magilla

Magilla is a cheap, purple, 70 page notebook that I have been taping, gluing, doodling, coloring, and smashing in since May 2015.  Some folks call this type of notebook a gluebook.

Here is what the front cover currently looks like: (updated 22JAN17)

Why "Magilla"? Well, it is a very purple notebook, so I was going to name it after "The Great Grape Ape" ... but I wasn't sure what his name was ... so I just picked "Magilla" as in "Magilla Gorilla".

I decided to start doing this - because I am having trouble remembering things.  The days and weeks and months just fly by ... and I am forgetting the little daily things that made me smile or laugh.

I am smashing in newspaper clippings, wrappers, stubs,  stickers, found items, cutouts that I find interesting or amusing, things that people send me, etc... I try out new art supplies (and old ones).  I am making texture rubbings of things around me.  What ever strikes me in the moment.  The main thing is that I add something to it every day.

Here is what the inside front cover currently looks like: (updated 22JAN17)

 Here are a few pages:

*oh yes ... my sweetie and I just had to try the "Lemon Oreos" ... OMG! yummy! (but 80 calories per cookie)  Only "Jaws" could save me from them.  I clipped him from the Parade magazine and added some extra ripped text pages around him (from an ad for lemon cookies, BTW).
(page in progress)	More to come!

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