Silly Girl - Happy, Joyous and Free

I watched an interview with Jessica Sporn this morning.  It was fun, enlightening and encouraging. She was a performance arts major, then a lawyer for years before she became an artist.  She said that when she was pregnant she craved art instead of pickles.

For several months now, I have craved art also.  If I don't have paint on my fingers or ink on my face, I get a little down.  Art is like my own special anti-depressant.  

My art comes from that kid inside me who is happy, joyous and free.  She likes inky fingers and playing with paint. I spent years and years being an adult. I was so serious about everything.  I worried and carried on about things I could do nothing about.  

Finally at age 58, I've learned to play.  That is not so say that I don't pay my bills or go to work each day.  I am now a responsible adult who knows how important it is to play.  I have less money, a smaller house and a happier spirit these days.  I am filled with gratitude that the silly girl has finally come into her own.  

My page today is about silly flower girls.  I've been looking at them and I think I am most like the one in the bottom left corner.  I started these girls because my friends in Mixed Media Madness have been making whimsical girls that I admire.  I can't draw a face worth a darn so I decided to let my imagination run wild.  I see now that each one I made became a little more free and less "people like."  I did them in this order:  Right, top and bottom.  I think each one is more playful than the one before.  What have you done for fun today?

Linked to Artist Play Room (I hope this make you smile, Jenn)