Building community while we play!  

We've done it again!!

Though we were missing a few of our key players this time around, we are still expanding our base and our gallery of collaborative works.

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5 new artists have joined our collaborative efforts
and are debuting here with their first CAJ collaborations.

We welcome @dreemit, @motivator, @camilla, @paniopan, and @funkit to this artist collaborative journey.

OUR COMMUNITY IS NOW 61 STRONG,
and
WE HAVE ALREADY CREATED TOGETHER 292 INCREDIBLE WORKS OF ART!

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PRESENTING:

Collaboration Finale No. 18

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I offered up to the Steemit Artist Community an Invitation to collaborate on this photograph:

Without prior knowledge of what this image was, @pyrowngs came very close with her interpretation:  "At first I was really intrigued by the light pink "leaf" shapes.  They reminded me of bamboo leaves.  The dark pink blobby shapes looked like bougainvillea flowers, or perhaps a cluster of grapes."

I took this photograph in our driveway of a folded up clear plastic tarp.  Inside the tarp were leaves (some were bamboo), yard debris  and moisture that just happened to get trapped inside the folds.  I added the color through an editing process.

Then, 17 more artists took my image and 

did their own creative thing 

to produce 19 Collaborative Masterpieces.  

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Enjoy this amazing sound while you peruse the remaining visual,
story and poetic art pieces--that is,
if you can keep your seat in the chair and your feet from dancing:

Beyond the Veil Beat by @verbal-d

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Beyond the Veil - a poem by @dreemit - her first collaborative art piece and her first poem since she was 19 - inspired by @meesterboom!  We're squeezing some goodness out of her!!!

Beyond the Veil Collaboration by @girlbeforemirror - scribbling on her phone from the hospital bed again!!

Frozen Tropical by @pyrowngs - created by adding her frozen rose picture and another image to mine.

Abstraccion en Blanco, Negro y Color by @aniestudio - a very detailed and intriguing contribution:

The Self Beyond the Veil by @yoganarchista created by adding an exquisite photo of herself to my image--what incredible beauty!!

and another rendition with @yoganarchista - (click the post two see two more versions of this one!)

Beyond the Veil Collaboration by @revostrike - using photoscape:

Evoking the feeling of spring in Blossoming Apple - Tree by @aksinya - 

also @aksinya's interestingly textured Autumn Grape:

Complete Experience of Life by @motivator - First contribution and with an incredible explanation of the intention and awareness behind this creation:

A refreshing poem - New Normal by @sumsum:

Visibly invisible
gently hidden
quiet, sensible
like forbidden
not loud
not proud
an inconvenience
new violence
from inside
world wide
until the breakthrough
when I see you
and you see me
when we are free to learn and grow
to show the world
a new normal

Brought to life with paint in hand - The Dialogue by @silviabeneforti:

A very clever use of my image in The Kimono by @mariandadavp:

Beyond the Veil collaboration - Her first and powerful contrasting piece @camilla:

Beyond the Veil - Grateful for this first little something (!!!) by @paniopan:

Artwork and a really sweet story - Moon Baby by @opheliafu:

A jump out and get-cha piece - Beyond the Veil, Beyond Time and Space by @yadamaniart:

First Collaborative Art Journey contribution - Shy by @funkit - we don't know how this happened--we're just glad it did!

I am EVER amazed at the diversity of these works.  
And even more amazed at how simple it has been to grow a supportive,
engaging and talented artists' community.  

It works the way the most successful communities work--
focused, inspired, dedicated, enthusiastic, and giving of our best just to give it,
not for selfish interest or sole personal gain.  

Together we are creating something of great value
that will likely be a catalyst for many other projects to come.  

Our connection with each other is truly astounding and I am exceedingly grateful to be a part of your lives.

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CHECK OUT THIS ASTOUNDING GALLERY OF OUR COLLABORATIVE ART JOURNEY

Finale of Sliver's Edge - 12 artists and 14 masterpieces
Finale of Shadow Mandala - 19 artist and 28 masterpieces
Finale of Ethereal Presence - 17 artists and 19 masterpieces
Finale of One the Ball - 9 artists and 10 masterpieces
Finale of Wisdom of the Ancients- 17 artists creating 36 masterpieces
Finale of Rejuvenation- 20 artists creating 27 masterpieces
Finale of Do You See What I See - 14 artists creating 19 masterpieces
Finale of Shattered Rainbows - 17 artists creating 31 masterpieces
Finale of All Fired Up - 18 artists creating 19 masterpieces
Finale of No Strings Attached - 17 artists creating 29 masterpieces
Finale of Artist's Eye - 16 artists creating 21 masterpieces
Finale of Midnight Sky - 7 artists  creating 8 masterpieces
Zentangle Art Collaboration - 4 artists creating 3 masterpieces
Building community through Art Collaboration - 2 artists creating 1 masterpiece
Collaboration using Ned's Head - 5 artists creating 4 masterpieces
Collaborating with @opheliafu:  Madam Kali - 2 artists creating 1 masterpiece
Collaborating with @opheliafu: Bird on a Wing - 2 artists creating 1 masterpiece