As I continued to keep journals, I started adding my own ideas, designs, and dreams to them. I would still sometimes cut and paste from magazines and newspapers, referring to color schemes or styles of art I liked.
Here I liked the African women repeated across the page. Simple design, yet effective.
Images as inspiration
I also like to cut swatches and selvedges from fabrics I buy when I travel:
Who needs travel photos?
I have that same image of the women carrying baskets on their heads. That is from an opera or Broadway play that I can’t recall at the moment. When I worked it was pinned on my inspiration board in my office.
I’m enjoying your journal series of posts!
Could it have been Aida? What are the chances of that!! Great minds must think alike, huh? Who knows what else we share in our journals?