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So damn beautiful and hypnotic <3
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ROOKIE!! STOP WITH THE FLEETWOOD MAC – MY HEART CAN’T TAKE IT! Just kidding – please don’t stop (thinkin’ about tomorrow…) This was beautiful. I am printing these off. “Storms” is the ultimate break up song – it always crushes me. Amazing amazing amazing series xx
SO PRETTYYYYYYY
Painstakingly lovely.
Wow i absolutely loved those. Every single one was just pure awesomeness. Thank you for such a great inspiration. (also, i can totally relate to the post-break-up-thing..)
Oh my! it’s just so darling! Where do you find all of the images for your collages?
These are so cool… and FLEETWOOD MAC! Gah, Stevie Nicks is so perfect
THIS.
I love 9 and 15.
AHHH!! This is glorious!!! I can’t i CANT
ahhhh a;sdfkahgjkds coolest Rookie photo set ever. One of the coolest collage/photo sets I’ve ever seen. I love this and will come back to it more than once. or twice. or three times.
Sooooo beautiful!
SOO GORGEOUS
soooo beautiful!!!!!! <33
Words cannot describe how beautiful this is.
I just keep reading it over and over :)
wow.
This is an amazing eye candy.
It’s so perfect <3
OH MY GOD SHE USED STILLS FROM BRIGHT STAR
THIS IS LITERALLY MY FAVOURITE ARTIST REFERENCING MY FAVOURITE FILM
THE NOISE THAT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH WAS NOT HUMAN
<3 <3 <3 Sonja is the best, her work is so beautiful
yeah, girl, work that triple-pleated mushroom collar…only one in the county!
BEST COMMENT EVER
omg can i be your best friend? we can cry over mushroom collars and Ben Whishaw’s face together. <3
You guys have no idea how excited I am about the LBTE about Lifetime Original Movies. I’M. SO. EXCITED. It’s about time that they get their fair appreciation.
ahhh, i love this and want to print out every single picture and tape it to my wall. perfect feelings captured. <3
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This is so amazingly done, and beautifuly mesmerizing. I love this!
This is so crushingly beautiful. Also relevant to becoming a little more disillusioned, as I find myself recently.
This makes me want to go and make collages for the next five hours
I actually am now making one. :3
Carrie made it beautiful. You don’t know how much these cute little collages that make my day. I love how they sometimes make no sense at and other times they can mean the world.
This is so moving! You must have spent ages and ages on this!
“this conversation has been moved to the trash”
I always admire Sonja’s art because it seems so personal, in a way I find very brave
As a dancer who loves Fleetwood Mac, I am OBSESSED with this.
UMMM.
Perfect.
This really related to this kind-of-break-up that I’m going through with my friends (I actually don’t know what the hell is even going on, and I’m scared to make contact with them).
This was relatable and personal and beautiful and THE BEST. Stevie Nicks and Sissy Spacek and lipstick and so so so so amazing <3
I love these, especially 12 and 13!
Oh My God ! <3 So perfect and Bright Star has just a perfect atmosphere…. One of the best collages <3 You're so great Sonja thank you !
Thank you for all the sweet comments! And for everyone who loves BRIGHT STAR. I have it saved on my external hard drive and watched it in tiny increments over the period of a year. I just didn’t want it to end.
To answer collage questions:
1. Yes. These take me ages to do (b/c of my perfectionism probz) but sometimes only a few minutes. It depends on my mood/frame of mind because collage is just constant decision making ‘yes or no ? stay or go?’. Everything has to balance out – like putting together a big mobile. Matching words and images can take time as well as ordering pages. Poetry from images. Dickinson forever.
2. I have been collecting images for years and have boxes of ephemera. I keep these papers organized in 3-ring binders with clear archival sleeves so i can flip through quickly. My archiving system.
I cannot live without a scanner (if i could strap one to my back in a ruck sack, i just might). I have hundreds of files on my laptop and that external hard drive i spoke of. And ! i get a lot of my images online (just search for really high rez pics). So yes! I’m combining scans of found imagery, original works, hand script, digital images etc.
Thrift shops are kind of the best for paper stuffs. Discarded library books. NatGeos, album covers, U name it. It’s waiting for you.
3. This piece was to be about love in general relating to Nicks and Swift lyrics (& beyond) but i went off on my own tangent (the girl can’t help it). I’m prone 2 heartbreaks a-plenty but that’s just life. I’m still figuring it out.
beautiful beautiful beautiful.
Beautiful, this is why I LOVE Rookie! xxx
This couldn’t be more beautiful, that would be impossible. You’ve taken my breath away, Sonja! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3