August 4, 2008

• Art Day #6: Granting Some Wishes

  12:00 NOON

  look what showed up in the mail!

  

  if you don’t see yours here, and you know you sent it, give me a holler. Sometimes i am not the most organized Fairy Godmother.

  Also check out these stamps, courtesy of DiDi in Japan. Thanks D!
  

  Ok, lemme go dig out my wand, and then we’ll get crackin’. back in a few!

  2:00 PM

  So if you’re going to be a professional Fairy Godmother- or “Kismet Consultant”, as it’s known in the field- it’s more than just having a the wand. Any old thing will do for a wand, and of course my tool of choice is a paintbrush.

  

  Rearranging fortune is a complex process, and requires proper footwear.

  

  On top of that, you have to understand complex desire-energy flow dynamics. It boils down to this: stuff ain’t gonna happen unless you put it out there. Whether you’re a tenacious go-getter or you tend more towards tucking your dreams away, the first step in making a wish come true is some kind of action. It can be simpler than you think, such as writing it down on a slip of paper and mailing it to somebody; your desire then begins to make its way out into the world, and also leaves a pathway back to you. It also helps to invest in kind gestures, that kind of thing attracts all kinds of positive energy. Hah. Airy fairy enough for you yet?

  At any rate, a well-trained kismet consultant can help direct that output in creative, positive ways and redistribute it, ensuring that something good comes of your initial wish-gesture.

  So without further adieu, shall we see what’s in these envelopes??

  3:00 PM

  Oh, if wishes were fishes……

  I’d rather have stars.

  

  A wish from

  

  (me, too)

  And a wish for inspiration:
  

  And this one has

  Oh, neat!
  
  
  Some pretty beads and confetti and golden hearts and a really good wish.
  

  I’ll have to work hard on that one, haha.

  A wish from far away:
  
  

  with bunnies!

  

  And a wish for time inside…..

  

  I have to say, you guys are really good wishers. And i know a good wish when i see it!

  3:30 PM

  basic wishmixing supplies:

  

  • wishes
  • blank canvas boards
  • paint
  • paintbrush aka “magic wand”
  • pretty paper
  • bottle of Heliotropic Elixr # 288, which is regulated as a section 93-a Classified Substance in the F.G. Karmic Rulebook. This basically means it’s a prety kickass lucky charm.
  • Some pennies in my pocket.

  Herein we get into some basic desire-energy causality theory. If you leave a single penny heads-up on the sidewalk, somebody will find it and pick it up, and most people regard this sort of thing as “lucky”. Whether or not luck is an actual proven entity, this penny experience usually serves to momentarily improves the finder’s outlook on the world in a positive direction. If you start leaving lots of pennies around, you are, in theory, having a direct and positive effect on the experience of many people, albeit briefly. Start leaving pennies around in a playground and you get twice the bang
  for your collective buck, because kids love finding treasure. It’s kind of like embezzling good karma, but without all the negative material connotations. All of this good juju eventually gets back to you, not to mention you’re continually unloading some fairly useless and weighty coinage.

  4:00 PM

  we begin painting the canvases (there’s 4, one for each wish i received), which doesn’t take long since they’re 3×5″.

  

  But don’t get paint on the dress!

  

  and i have to wait for the paint to dry for a couple minutes…..

  

  4:30 PM

  acrylic medium is useful stuff; it makes great glue and it dries clear and seals in collages.
  

  but sometimes you find dried acrylic boogers in the jar.
  

  First you paint some onto the area where you’ll be sticking the paper.
  

  Then you put the paper where you want it, and smooth it out.

  

  Then paint another coat of acrylic medium on top to seal it in.
  

  5:00PM

  As you can see, i cut up bits and pieces of everybody’s wishes. Like i always say, a little destruction has to happen before creation can take root.

  

  I begin to arrange some selected pieces on the little canvas…

  

  until i get something i like.

  

  But the edges of the paper bits seem a little harsh to me, so i take a little paint and go over the edges, or paint thin translucent letters to blur the words.

  

  A collage of wishes from all over the world.

  

  Once the paint dries I’ll add some of my own drawings (in sharpie!), and then complete the other three canvases. I’ll post them here once they are all finished.

  Where’s the magic spell? Each finished artwork will be mailed to one of the people who sent me an original wish, so in essence a part of each wish I received is artistically transformed, and then sent back out into the world and into someone else’s care. That kind of energy travels well, thus increasing the likelihood that said wish will come true.

  Plus it’s fun to get all painty and make art for people, so i kind of get my wish, too.

  • 5:25 pm
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