Some notes about the way this journal developed.
1) I enjoyed the freedom I felt, being my character, to draw ANYTHING at anytime. I felt released from my own ideas of what is pretty or composed or relevant. I didn't know I had those feelings, but sketching in this book made me realize I did. This wasn't 'my' journal, and that shift in perspective all of a sudden made me realize how precious I treat my pages. Even my junk journals. I was amazed.
2) I loved the juxtaposition of images and the variety on a page.
3)I was able to just step into the moment and sketch because I needed to get something (anything) on the page for that day and it made me more active in seeing what was around me. I didn't feel burdened. I felt liberated.
4)What I wrote is drivel, but again, I wasn't writing for posterity, I was writing because my person needed to write, to relax, to let go. The process was the goal. That worked SO well. 'Worked' in the sense that I met my goal (to be more loose and relaxed, less in my head) and because it actually did make mrs feel more relaxed and present.
5) There were sketches that I started that I 'knew' were junky and I ended up loving them. I didn't let judgement stop me. Again, I didn't realize it was, but apparently that's all inside my little noggin.
OK, I have one last post of pages, and then I'm done. With this journal. And then on to the next.
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