Be Yourself

Journal Pages: Animal prompt, Repurposed anmal images from magazines, vintage "Black Beauty" pages (from a damaged copy) & ink in a handmade journal with repurposed magazine pages (journal by L. Florig-Beck)

Be yourself

Release your inner spirit
Be an animal
For awhile,
For as long as you want:
Embrace perfection
Fly to the sun
Dance under the moon
Stretch to the stars
Embrace imperfection
Be an animal, whatever animal you want
For awhile,
For as long as you need...SAM 8/14

*Image, journal pages & words by Shelley McElhiney, all rights reserved.