{"id":7527,"date":"2010-03-09T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T09:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=7527"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:58:19","slug":"walking-the-yellow-brick-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/walking-the-yellow-brick-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking the yellow brick road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s start with the yellow brick road.<\/p>\n

When I looked for a picture of it on the Internet this morning, I not only
\nfound it on a blog – I also read the words accompanying this pic,
\nwritten by Vanessa Leigh<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“The yellow brick road,
\nthe road to everywhere
\nand nowhere at the same
\ntime…. …in my life, there
\nhave been so many paths
\nthat I have taken, ones
\nthat have been yellow
\nbrick roads to my goal,
\nmy pursuit, my dream,
\nor so I thought at least.
\nSome of the yellow
\nbrick that I have followed
\nhave been dead ends…
\n….<\/em>
\n….<\/em>
\nBut, every path was meaning, every brick in those roads was purposeful
\nand meaningful, and I needed to gain full trust in myself that I knew,
\ndeep within, which way to go. I ALWAYS trust my soul now, no question.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

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Isn’t it special, that you go looking for a picture and than, unexpectedly,
\nyou “meet” someone new who wrote words that speak to you immediately?!
\nWords that could have been written by yourself, that you wish you’d written?<\/p>\n

This kind of things make my day, and it all started with a challenge
\nat ScrapMojo<\/a>: “Use your fav quote from Wizard of Oz.
\nAnywhere anyhow on your creation. The second part of our challenge is
\nto use the color orange or yellow on the page. <\/em><\/p>\n

“What would you do with a brain if you had one?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I love that quote!
\nAnd making a collage with this quote in mind was too funny!<\/p>\n

Wanna know what’s funny too?
\nA lot of the students in my online workshop are totally into collage
\nand doodling since there were lessons about that, and I keep seeing
\nfunny collages popping up in their galleries! LOVE IT!
\nI think it’s pretty special that I gave them the inspiration to explore this
\ntechniques! It makes me proud!!!<\/p>\n

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\nAnyway, here’s a
\nclose up of my
\n“brain head.”
\nIt looks kinda
\nugly but it is
\nin fact a delicacy
\n(“guinea-fowl
\nin red wine sauce”)
\n(for the Dutchies:
\nParelhoen in rode
\nwijnsaus) I cut the
\npicture out of a
\nmagazine and added
\neyes and mouth.<\/p>\n

And can you tell by
\nlooking at her hair that
\nI’m zentangling lately?<\/p>\n

I planned a lot of creative activity last weekend but all I did was
\nworking on instruction video’s for my workshop and some housekeeping.
\nI have so many idea’s and projects in my mind but every time I want to
\nstart working on it, something else comes up…
\nOh well, that’s life. But maybe today?
\nIt’s only 11 a.m. and the only thing left on my to do list for today
\nis some grocery shopping (and cook diner tonight) so I should be able
\nto catch some “me time” this afternoon.
\nOn my wish list:<\/p>\n