Part 35 of 35 daily journal workshop. SELF. #arttherapy

DAILY JOURNAL WORKSHOP SERIES:

Part 1 JUST WRITE

Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS

Part 3 HEART

Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE

Part 5 NAKED SCREAM

Part 6 INVITE ALTER STRETCH EXTEND

Part 7 ARISE AROSE IN 3′S

Part 8 SELF-PORTRAIT. HUMAN

Part 9 WORD CRAZY QUILT

Part 10 VINTAGE WORKOUT

Part 11 GESTURE DRAWING

Part 12 DEAR WORLD. SECRETS

Part 13 NEGATIVE – POSITIVE

Part 14 BE THE MAP

Part 15 GUEST SPEAKER

Part 16 COMICS!

Part 17 ALTER

Part 18 SURVIVOR

Part 19 CANCER

Part 20 WORTH

Part 21 SELF-HARM

Part 22 EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE

Part 23 GYPSY

Part 24 BODY IMAGE

Part 25 TAKE YOUR JOURNAL OUT

Part 26 PERFECTIONISM

Part 27 SHUT YOUR EYES AND SEE

Part 28 ANGELS AMONG US

Part 29 MINDFULNESS

Part 30 REVIEW. RESOLVE

Part 31 NEWBORN. BRAINSTORM

Part 32 GRIEF

Part 33 MICROMOVEMENTS

Part 34 GOAL

Part 35:

Well, here we are!  35 days of journaling.  Feel free to expand on the exercises.  Feel free to copy and share.  Feel free to say, “Fuck you, I hate these, I’m going my own way!”  But I do encourage you to continue a daily relationship with your journal.   It is YOU.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Today, just play.

Personally, I have processed a lot in these exercises, and have come quite a ways in addressing my fears and anxieties.  Journaling is not necessarily about solutions or cures, but it is about process and tools.  And it’s addictive.

I fall back on this journal just as some other poor devil takes to drink.

Recommended: TEESHA MOORE

Here are some of my favorite books on journaling:

Artists’ Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages by Lynne Perrella

Art Journals and Creative Healing: Restoring the Spirit Through Self-Expressionby Sharon Soneff

Creative Awakenings- envisioning the life of your dreams through art by Sheri Gaynor

 

My next series will be about ARTISTS- one artist a week for 10 weeks- and we use that artist as a starting point for personal exploration.

1. Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
2. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
3. Lisa Larson  (1931- )
4. George Grosz (1893-1959)
5.  Faith Ringgold (1930- )
6. Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
7. Willem de Kooning 1904-1997
8. Otto Dix (1891-1969)
9. Sue Coe (1951-)
10. Lucian Freud (1922- 2011)

Love,

Katarina

Tags: art therapy, journaling