There are many different kinds of journaling.
Journaling in a diary ..where you write your feelings down and what happened in the day. You write inside it. And then there is art journaling… where you express your feelings with pictures and drawings that you smash together, creating an art journal. Art journaling and journaling are pretty much the same just in one way you express your feelings with words in in the other way you express them though art.
I love art journaling and you can see my sisters drawings at: http://www.sketchinginwonderland.blogspot.com. I love both to Art Journal and Journal because i both love to do art and write. If you just normal Journal don’t be worried what people might say because nobody (unless you let them) will see other then you, so rant and rave, but when your done don’t read it because you don’t want to get all scared, mad, or sad about what you just wrote again so calm down and read it at least 2 months after you wrote it:).
In art journaling you can let people see it without them knowing your feelings because you have art and not words ( maybe a few) but art which people do not know your secret way of art, your artsy thoughts. I hope this helped you decide what is your thing, Art journaling or journaling. You can do both, i do i rant and rave in my journal ( then hide it under lock and key) and then a put my secret feelings in art were nobody can truly know how I feel.
Such wise words! This is an excellent tip: “so rant and rave, but when your done don’t read it because you don’t want to get all scared, mad, or sad about what you just wrote again”
I love to rant and rave in my journal:)!!!
I read my journal entry, two or so months after I write in it, I would be curious what I thought about this problem or opposite of that a happy thing that happened and what i thought about it, and then i write a journal entry about what I think of what I wrote before:)!!
Story! This is awesome! I’ve dabbled with art journaling before (learned I don’t really like to paint all that much, I’m more of a paper creative freak, haha), but I just started one. I also stole the idea from your mom about painting a bunch of playing cards. I wrote a Bible verse on mine to hand them out to the ladies at the beach. Journaling is so therapeutic for me. I write so much that having a normal journal is a necessity, but it is so creative and fun to have an art journal too where you can let your creative juices loose
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Cayla- wonderful expression. Em is making her own “Smash” Journal literally right now!! It is so cool. I think I might make one too. I love going back and reading my past journals. I too ranted and raved in them and now it is so cool look back and see how Jesus worked things out for me on those trials. I love journaling – and am so glad your mom has instilled that love for art and the written words. Great job on this!