Inspired by music: A layout titled "Signs"

Title: Signs

Pavadinimas: Ženklai

Here's a hint for the next Random Inspiration Challenge #10: Inspired by Music (you may pick any song you choose as your inspiration, but shhh...It's not officially posted yet ;)

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I noticed a cyclical nature in my scrapbooking. It seems that if I scrap a series of primarily decorative, embellishment-laden layouts, I get this uncomfortable, anxious feeling that I'm not fully telling our family story. Then, I return to my journalistic scrapbooking roots of giving paramount attention the story. This page might not elicit a "Wow! Beautiful" reaction, but it succinctly documents a very important story - that of my sons' very unique, and polar opposite personalities.

We all have our quirks and idiosyncrasies. Would you not be thrilled to come across your mother's documentation of your traits as early as 3 or 5 years? Psychologists state that many aspects of our personality are firmly established as early as 3 years of age. At this particular age of my boys, I'm given a glimpse through a window of their colorful personalities into the men they will grow up to be. It is both thrilling and worrisome at the same time; The eldest son is very empathetic, obedient, rule-abiding child. The youngest is the opposite: Fiercely temperamental, impulsive, hyperactive, and believes that Murphy's Law (and any other law or rule) applies only to other mortals, but not him.

Recently I heard on the radio an oldie song by Tesla "Signs." Listening to the lyrics, I got a flash of inspiration to use the theme of signs to symbolically document my sons' diverse characteristics as they pertain to the question of following signs, rules, and other forms of authority.

Here are the lyrics (I highlighted the lyrics that I chose to print on a tag, so that it may better explain the theme of this layout):

[Originally by The Five Man Electrical Band)

And the sign says "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"

So I put my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why

He said you look like a fine outstanding young man, I think you'll do

So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that, huh, me working for you"

[Chorus:]

Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs

Blockin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

And the sign says "Anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight"

So I jumped the fence and I yelled at the house

Hey! What gives you the right!

To put up a fence and keep me out, or to keep Mother Nature in

If God was here, he'd tell it to your face, man, you're some kind of sinner

[Chorus]

Oh, say now mister, can't you read

You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat

You can't watch, no you can't eat, you ain't supposed to be here

And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" - uh!

[Solo]

And the sign says "Everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray"

But then they passed around a plate at the end of it all

And I didn't have a penny to pay

So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own fuckin' sign

I said, "Thank you Lord for thinking 'bout me, I'm alive and doing fine", oh

[Chorus 2x]

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Dar neoficialu, bet Jum išduodu sekančio, Nr.10 konkurso temą: Įkvėpta muzikos (savo skrebukui panaudotikte bent kokios dainos žodžius: bendra tema, vietoj aprašymo, ar pavadinimui. Nesvarbu ar tai Jūsų mėgiamiausia daina ar Jūsų mažylio lopšinė ;)

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Pastebėjau kad mano skrebukų temos yra ciklinės; Rodos kad tam tikram laikotarpiui skrebinu labiau dekoratyvinius skrebukus kuriuose skrebo produktai - o ne aprašymas vadovauja. Tada pradedu jausti tokį lengvą susinervinimą pačiai sau, kad atitolstu nuo skrebo esmės, apleidžiu išsamesnius mūsų šeimos gyvenimo momentų aprašymus. Tada gimsta žurnalistinio stiliaus skrebukai kaip ir šis, kuriame visos pastangos nukreiptos link rašymo, o ne nuotraukos puošimo firminiais skrebukingo produktais.

Maža kas pasakytų "Wow...kaip gražu" apie šį skrebuką. Betgi, nors tai ne grožis, visvien aukso vertas vien  dėl to kad puikiausiai raštiškai apibudina sūnelių skirtingas asmenybes. Tema šio skrebuko man gimė atsitiktinai. Mašinoj išgirdau 'senieną' - dainą grupės Tesla:"Signs/Ženklai". Iškart pagalvojau kad būtų nuostabu įamžinti sūnelių 3 ir 5 metukų asmenybes šiuo punktu--ar seka ar neseka "ženklus,", t.y. autoritetą ir taisykles. Šiuo punktu jie skirtingi kaip diena ir naktis.

Mano skrebukas pasinaudoja simbolika (ne naujiena tikriausiai :) Ženklų raštuotas popierius + metalinis rėmelis kuriame įkalintas dar skirtingas ženkų popierius + Stop + Start (epoksidinis lipdukas). Visa tai yra visuomenės įstatymai, ir šalia jų sukūrta dichotomija--gamtos auginta ramunėlė kuri neklauso visuomenės taisyklių. Gamta (pavaizduota nuotraukose parke) ir ramunėlės detalė, taip pat yra dainos žodžių aidas: "Blockin' up the scenery", t.y. kad ženklai teršia vaizdą/gamtą. 

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Iliustruoti šią temą neturėjau gausaus nuotraukų pasirinkimo. Tą dieną su šeima išvykome į rajono parką. Kaip matote mini nuotraukose, kūdra aptverta tvorele su ženklu nežvejoti. Didčkis šalia tėčio ramiai grožisi iš tolo, o mažius po truputį vis toliau nuslenka. Didčkis mažajam pasako kad yra ženklas neperlipti tvoros, mažius atsako: "Yeah, perlipti!", ir nutrūksta. Sugrįžęs vyresniam broliukui atreportuoja kad visdėlto niekas jam neatsitiko. Jei tai man žvilgsnis į jo asmenybę ateity tai labai pergyvenu.

Dėkui už dėmesį!
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Supply List:
*Cardstock: Studio Calico
*Patterned paper: October Afternoon (black & white signs), Pixie Press (color signs), Luxe Designs (green), Plaid (Junkitz).
*Journaling tag: 7 gypsies
*Paper border strip: Doodlebug Designs Inc.
*Chipboard letter stickers: Basic Grey
*Frame: JoAnn Scrap Essentials.
*Dimensional accents: Martha Stewart (flower), office supply ('go')
*Thread: Coats & Clark.
*Pen: Zig Millennium.
*Clear label sheet: Avery
*Fonts: Borneo (downloaded from the internet), Gill Sans MT Condensed (Microsoft Windows).
*Staples: Office supply