What an honor to share with you pages from Ziek Paterniti's journal. See here for a look at Ziek's book. This book represents six years of journaling.
Here's what Ziek has to say about her pages.
In the above page ... "My daughter was graduating from special educatioin boarding school and it was time to explore possibilities for her adult-living situation. At first I was connecting with the word "Investigate" but that felt to clinical. When I came across the little dictionary definition sticker (lower left of the page) that said "Explore" I decided that it was much more in harmony with my intention and after that moment, the page took off!
The background is acrylic paint stenciled with Adirondack Ink and a stippling brush. The images came together from various collage collections, magazines, etc.
I love the tentative, almost tip-toeing girl. This page speaks volumes of the careful first steps of a new direction .
When Ziek's daughter came home to live with her parents ...
"The background is acrylic paints and the border was built with magazine papers. I stamped the background with flourishy stamps. You will see the fairy princess flying in from the west (PA) toward the couple in the little "house" (my husband and myself) with Lady Liberty in our back yard. There are dancers on the left page and children playing on the right page, as well as birds and flowers scattered around. The flowers are made from stacking two sizes of flower punches and accented (as is the rest of the page) with Stickles."
The joy spilling out of this page is infectious. I can feel the happy party and the prospect of new beginning.
