Since reading Art Journal and Creative Healing I’ve been
doing my own healing journal. Many have seen the benefits of using art as a means of healing and you can allow the journal to carry all your private thoughts that can be worked though. In Creative Interventions I share taking part in Art therapy sessions and dealing with my role as a carer.
I have decorated the front page further with modelling paste both inside and out, and sewing a trim along the edges. It is a work in progress and each change is part of the healing process. I decided it would be a place where I would write down raw emotions, beliefs, and thoughts using the art as a way of addressing experiences that I might not have dealt with in any of my other journals. Anyway, it’s another tool that we can allow ourselves the space to be expressive.
Beliefs |
Secrets page addresses secrets of the past and how
they always find their way of coming to the surface. We can often try and hid things from
ourselves only to wonder why we respond in a particular way to something that
might have been said.
Secrets have a way of coming out...... |
On this page I allowed myself to be totally honest about an
event from the past and wrote it all down, how I felt, what I said and then once it
was out, faced it and decided to move on.
I then painted over the words allowing some to show through, forgiving
myself in the process and acknowledging that I am a different person now. Sometimes we can let go of past things, yet
still carry them around as baggage. The
worlds say ‘you did the best you could’ which is true for a lot of us as we try
to move on and then beat ourselves up over our shortcomings that we perceive to
being bigger than they are and let them rule our lives.
Value and self esteem |
Self esteem/value page is about listening to the negative
things that other people say which in turn lowers your self esteem, and what is
most important is that you value yourself and show others that you do.
Using your time wisely... |
I enjoyed creating and using this journal which has loads of pages to play in. It is also a reminder to
treat myself with compassion knowing that there aren’t any perfect people in
this world, we are all just trying to get on, live and be a blessing. If inspired why not give it a go and check
out Art journals and creative healing while you’re at it!
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I love your journal ... it's so personal and beautiful. As I began reading through your post, I thought about how much I'd love to do it but, quite frankly, I sometimes stop myself because the idea that perhaps someone will read my words bothers me. Sometimes, emotions have to be released but writing my feelings down could, perhaps, hurt someone else. As I continued reading your post and came to the part where you painted over your words ... well, it was like an "ah ha" moment. What a terrific idea! Thank you for sharing ... I'm excited to start my journal now! :-)
ReplyDeleteHow awesome is this???? Wow, your drawings and expressions are amazing. I know you will be growing after this. I have done a journal with drawings too. It is amazing how the pictures speak sometimes what your words can't say. Cheers to you!
ReplyDeleteFootprints, thank you, working in an art journal and allowing space for the writing opens up a great way of looking at things.
ReplyDeleteKelly, many thanks