Just in time, this time….I’ve got 2 pieces to share. I’ve used text in many different ways and one of my favorites, I call “Ransom Poetry”. I have piles of cut out words and then choose or pick randomly and arrange into a poem of sorts. The cut and pasted words look like the classic ransom note, hence the title.
So my first includes images as well as text from magazines and a stamp:
The second is just cut out text:
Both, I’ve realized are about the same thing going on in my life right now. Just a procedural hoop to jump through in my final days in a program and they are dragging on and challenging me in ways I wish they were not. Alas, I don’t get to choose that 
. And so, I am moving toward fearlessness…at least tolerating the fear, perhaps.
TFL
Gail – bravo for getting done before the deadline! Love your term ‘ransom poetry’. Clever. Thanks for sharing with the team!
Gail – you asked about the red x in the box – I’m guessing that occurs because it looks like you are attempting to insert an image that is a hotlink to my site – in other words, you haven’t saved the crusade image to your computer, and uploaded as you would your other images. Maybe try that??
Love your pages!! Cool text and images. Also: congrats on your ‘Fearless’ approach.
Like the idea of “ransom poetry” or should it be “random” ; either way, I remember way back when, David Bowie being interviewed when he first had a hit, saying that he used random phrases from various publications. I even wrote some song lyrics by this technique. But mine seemed to sound like random utterings, not at all like his lyrics
I like your entries for the text crusade
…sorry I didn’t come by sooner…now, on to the next one…Cheers!
Both these are great but the second one really gets me with its message. That blue background is so vibrant – love it.
Beautiful pages ! Isn’t it wonderful, how your work reflects a moment in your life ? I love them.