{"id":10517,"date":"2011-09-27T06:20:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T13:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=10517"},"modified":"2016-06-29T11:40:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T18:40:58","slug":"juicy-soul-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/juicy-soul-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Juicy Soul Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago I went back to A Work of Heart<\/a> for a Juicy Soul Retreat. I really had no idea what a juicy soul was or how it could be retreated. I went because I needed a bit of a creative change and Andrea and her good energy were just what I needed.<\/p>\n

\"Andrea\"<\/a>
Andrea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was the right thing to do. I really enjoyed the day, got a lot done and got my head a bit straighter than it was.<\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/a>
Finished Cover + Marker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I thought about the journal I wanted to make and wasn’t sure so I bought a new journal and brought my Purpose journal as well. I was thinking I might be able to add to that one.<\/p>\n

One of the things that was different about this class than the other journaling classes I have attended at AWOH was that we all introduced ourselves and shared a little bit about ourselves. Some people shared why they were there-what they hoped to achieve- and others shared something about their art. My friend, though quite young, is staring retirement in the face and she was there to work on figuring out what’s next.<\/p>\n

That struck a chord with me and I started working on the new journal. Some of the techniques for making backgrounds were similar to those I had used in other AWOH classes, but there was plenty of new stuff as well. Also, I don’t take notes in Andrea’s classes; I try to absorb the techniques, so I don’t remember some of the nuances from previous classes.<\/p>\n

\"Darcy's<\/a>
Darcy’s Background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I tried to get the backgrounds for the new journal done, but there just wasn’t enough time. It was probably a good thing. I have to remember that it isn’t about the finished product, but about the process.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"AWOH<\/a>
AWOH Hearts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Andrea is revamping half of her studio space and she has some of her work displayed on the new shelves there. I love the hearts. The pink background is such a wonderful pink. It isn’t too sickly sweet or light.<\/p>\n

She has a project of her own in which she is creating 1000 houses-images of houses. I love the idea of choosing a shape and creating a series using that shape. The house shape is simple, but has a lot of possibilities. Hearts would also work. A 1000 is an amazing number of pieces of art. It is large enough to be a challenge, but also obtainable. She eventually wants to raffle the collection off to raise money for a charity.<\/p>\n

\"AWOH<\/a>
AWOH Houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"AWOH<\/a>
AWOH Houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"AWOH<\/a>
AWOH Houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"AWOH<\/a>
AWOH Houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"AWOH<\/a>
AWOH Houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"AWOH<\/a>
AWOH Houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago I went back to A Work of Heart for a Juicy Soul Retreat. I really had no idea what a juicy soul was or how it could be retreated. I went because I needed a bit of a creative change and Andrea and her good energy were just what I … Continue reading “Juicy Soul Retreat”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[311,320,86,127,69],"class_list":["post-10517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-400","tag-creativity","tag-journals","tag-off-topic-crafts","tag-retreat","tag-visual-journaling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}