Monday Art Challenge

"Her Head Was Full of Fripperies"  - mixed media on canvas paper, 12" x 16"  Unframed.

A double challenge day!  First, the March bi-weekly challenge.  On top of that, using the word "frippery" as the prompt for a painting.  What fun!  And perfectly timed.  My head, like this head-heavy girl, has been full of extraneous stuff.  

The more I try to simplify my thinking, the more I realize how much junk is in my head.  Unnecessary junk.  The kind of junk that weighs you down before you even have a chance to roll out of bed in the morning.   Do fripperies come in a swarm?   Do they look like jelly donuts? Are they sticky?  Becoming aware of the frivolous thoughts seems to produce more of them!  Or maybe I just see them more clearly.  

Anyway, this piece made me smile as it emerged on my worktable.  She reminds me to choose carefully what I place on (in) my head each day, or risk looking (and feeling) quite ridiculous.