girl !
Love the self-portraits. How fun. I haven’t done that in a long time…
Have a great weekend !
Hello Hello Dear Marit ~ first I got lost listening to the Love you More song and now I’ve just had a great time with the movie trailer…looks like an exciting movie!
Cool! or should I say Freezing 😉
your sketches are inspiring…that is something I must free myself to do
maybe I’ll take my sketchbook away on vacation
I’ll miss you for a couple of weeks and will be enjoying a change in climate and a blog break 😉
BIG warm hugs to you my art sister!
oxo
leuk dat je er weer bent!!! mooie zelfportret tekeningen…jij kan ook alles he 🙂
ik ben vandaag bij ons op het veluwemeer het ijs op geweest…zo prachtig…de zon, blauwe lucht, sneeuw, ijs, vrolijke mensen en een mooi uitzicht…hoop echt dat het nog een tijdje van dit prachtige weer blijft met misschien wel een elfstedentocht!
Taking a break is always good. I haven’t been blogging as much. love your projects. my favorite is the self portraits. very fun. and I really love your haiku. it’s been a mild winter here in MI, but February can be brutal so there is a lot of time left to get a snow storm or two, or three. =)
welcome back…
glad to hear you enjoyed your time off…i am glad you are back..i missed your posts and your art!
I, too, know about taking a break from blogging. I posted 2 or 3 times a week for a year, then really backed off for awhile, so I could get some other stuff done. It feels good to be back, but I’m only blogging about once a week right now.
In Arizona, we’re just about skipped winter this year! Oh, and your sketches are wonderful!
Blij dat je er weer bent! Mooi werk weer! De zelfpotretten zijn super!!! En “the Who” pagina is prachtig, hele mooie letters en prachtig van kleur.
Elfstedentocht…did it happen? I’m dying to know!
Whirling Haiku and Senryu
Wow Marit, prachtige tekeningen van jezelf! Helemaal geweldig! De “Who” page is prachtig!
En je haiku is mooi, typisch nederlands 😉
you did such a great job with the faces!
when I read about the 11 cities tour, I thot, oh I have to google that! and now here I am! LOL! better late than never!!!
hi Marit! I hope you’re having a good weekend!