The Coffee Ritual by Sharon

It was a real pleasure to work on such a beautifully made journal.  Monika even included a small gift for all of us and the instructions on how to connect to our creative source from Wendy were a great find.   

Grimoire seemed to epitomize what it means to work on a round robin.  Our individual styles shone out from the pages and I hesitated to begin.  I wanted to create something worthy of such a journal and it took quite a bit of inner lecturing to realize that I am simply what I am and it was pointless to try to be anything else!

Surprisingly the month passed and I still hadn't begun.  

I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  It should be based on the Shakespearean rhyme 

"Double, double, toil and trouble"

It should have beautiful symbols and fonts, layers and an image of

coffee brewing but I got stuck on paraphrasing the Shakespeare.  I simply hadn't the time to sit quietly and come up with anything.

This is where the spirit of cooperation came to the fore.  My good friend Tam simply went "that is easy" and wrote my words for me in no time flat.  

So with no further adieu:

"Hubble, bubble, boil and bubble,

For a brew on the double.

Grind your beans with midnight power

and cast them measured

or taste will sour.

Let them steep while you seek the bean

that has also been made by the chocolate Queen

and cast in bars of flavour and taste

Then pour your coffee with out due haste."

I began with a layer of vintage book pages.

Then started to layer up the page with symbols from the internet (nice ones)

then aged the page and before I knew it, I had finished.

I hope people realize how much time artists spend thinking about the task at hand.  It isn't always easy but I wouldn't have it any other way.