i couldn’t help but put another little collection together to get you further enthused and inspired about the project, this time with some drawings and images that were made in honour of my heart wanders – these beautiful bloggers created these works as a way of introducing the project to their readers, I absolutely love them…

top four images by jen from a girl and her polaroid, on the left is a drawing by esti from píntame el día, and on the right is one by anna from absolutely beautiful things.

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The judging panel have made their selection and I have posted them in the artist studio, go and take a look! Thank you to everyone who made the plunge and submitted in this first phase – it is you who have created the direction and style of what the book will be, I hope you are very proud. And congratulations to all those who have made this first selection. If you made a submission but your work was not chosen I ask you not to be disheartened. This project is not a competition. Just see this first selection as a clearer direction of what we are looking for, use this first selection as inspiration. I would like to encourage EVERYONE who has already entered to enter again as well as all new readers to think about a submission and to spread the word amongst your own readers and friends. So, regardless of whether you made the first selection or not – there are so many tiny subtle wandering hearts out there and it is up to your artistic abilities to capture them in the act!

The deadline for all submissions is June 15, 2008. So get cracking, spread the word, get your friends involved, and lets make this book something spectacular.

Text and image from Sofia Barão for My Heart Wanders

Well my dear patient readers, the time has come for a little My Heart Wanders announcement. But alas it is not the announcement for the deadline! No, I have decided to tell you about that next week. First up before we get deadline crazy, I am delighted to inform you about the judging panel. Four beautiful bloggers have agreed to help me judge the submissions, so without further delay let me tell you who they are!

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Photography by (blog)house reader, Deborah.

This diptych was taken when her and her man travelled to Bathurst, NSW, Australia (one of my favourite country towns), they had a fabulous time and decided to hold their wedding there at a farmhouse which will be in a few months! Deborah wrote, “it’s amazing where you wander and how your heart follows suit.” I could not agree more Deborah. Oh your images make me miss that Australian sun. Beautiful submission, thank you.

I am busy archiving all the first entries and have just been picking ones out randomly as I go- so no tears if I haven’t put yours up on the blog, all in good time. And don’t hesitate to submit more if you find you have come up with more ideas – no time limits thus far so if you spy your wandering heart again then do take the time to capture it.

a beautiful submission by michelle, from which the heart shape has been cut from a slip and rests ever-so gently on the corner of the chair…

“All of my work deals with intimacy and I prefer to use recycled, personal materials. This image was taken in maybe the most intimate space in my life, my bedroom.”