Word Paths • My Always....

 Busy in the studio creating some word art and exploring word paths. 

Loving my acrylic ink, oil sticks, and pencil. I use these a lot in my work. 

If I work on a canvas instead of paper in making word art I replace the acrylic ink with acrylic paint.

All work by Deborah Velásquez
My Always Friend ©2011, Black Belt Pillow Fighter ©2011, Black Belt Pillow Fighter tee ©2009

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Word paths for me are like a line of movement. One word leads another, linked by thought first then by pen and paint in my case. Everyone has a word path, we all take different paths with our word expression in emphasis, pause, cadence even language. 

It may also depend on who is on the receiving end be it your husband, wife, child, mother, father , sister, brother or your friend. 

I want to make my word paths a Friday feature. 

 I plan to work them out artistically and process them to share with you here. It will make a nice bridge to Monday. The plan is to present three to five words or three to five lines. I may go to seven words or seven lines but probably not often only if needed. 

You know how artists are! 

I want  keep things in an odd number format. I like odd numbers. Sounds like something I remember from art school. 

Remember, as I have said before say them out loud. 

Here is my word path for today.

My Always Friend                                                                        Deborah Velásquez ©2011

We move along

                                                                                            our paths

                                                                                                our route

                                                                                                     the road

                                                                                                          a lane

                                                                                                            a track

                                                                                                        a byway

                                                                                                the footpath

                                                                                               a crosscut

                                                                                             a course

                                                                                         a purpose

                                                                                    a way of life

                                                                                  el paseo

                                                                                 direction

                                                                                 an avenue

                                                                                   a trail

                                                                                      the fairway 

                                                                                       a circuit

                                                                                         the way

                                                                                            el camino

either deliberately running, or hesitating with each small step we take. 
Like the first time you told someone you loved them. 
Even the way we string our curse words together sound like poetry. 
I admit I do like to curse sometimes. 
I usually do it in Spanish these days.....and then you hear "MOM! I know I don’t know what your saying and no one else knows what you are saying but I know you are cursing". 

I just laugh. 
He sees me as a real person, faults and all. 
I love that. 
I am usually cursing at things not people. For example, like chairs that get in my way, steps that move and make me trip. 
The other day I got into a fight with my paint and it ended up all over my white shirt and the floor. 
Boy did the room fill with Spanish poetry and song! 

Here is a little history
My word paths began when I designed my wedding invitation which contained the words Courage, Love and Laughter silk screened onto vinyl cards that I made into a mobile and sent to our guest. The reverse side had the same words but in Spanish. 
Valor, Amor y Risa. It continues to this day with my magnets. I think in Spanish sometimes not just curse! I always run my word paths in my head in Spanish, I find the language to be beautiful, musical and fiery. 
So when you stop by again my word paths may be bilingual

Wedding Mobile Word Art©1999 by Velásquez

Happy Weekend • Make Art • Enjoy the Language of Words

There is only silence without words.