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Sometimes against all the odds you just need a little hope. When I designed my Hope Tag stamp it was of course during yet another tumultuous time in the world and I was thinking how important it can be to have hope for the future. So among other actions, I designed a stamp to shout about Hope! And I’ve always been a fan of street art as a way to talk about issues so I wanted to play on that and do it in the style of a tag. Kinda like saying, “Hey, Hope is here!”
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Sometimes I actually pop the stamp into my journaling to emphasize it, like I did here in this art journal page. And in addition to the Hope Tag you also see the Love Tag here because we all need that too :)
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Although hope is usually working behind the scenes, it can be the lifeblood in our hearts as you see here, powering us through circumstances.
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When everything in the background gets a little crazy and intense… there is hope :)
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Sometimes you need to consciously add it into the mix of emotions, or even stitch it in to make sure it isn’t going anywhere…
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…because it might be the opposite of what you are feeling!
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But as far as I’m concerned, it is one of a few essential ingredients to a life well lived.
As we all look to a better future, Hope will be there with us, driving us and inspiring us.
And that is just a little bit about why I designed the Hope Tag stamp :)