Sharing Our Friendship: Chapter 2

Here is the second of my 6 posts showcasing our Innerworks Altered Book collaboration.  It's time to share the artwork that Veronica  Funk of Simple Pleasures and I created in each other's books! Veronica discusses  how she began her pages   here.  They are so graceful, overflowing with beauty, the poetry that it speaks and the endless dreams in nature's delight.

Here are close ups of the beautiful paintings above.

Thank you so much Veronica for these flowing pages of nature at its very best!
                                                            
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And here are my pages in Veronica's touching book on Friendship!

  Here, I celebrate the friendship that has formed among  each other in our Innerworks Collaboration. I've made miniature replicas of our altered books on one side, and as you can see,  pictures of us on the other side so you can meet the artists!

True friendship involves the merging of energies between two people, trust and tremendous and unending courage  to reveal ourselves - not just our outward best, but our vulnerabilities, our fear,  and our insecurities.

 The very best part of friendship is when love develops--with understanding and patience,  with the need to accept differences, conflict, imperfection in one another and the ability to challenge each other to develop our "moving" best.  We all must change- just as each day brings new experiences to us,  to enhance ourselves to continue to expand what we see, how we view our world, and the colors that we create within it.   Friendship is like a breathtaking rainbow!

Never wait to tell someone you love them. 

 Happy Valentine's Day!

Friendship Time- Seek and You Shall Find!

I've just completed working in Veronica Funk's InnerWorks book on Friendship. In her post, she asks us to think about what makes up friendship? What maintains and sustains it over time? What keeps it alive, fresh, and growing?

Flowering?

What is it that makes some friendships weaken while others flourish? Does it depend on the kind of friendship it is- as subjectively defined by oneself? There are so many kinds of friends- including casual friends, best friends, work friends, school friends, close friends, distant friends, old friends, new friends, bus friends, train friends, street friends, friends in the making, girlfriends, boy friends, men friends, women friends, dog as man's best friend, animal friends, blogland friends, imaginary friends, ex friends and friends to the end.

Through our special altered book collaboration, InnerWorks, we've developed our own special kind of friendship. It involves the trust and understanding that we have with one another. Veronica has so generously gifted all of us with a MeeMee award which you can see here.

In honor of the very special relationship that we have with one another in our InnerWorks Collaborative, I've created replicas of our altered works- all winners in my book!!

With words - very special friendships are created.

Friendships, soulful, life saving, life creating - are the golden threads which maintain peace in our hearts, confidence in our thoughts, and so much joy in our lives.

Make it a point to tell your friends how important they are to you

and what a difference they make in being part of your life.