With Patience, Something Finally Manifests

I've struggled a bit with journaling recently probably because I've been distracted by post-surgery healing.  It took me two weeks, 17 steps, and lots of patience to go from this:

to this...

Once I got going though, I discovered an entire flock of odd birds inside me, waiting to be born so prepare yourselves for bird pages all week long.  I need to be getting back to work for my ongoing show, "The Motley Menagerie," so this is a perfect way to make my journals support my other art projects.  More than likely, these birds will end up on canvas in one form or another...