Altered Silver

Sometimes, we can all use a gentle reminder.

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Tending little things lets the bigger things take care of themselves. It's all about appreciation.

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A bit cryptic, but this page is about following your bliss.

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The background on this is a blending of a music sheet scan with a part of a digital fanart I made earlier in the year (of Amber Tamblyn from "Joan of Arcadia").

Today's page is something of a celebration of a new toy and tool: an all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/fax. One of the first things I did after making this background was to scan all my posted ATCs and update the images for them in this blog. I haven't had much luck with printers and scanners in the past; seems like every time I had both, one would break down and the other would be inefficient. While it lasts, though, these are very fun tools to have!




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When things get too hectic, it's time to ignore the clock and find one's own calm again, to "enter the quiet and sacred place." The French handwriting asserts, "Time doesn't exist for me tonight."

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Trying to keep things simple is an ongoing process in today's world. Perhaps it's even something of an impossibility.

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It was Thanksgiving here in the States. That's where my thoughts started when I sat down to work on my gluebook. Where the ideas went from there may be attributable to too much turkey.

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If you view this from a distance (or squint your eyes at the monitor), the safe's dial starts looking like the lens of a camera. Interesting, but I have no idea what that might mean.

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I really like the "get creative" design and colors. I didn't want to interrupt the flow of the typography, so I merely added a few more bits of text.

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The sticker in the middle came off one of the new toys I got today, a square paper punch. And as you can see, it was put to use quite liberally to create this page.

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