Peace Is The Measure

 There is no other way to begin this post than with my continued heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the people of France and Paris. It is truly sad to know such unconscionable human beings exist in this world and think nothing of killing and hurting innocent people. One of my French cousins and his wife happened to be in Paris for a seminar when the killings occurred and although they were detained by a lockdown for two days, thankfully they are safe. I was going to create a journal page about my feelings but came across this page I had done awhile back and felt it showed my feelings about this:

 For my T Stands For Tuesday peeps I have this to share:

 That is the autumnal mug I have been using lately. Obviously it was somewhere in my subconscious when I started this journal page :

 I began with a napkin background and then added a napkin coffee cup. Upon trying to decide how to embellish a bit I saw a pear on the mug. Do you see it?

 This is the finished page:

 I embellished with charcoal , oil pastels and zinc white Fluid acrylic.

 Finally for this post a mandala tangle:

 You can read in this post about my tangle  play which began with a book co-written by a fellow PPFr :) The basic circle template was provided by Ina Sonnenmoser. I drew it in my journal and then just played with a variety of tangles to fill it in while watching The Voice on TV.

 I'll be linking this post to T Stands For Tuesday, Art Journal Journey, Mix It Monthly, and later this week to Art Journal Every Day, Art It Friday - Show Your Face, and Paint Party Friday.

 Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead.

     "Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing- peace is the measure."
                                                                                                  George Melton