I’ve been searching online recently for good images to use for my collages, but I’m after ones that are free of all copyright restrictions. I know I can purchase some of these from scrapbook stores, but I’m after images I don’t have to pay for. I want free ones. I did find a Flickr group with collage images I can use, but you must be a member of the group, so I joined. And I didn’t find much more. Thing is, I want more, please!
Do you know of any good online resources for the type of images I mean? Please …read more

Some time ago now I worked through the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. One of the many exercises included collaging your goals, hopes and dreams. I found this an excellent exercise for writers and adapted it to work many different themes for workshops I held while part of a writing centre here in Perth.
Today someone from a forum I’m in was kind enough to share an article, Creating a Treasure Map, which is very like the exercise by Julia Cameron. Actually, I found the descriptions in this article more thorough. I hope you use this one for …read more