I prepared two covers for new journals yesterday.

The first one is a wild kaleidoscope of colors and shapes, created from colored tissue papers that I had previously painted. Sometimes my life feels this way, a passionate adventure filled with a constantly changing array of unknowns.

The other is more subtle and more calm. I don’t know quite what to make of it but I love it also.

These covers were prepared entirely intuitively. I literally slapped them together without thinking about it.

It took me only about 20 minutes to prepare both of them.

I have an art station with my mixed media supplies set up right in the middle of my living room. Everything is ready for the moment when inspiration strikes.

What is a cover?

The dictionary on my computer says that a cover is: “a thing that lies on, over, or around something, esp. in order to protect or conceal it.”

I think of myself as a sponsor or advocate for new ideas that are inspired within me.

I need a sacred place where I have the freedom to explore and imagine and dream.

The covers of my journals both signify and create this sacred space.

I once heard someone say that new ideas need to be protected until they have grown sufficient roots to withstand the challenges put to them, from both within and without.

Like new seedlings, my new ideas need their roots to be grounded in my heart before I share them with others.

The covers of my journals are the covers of my life, the sentries that protect the “me that is becoming”, while I feel my way into the deepening of my own voice and authority in the world.

Filed under: Being a Reinventer, Adventures of a Reinventer, Lynne's Reinvention Journey on March 4th, 2009