I have been a person to journal since I was a teenager. I have kept regular journals in which I have poured out my heart and soul, especially when I was in the midst of teenage drama and angst. I have kept gratitude journals. I have kept journals for work. I kept journals to document the quilts I made. I journaled in college so that I could fulfill requirements for class. I have written poetry journals! Whew! I truly believe that there are so many ways to journal that I could spend days keeping up with each one, if I kept as many as I did in my younger years.
I thought you might be interested to have a peek into my most recent type of journaling, that is creative journaling. I keep a special journal by my bed to write down and draw the ideas that pop into my head at the oddest times. I write my journal only when I have something to write. I don't date the entries. I just go back and look from time to time. This does give me some insight into what is developing in my brain.
However, when the flow of ideas begins, I like to let them flow. In the end, it doesn't matter what is in the drawings, what matters is that the creative juices are flowing and venting.
Do you journal?
7 comments:
How fabulous to take a peek inside one of your journals Miss M!
My creative journal is currently scraps of paper scattered about the house - I guess it's time for a game plan!
I LOVE new notebooks! I could start a new journal every day with a nice new notebook! ...but no... I'm hopeless at keeping a journal up. I too tend to scribble on scraps. Just yesterday I was sitting in the car doodling goddess beads - now where is that piece of paper??? Good question!
I'm not a dedicated journal keeper but I do it when I have to get organized.
I don't think 1 dimensional drawings have anything to do with your brain...it's mostly just a germ of an idea and you're saving the other dimensions for the real thing, if it's a good enough idea :)
I know it's a great way to keep your creative ideas organized but I've never been one to journal. I'm the post-it queen...they are everywhere.
Mallory, that is really cool! Here's hoping we someday get a peek at the poetry one, too :)
LOL, Deb! I like Mallory's slightly more organized approach, too. I never can keep up with a journal, though. Forget about it, lose it, you name it. Buy another notebook, eventually the same happens. I used to make it a habit to at least write the date and a list of things on it for each day. . .occasionally I run across one of those and marvel at what is the same and what has changed.
I started a journal about a year & half ago. At first, I only had a entry every other month. I have gotten down to at least once a week. I started it for positive only journaling as suggested by my brother who gave me it. It does me wonders.
Hi Mallory, I love to do this too! Very creative, and sometimes years later, you can find a really good idea that you forgot. Take care, Carol Jean
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