Ink, Acrylic, paper, & pastel
A super appropriate topic from Orly’s art journaling class! 
Last Saturday was all about diving into our journals, our emotions and letting them out on the page. The topic “Casting my Net” had a personally significant meaning…I had been emailing Orly and let her know that since taking her classes, and having had the opportunity and courage to do a teaching demo, I fell like i am finally casting my net a little larger!
I was as if I had been too afraid to cast my net too far, maybe afraid to come up short? But I realize you get nothing if you don’t even put yourself out there! Thalia, a great woman in the art journaling class, was generous to share with us pages of an old family book that was falling apart. Oddly enough, the page I pulled out was all about TRUST and Casting away your fears…. one section was about still waters are safe… but I know that still waters are also stagnent… I fell like by opening up, my waters are moving! I have a new hubby, new and awesome connections with people, a new blog (justdesignstudio coming soon!) and a new discovery and love for teaching… What kinds of newness are you making for yourself? 
I am pushing forward into moving waters. Who knows where it will take me? Will you join me?
Your pages here have such movement and so much life to them! I can feel your exicitement in them just looking at them. Lovely and awesome! So many lovely rich layers here. More, more, more please Rachel! I am here! I want more posts, more teachings, more colaborations. As I feel I can not work along side you, Orly, and my other wonderful classmates without learning so very many wonderful valuable things. It is pure magic we are congering here. Priceless.
I’m with you…movin’ movin’ water…
I love this page, all your art in your journal reflects your words…it’s so lively and enthousiastic and it’s moving……your writing is awesome…you are good at that too.
Here is a relevant quote that I so love…for you…
“Tell me, what is your plan to do with your one precious life? A ship is safe in port but that is not what ships are for!”
XOXOrly
nudge, prod, elbow…nudge nudge….