When a girl discovers Jane Eyre -

Art journal page by Mandy van Goeije of the discovery of Jane Eyre by her daughter

When Jane Eyre reaches the heart of a teenage girl…

She barged starry-eyed into my studio, jumping and dancing around… Mr. Rochester had asked Jane Eyre to marry him after all! To the utter satisfaction of my daughter!

It was nothing short from touching to see my teenage daughter swoon over a romantic novel dressed in a death-metal t-shirt. The contrast couldn’t be greater. A true moment to capture in my journal…

As it happened, my prancing daughter came at the exact right time. I had just bought the Art Bundle for Good for a proper amount of inspiration which contains Carla Sonheim’s 365 that I had just started (of 2017, mind you, behind the link you can find the 2018 version). I had just opened the first prompt, which was ‘pink clouds’. What better to catch with pink clouds than love? Or the romantic notion of it in the eyes of a teenager. I mean, I wasn’t going to crush her swooning heart by enlightening her over what was yet to come for Jane. She’s only halfway in the book, so this can’t be it…yet. But the moment was too pretty to let it pass by without recording it and the pink clouds fit perfectly.

A journal page that happens when your daughter reads Jane Eyre for the first time. The starry-eyed girl barged into my studio last night: “Yes!!!” She yelled, “Mom! Mr. Rochester asked her to marry him!!!” 😊😊😊 I can’t help but feel curious about how she’ll respond to the further unfolding of Jane and Mr. Rochester’s history…poor girl. But let’s keep her swooning for now…nothing cuter than a girl in a death-metal t-shirt on cloud 9 about a good book! #janeeyre #romantic #cloudnine #cloud9 #kiddiscoversenglishliterature #chicklitavantlalettre #artjournal #artjournalpage #kunstzinnigdagboek #mixedmedia #talens #mandyvangoeije

Een bericht gedeeld door Mandy Van Goeije (@mandyvangoeije) op 8 Mei 2018 om 3:01 (PDT)

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Bonnie on May 8, 2018 at 6:35 pm

That is amazing…especially as she was wearing such a contrasting tee shirt! The pictures it conjured up in my mind…

Mandy on May 14, 2018 at 4:49 pm

….*smile*….yes, the moment was fantastic! I love witnessing that little quest for self and all its expressions…
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Marit on May 8, 2018 at 1:28 pm

OhMijnGod… ik heb bij mijn weten dat boek nog nooit gelezen… ‘shame on me’!!! Dat lijkt me nou eens een goeie om van de zomer aan te pakken… en je bent weer aan het art journalen geslagen dus, fijn!!! Geniet van het papier, de verf, je boom, je dochters, je man, de hond en alles wat er verder nog om je heen is en op je pad komt. Tot snel! [extra mededeling: op het halve uur: “She’s always a woman to me” – Billy Joel. De melodie van de hele uren komt me héél vaag bekend voor maar kan ik (nog) niet thuisbrengen…]

Mandy on May 14, 2018 at 4:51 pm

Nou, da’s zeker een goede om deze zomer eens te lezen. Het is prachtig, hoor. Maar misschien wel een NL vertaling lezen. Isis vond het taalgebruik nogal oubollig Engels en wat lastig door te komen. Maar het verhaal vond ze prachtig! Dankjewel voor de muzikale update! Ik kom snel luisteren!
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