I believe I can fly and you?

Hello My Lovelies!

How are you today? I hope you are well. Here is Winter and I love cloudy days. Hot weather is unbearable! Last Summer I thought we would evaporate here in Rio de Janeiro. Apart from that everything is under control. My girls are older. One of them is about to graduate at university and get married. I have four dogs and two cats. I am still working but I can retire now. I have been teaching for 34 years. Time flies so do I.

It 's been a while since I created something for Altered Book Lover. But I am back. 

I believe I can fly whenever my creative juices flow. They make me feel alive. 

And you? And Yes, T stands forwhat Art gives me: wings.

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Also linking up with Try it on Tuesday

 Hugs, 

Karla

Sun in my eyes

T stands for Beauty

Hello my T-Friends!

I am a bit late today. I hope you are well. Last week my friends and I went to a protest against the new labor and social security reforms. Thousands and thousands people were there. It ended in a clash with the police. 19 capitals protested too. Some photos below:

  My friends and I. We work together at the same school.

I am between the two ladies.

 I hope those reforms never happen. Otherwise  we will spend our life working and retire at almost 70. Neo-liberalism destroys everything. It enslaves people. Although I was born during dictatorship, my father taught me to have wings and to think big. So if I can fight, I will.

I am glad art can help me to overcome my fears. I created the page below  for Color Me Positive 2017.

 Hope you have a magical week, full of positive vibe. Don't forget to visit Elizabeth and join T stands for Tuesday.

 Hugs, 

Karla

T stands for Carnival

It's Carnival here my lovelies!

And water is our best friend because it is hot.

Yes, Carnival is a national passion like coffee and soccer and it  is a democratic celebration because everybody gets involved in it as it takes the country hostage from the north to the south. I guess it might be weird for a foreigner to understand us = Brazilian people and only if you come here, you will comprehend our passions and the positive vibe brought by Carnival,

I created some pages for Color me Positive 2017 and some faces for 29 Faces. You can see them below.

Carnival is a holiday here and it lasts a couple of days. So I am at home, creating. But tomorrow I am going to dance in the street together with my daughter and friends. You are invited!

This is for T stands for Tuesday. Visit Elizabeth,

Hugs, 

Karla

T stands for Beauty

Good Morning My T-Friends!

First of all I'd like to apologise for not being able to leave you all some comments but life has been quite hectic since I came back to work. I only have saturdays and sundays to create something or when I have some time during the week. Apart from that, things are not that easy here. Discontentment is everywhere. Resentment too specially with the new horrible social security measures which establishes a minimum retirement age (65). I miss President Dilma Rousseff. She cared for my people. She fought during dictatorship and she will always be an icon for me. 

I'd like to share some watercolor creations from my poetry book but I must confess I haven't written a single line. Poetry is so far away from me right now. There's a havoc in my heart and my muse left me. So there's no inspiration in my life.

But I am grateful there's always a new tomorrow and a new possibility for me and for everybody around the word.

Much Love, 

Karla

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Ps: my breakfast today is just  green juice and a creamcheese sandwich. You are invited to have a glass with me.
Happy Valentine's Day. Ours is in June.

T stands for Time

Hello My T-Friends!

I guess I am late again but here I am. Today I want only papaya, mango juice, a toast and ricotta spread. because it is very hot. Tomorrow I start work so I created a page thinking about time which in my opinon passed so quickly this january. Sometimes I think holidays should have 48 hours each day so that we all could rest more. But life is so fast these days, it is an instant and we hardly have time to think and reflect on what is happening. I have some years ahead till I retire. Meanwhile, let me prepare something for my class tomorrow.
Have a magical week!
Don't forget to visit Elizabeth!

This is also for Art Journal Journey
Hugs, 

Karla

T stands for Thoughts

Good Morning My T- Friends!

I guess I am late today but better late than never. I hope you are well wherever you are no matter how cold or hot the weather is. I promised myself that my blog would be devoted to art but sometimes I break this rule to write what I feel. I do apologise if I stir your feelings but it is with immense sadness and fear that not only me but many of my fellow countrymen and countrywomen saw Trump became America 45th president. What a challenge the whole world has ahead! I only hope common sense prevails and Mr Trump can understand that planet Earth is vast and everybody has the right to be here.

Would you like some coffee? Have you ever tried yogurt bread or white cheese?

They are yummy yummy!

As I told you I have been quite introspective due to some uncontrollable circumstances and I guess that has somehow been affecting not only the way I look at life but also my art.

 I chose Aristotle's quote to illustrate my pages:

"Friendship is two souls dwelling in one body."

Friends are very important in one's life and I am blessed because I have a few good friends and they are like a family. They helped me to be a better person in so many ways. 

If you can't find majesty in yourself, nobody will. Self-acceptance is essential to survive in a world so biased and unwilling to rethink attitudes. Nah, I don't want to change the world. I just want to live in peace and irradiate sunshine of my heart. When I was young, I thought I would transform everything. A rebel I was! It is impossible not to be one when you live in a dictatorship. Now I look at my daughter and I see myself in her. It is interesting how things repeat themselves in the scheme of life. Wisdom is a privilege of maturity and I am glad I finally understood that truth.

I hope you have a magical week!

Don't forget to visit Elizabeth!

Why don't you join Susi and Valerie? It's fun!

Blessings!

Karla

T stands for Love

Good Morning My Lovelies!

Today I don't want any coffee. It's very hot so just a glass of passion fruit juice for me which is my favourite one. We are never satisfied. I wish I could be contemplating some snow from my window right now but I've never seen it. As a matter of fact, this is what I see from my window:

The water is very clear and inviting.

 But I don't dare going to the beach.

The sun is very intense today and I believe it must be around 35°C.

 Here is another creation from my poetry book, I used watercolor pencils to color my little girl,.The poem and the drawing is a tribute to my furry friend Babi. She is sick and the vet suspects it is osteomyelitis again. I don't want to make her suffer another amputation so I have been quite blue since I got the diagnosis. Life is strange. It always finds a way to hurt us somehow.

The little girl in the drawing is me. The puppy is Babi. I am just five right now and I am glad she is still here with me, lying down on the floor under my chair as I write this text.

Have a magical week my friends and don't forget to visit Elizabeth!

Hugs, 

Karla