WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ART JOURNAL
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You turn the page, grab some color...begin to splash it around a bit...and you are there.
No where else. In the moment, fully engaged, focused...
content.
Not every time, though.
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THE INNER CRITIC'S SEVEN BEST WEAPONS
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One of the reasons we art journal is because it's a safe place to be creative. At least theoretically. This blank book is our and ours alone. We're not making pages for others, but only ourselves. We can play and take risks creatively—"fail" as often as we "succeed"—on the page and it's okay. No one to judge us here.
Read MoreFACING DOWN YOUR INNER CRITIC
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We all have our own lurking Inner Critic.
Some are louder and meaner than others, some sound a lot like other voices from our lives, and some are quieter and less overt but just as critical. You are probably intimately familiar with your Inner Critic when you begin to create something new—whether it's a page in your art journal or anything else.
Read MoreDO YOU GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO PLAY?
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As the oldest of three siblings with a single mother, I carried responsibility from an early age. I took care of my brother and sister, household chores and dinners, and somewhere along the way I also made it my job to keep everyone happy. (Ahem, I'm working on that). I learned that play came after work—if at all.
Read MoreHOW TO LEARN HOW (TO ART JOURNAL)
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Let me tell you a secret: Art journaling doesn’t have to be art. And you don’t have to “be” an artist (although you can be). An art journal is simply a private and safe place for anyone—anyone—to be creative.
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