Girls, Girls, Girls

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If you were expecting Mötley Crüe version of Girls, Girls, Girls, I bet you are disappointed. Sorry. But I am featuring three art journal spreads featuring three girls. The quote from above comes from my friend, Mel, who is a wonderful resource for inspirational quotes. And when I saw this on her timeline on Facebook, I knew I needed to draw her. I had a difficult time trying to decide how to draw her. The image that kept invading my mind was that of young Mother Theresa. The quote is meaningful to me because I strive to be her. It has been difficult lately to remain optimistic. I'm trying.

Mel is also the one who introduced me to the poet, Tyler Knott Gregson. I've done another post about using his poems. I now follow him on Facebook and Instagram and try to save the poems that speak to me. He now writes a daily haikus that are beautiful.

"Through the shower steam

I swear I saw you grinning

and staring at me."

-Tyler Knott Gregson

"See with brand new eyes

and find the whole world shining

so much awaits us."

-Tyler Knott Gregson

There are so many more poems that I have saved to draw. I should try drawing male faces in the next series, but I love drawing female faces! Do you have a favorite poet? How does he/she affect you?

Favorite Poem

I was introduced to the work of Tyler Knott Gregson about a year ago from my friend, Mel. He is a contemporary poet whose words become an image in my mind. You can find Mr. Gregson's work here. 

The art journal entry you see above is my latest. Of course the first thoughts I had after reading the poem was the joy and anticipation of sipping that first cup of coffee. I started this piece in sepia tones but I actually kept seeing the colors purple and yellow. So I had to add them. This is the first time I had colors insisting they be used. Perhaps I'm losing it if I'm having a conversation in my mind with colors.

Adding purple was easy, it's a striking background. But yellow? So I just went with easy. Used a bubble wrap to crest simple flowers. 

This is a piece I did months ago. I saw the poem on Mel's timeline on Facebook and immediately fell in love. And I saw a basic image of a woman's face with gold cracks. I had done two of my Woman of Wisdom series already by then so the hair was influenced by that. I usually like to write the words out by hand, but for this one, I did it digitally.

This is also a piece I showed publicly at out Temple art show. Here's what I wrote about this piece for the show.

Fractured

Yukari Bromfield

This piece was inspired by a quote from Tyler Knott Gregson and a Japanese art of mending broken pottery called Kintsukuori.  

Some days I wake up

and all I feel

are the fractures

in the flesh

that covers

the only me

I've ever known.

Some days,

it's those exact

fissures

that let the light

pour out

and cover

in gold

everyone

that found enough beauty

in the cracks

to stand

close.

Kintsukuori is a process by which gold or silver lacquer is used to repair broken pottery with the belief that the piece is more beautiful for being broken.

Many of us are broken, put together with love and understanding.  And we are all beautiful for surviving.

Do you have a favorite poem or a poet?