My 'Wreck This Journal'

I bought my Wreck This Journal about a year ago when I felt at a lost and despite being halfway through my first year at university, I felt that my creativity motivation left me. I thought that perhaps having a different task to do on each page would bring my creativity back to life and I am so glad that it has. I have seen so many brilliant art work other people have done with their Wreck This Journal on Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter and seeing everyone else's creativity really inspired me a great deal.

"If you hear a voice inside you say, 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent Van Gogh

So I thought that I would take the liberty of showing you what I have done in my Wreck This Journal so far. I haven't completed many pages as I have struggled to find the time to actually sit down and make art. But I am happy with what I have done so far and I look forward to what I do next.

Pour, spill, drip, spit, fling your coffee here.

This is my most recent page I did a couple of weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon. Seeing as Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland is one of my favourite novels and that I love this Disney's version, I couldn't resist but base this page on the Mad Hatter's tea party. I sketched the pictures by hand before colouring in with water colour pencils (I was debating to turn it into a water colour page but I like it just as it is) and outlined everything with a blank ink pen. I then painted the background with tea, just so I was still obeying the title of the page...slightly!

Climb up high. Drop the journal.

I was inspired to do this page after I went to see The Amazing Spiderman 2 in the cinema last year. I am yet to mention that I am in fact a huge Marvel fan and take on a lot of love for the Avengers (especially Captain America!) but Spiderman hasn't been a superhero I hugely favoured. But all the same I LOVED the film - preferring to the first Amazing Spiderman movie. I was quite happy with the outcome of this page as I started drawing it out on a whim.

Do a really ugly drawing.

I wanted to use the idea of drawing an "ugly" picture metaphorically and I was drawn to the idea of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Taking the quote Quasimodo shouts to Claude Frollo from the Disney film: "All my life you have told me that the world is a dark, cruel place. But now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!" I came up with the idea because Quasimodo was brought up into the world believing that he is a monster and therefore must never be seen by anyone in the city of Paris because they would only be afraid of his looks. I thought that I would draw Quasimodo showing that despite his upbringing, he has a soft, warming heart as he helps the bird take its first flight. This is possibly my favourite page so far.

Pretend you are doodling on the back of an envelope.

I had the idea to do this page since I first got my Wreck This Journal and I eventually completed it last summer on one of my days off. I used water colour to recreate the cover of the edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that I own. Then using my fountain pen, I wrote out the letter Hogwarts sent Harry.

Make a paper chain

At first I didn't really know what I wanted to do with it so I just improvised as a test. I am yet to cut it out and make it into a paper chain but I think I like it just as it is. I decided to make it personal by adding certain things to each section that I have a strong interest in. I thought that I would add "take what you need" at the top just to add a little extra touch to it.

And so that is all I have of my Wreck This Journal so far. I have many other ideas to fill in some of the other pages, so once I have done more, I will probably write another post like this to show what I did and reasons behind them. I hope you enjoyed this post and for any of you reading this that have also added to your Wreck This Journal, I would love to see your creative ideas!

Goodbye for now1

Yours, Georgia x

Edmund Cooper's "All Fool's Day" | Book review

Now this isn't a book I would usually pick up off the shelf with an interest in reading it, but with the three months of summer holiday I have before I'm due to return to university, I thought that I would like to spend this time reading books I have not read before.

Dad recommended this to me about a year ago and it's been sitting on my bookshelf for long enough, so I thought that it deserves a read!

This particular edition is a Coronet Books edition published in 1973 but you can get other copies from Amazon for a good price here.

The story follows the character Matthew Greville during the 1970s and early 1980s. He is the first suicide attempt victim from the sudden Omega Radiation tragedy from the sun. The reader learns in the first couple of chapters that the 1970s sees a near wipe out of mankind as the Omega Radiation triggers the human mind to want to commit suicide, which eventually kills off most of the human population. Greville is one of many survivors from this radiation and the story continues to follow him as he tries to survive the new ways of living.

To begin with, the novel really haunted me over the aspect of the radiation but all the same it made me curious as to the way in which the characters live their lives. Every so often I couldn't help that despite the storyline, Cooper added a little comical effect when describing certain moments. And despite the dark intentions throughout the novel, it started to become a little hopeful towards the end, but the little twist at the end does bring the reader back down to reality (although I won't give away too much!!)

I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys science fiction novels that aren't always about space and aliens. However if you're a very squeamish person then this probably isn't the best book to read quietly on a Sunday afternoon...some moments are very graphic!

I hope you've enjoyed reading this review (it is my first one) and that I might have inspired some of you to read it if you haven't yet!

I will be back with a new post for you next week.

Goodbye for now!

Yours, Georgia x

Hello there!

So after having many long debates with myself on whether or not I should start this blog (debates and thoughts I have been thinking for the past few months) I've finally had the time to sit down and just write. For this particular post I don't exactly know anything I wish to say other than hello! I've finally stepped into the blogging world!

I do have many blogs I hope to start writing up soon and hope that you may enjoy reading them as much as I will enjoy writing them.

This blog will be filled with different aspects of my life that I wish to share with the world. I hope to tell you all about my experiences in life, whether it's travelling, going into the working world, and for me, the most important of all: surviving my final year at university. In the meantime I may throw in a few reviews of books I have read, films I have seen and make up, skincare routines, and beauty products I use. It'll be a mixture of everything.

I will start with a new post tomorrow reviewing a science fiction novel I have just finished - but I will reveal what it is all tomorrow.

Goodbye for now!
Yours, Georgia x