For this spread we had to randomly let our pen/pencil wander about the page without thought or attempting to create anything in particular. Then, as in cloud watching, look to see if there was a figure within and draw it out, this would be representative of ourselves at a time when we felt to be a misfit. I don’t have a problem with feeling like a misfit or an outsider - often if I get these feelings now it is an indication that perhaps the people I am with are just not on my ‘wavelength’, nothing more, nothing less – and as an adult I have choices.
To do this I shut my eyes to draw the lines as my first attempt was much too contrived, so I gessoed it out and went again. We had to journal around our figure – I ended up with two which came as no real surprise to me:
I have a sneaking suspicion these figures may say more about me than I realise 
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I’m looking forward to your posts and the delights included in them.
Vi
awww so cute
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Charming figures, color so very apt. Fran
Wonderful. I know of this Misfitism. It is a form of mysticism, did you know? A wild but painful genius. Your work is not pretty, Jill. *GUFFAW*!!! Yes, says I. Not pretty at all! It’s more beautiful than the “pretty” associated with decoration. Lord, you should see what I’ve been hanging on my walls these days. I would be labelled all manner of illnesses by the creatively blind and dull-witted! I feel your work and words even more deeply than what I on screen.
Good gracious, child, but you are a wild genius in these hallowed halls. CONTINUE! CONTINUE! You are not alone amid this coven of creative misfits, and we’re glad you’re here to grow with us.
steph
Ooooh, a creature that wears a shell, eh? Interesting…
I like what Steph says (above), that art doesn’t have to look pretty to be meaningful. I agree wholeheartedly.
Your art is always moving, Jill, you reveal a lot about yourself, despite the shell, lol!
Hugs,
Kari x
Love the caption on the lower pic. Just love the colours as they keep the eyes roving around all the detail about them.
These are really neat, Jill. I like the idea behind this, too.