Sunday, January 14, 2018

Thankful for the Space to be Me


When the going gets tough, I like to sort, organize and thus firmly set my sights on moving forward positively -- or at least with my bed made and the filing done. So this week I made this chatterbox/fortune teller/fidget folder and I have started handing them out to the good spirits that surround us and even popped a couple in the mail. It has been so much fun think there might be more. Let me know if you have a mess or collection that you'd like help with.

Chatterbox One References and Notes – Clockwise from the gold star at the top of the top left picture
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Background is copy of a copy of a Tanzanian work permit
A picture of origami boxes with 2boys’ Shiny Turd
A clipping of jet silhouettes from the Canadian Aviation Museum’s floorplan handout
Inspirational words on sticker imported from Taiwan by a company called MultiCraft
Star stickers were imported from China by CTG Brands Inc.
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A clipping from a picture of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa from a Prelude programme produced by the NAC.
The sloppy mannaz rune was chosen to enhance relationships and was inscribed in silver Sharpie
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Background drawing of a shooting star and words by Boy2
Clipping of an inspirational quote from Einstein on a sticker in the same packet from MultiCraft. Full quote on sticker: Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow. According to  The telegraph.co.uk he finished the thought with:
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Star stickers were imported from China by CTG Brands Inc.
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Zimbabwe Ruins detail c.2004
The rune for “need” was inscribed in silver Sharpie but I’m glad it doesn’t show up very well
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Detail of a picture of a bridge from a card my Dad send me in the mail in 2017
Words from Simon’s poem in the Republic of Childhood
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Zimbabwe Ruins detail c.2004
The rune for “dice cup” or “vulva” was inscribed in silver Sharpie
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Background clipping from an airplane notebook my Mum gave us
Words from Simon’s poem in the Republic of Childhood and from my business card
Star and sunglasses emoji stickers were imported from China by CTG Brands Inc.
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Clipping from a picture on an entry ticket to Canadian Museum of Nature
The rune for “torch” was inscribed in silver Sharpie
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Bee picture shot at the Round House Dar es Salaam c.2010
Live for today is part of the quote from Einstein as explained above
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Zimbabwe Ruins detail c.2004
The rune for “day” was inscribed in silver Sharpie for positive outcomes
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A copy of the cover of The Republic of Childhood – a chapbook of poetry by the Fisher Park Summit Alternative Poetry Collective presented by the Ottawa International Writers Festival in November 2017
Hope for tomorrow is part of the quote from Einstein as explained above
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Monument where a road crosses the Tropic of Capricorn in South Africa detail c.2004
The rune Raido for “journey or path” inscribed in silver Sharpie
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Our Defender Puma near Lake Malawi c.2010
Words from Simon’s poem in Republic of Childhood
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Monument where a road crosses the Tropic of Capricorn in South Africa detail c.2004
The rune algiz for protection was inscribed in silver Sharpie
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I clipped my husband out of a picture shot of him working on a job in Dar es Salam then printed in a corporate magazine c.2009
He’s now flanked by a picture of a tower near Niagra Falls clipped from a tourist picture we had taken as a family then printed on a shot of the falls at night when we were there in 2014
The crest is on a plane displayed at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and was clipped from a Treasure Hunt handout 2boys enjoyed working on there
Words from the header of page 2 of The Republic of Childhood
My cell and email coordinates
Star stickers were imported from China by CTG Brands Inc.
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A clipping from a picture of the National Arts Center in Ottawa from a Prelude programme produced by the NAC.
The rune yera was inscribed with silver Sharpie