'Oh My Goodness' Am I glad to see you. You remember Marie, we were at school together? Surely you remember her, she was ever so tiny and so pretty. Well, she came yesterday as we hadn't seen one another in ever so long and it was lovely, apart from the fact that I was a bit down.
You see, school had been a bit fraught over the past few weeks. One or two of the staff had obviously got together as a little group and I really thought they had the knives out. Not just with me but with some of the other young teachers. There had been some cutting remarks made, knowing looks between them, and it was obvious that when some of us opened our mouths they did not agree with what we were saying. You know, the odd look, nod of the head and all that.
It really got to me and I haven't been sleeping all that well. I have tried to be nice to them, trying not to let it bother me and I kept myself to myself in the staff room most of the time. Obviously I know who the ring leader is, and I think I know what her game is too. There' s a promotion coming up and she knows I fit the bill for it but I can see she is trying her best to undermine me. I am sure she is going to push someone else to apply for it too.
Well, when Marie came I was having a bad day as I said, and I just let slip how I was feeling and a bit about what was going on. You will never believe it but she told me to "Surround myself with Taco's, not negativity".
I have just had the most terrible dream. I was in California staying with my friend Cindee and all of a sudden I was in this room full of Taco's. Not simply taco's on a plate but they were "all dancing and singing Taco's". Maracas and the lot! The noise was horrendous. It was awful, I was completely surrounded. I had no idea what to do. I couldn't even catch hold of one of them, they just danced about far too quickly for me.
What do you think it means? They say all dreams have a meaning."
Today's page was smooched with three different shades of orange Oxides on an acrylic block and then I printed lots of little Mexican dancing Taco's, fussy cut them and added them as a border, drawing stick legs and arms and a few musical notes with Posca pens. I chose a small figure from Dyan's range (Dylusions) and then decided to write my story to you. This is now entered into Valerie's theme at Art Journal Journey - 'Anything Goes', ideal for me as I can link in with anything and my usual Thursday journaling does not need thinking about. If you have a journal page you would like to share why not hop over to AJJ and link in. Check the rules though, it is journaling but there are restrictions re size etc.
