May's Collage - Eye Candy

I have been regularly attending a Collage workshop at The Makespace, a Harrisburg arts space near my home.  I was in a hurry to get to a picnic last month and didn't take the time to "stick" all my little pieces on the Masonite before I left class. Below is my work in progress.

Since tomorrow is the June collagery gathering, I thought I ought to spread out all my elements and complete the May Project. I had to actually look at the above photo to help me reconstruct it. I did make a few changes and add a couple of additional pieces that aren't in the original. I still think EYE CANDY is the right title.

"Eye Candy" paper collage on Masonite

My very old rose bush is the backyard is covered with blooms. The original cane is nearly 100 years old. The roses are very large and extremely fragrant. The bush blooms prolifically for about 2 weeks and then it is done. So I enjoy them while I can.

Roses with collage

 Have a great day. Don't forget to smell the roses and don't be fooled by the eye candy.

First time at a Writing Workshop

I am a voyeur.
I relish looking at art
   experiencing art, buying art, being with art
It's cliched I know, but some of my best friends are artists
Still I don't see myself as art or artist.

Our assignment was to describe our eyes
I squinted into a mirror by the window
    struggling to see myself not through glasses, but through artist eyes
"The shape of the mirror frame changes the shape of your face,"
      one of us muses

Now, in our quiet writing time, only thoughts of music come to me
Unbidden, snippets of lyrics dance through my head
"Blue eyes crying in the rain..."
"These eyes have seen a lot of love..."
"You're too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you..."

"Go deep inside
Find your own voice," the old poet had said

I pick up the mirror once again
A voyeur of my own face