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I am starting a vlog for expressive arts therapy art journal exercises.  The link for the exercises is https://www.expressiveartworkshops.com/expressive-art-e-courses/100-days-of-art-journal-therapy/ My first video is how to create an art journal out of a composition notebook https://youtu.be/xN9WaKi1kBs My second video is on the topic of dealing with your inner critic https://youtu.be/r0Hacyf4IYI

These pages are inspired by Rumi's quotes and poetry.  Effy Wild has a monthly class which focuses on a specific quote and art journaling and this was my inspiration to begin this art journal.  This art journal was done in a composition notebook.

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Journal 52  week 17  PAUSE  with Effy Wild

Journal 52 Week 16  SENSUAL  with Effy Wild

 The Inner Child Project:   The Toddler Self 18 months-3 years Part 1  The Toddler is mobile enough to walk away from the caregiver and verbal enough to refuse and protest.  They are learning how to establish and maintain personal boundaries- emotional and physical separations from the caretakers.  This teaches you how to be independent.   Testing how much you  can participate in the outside world and still come back to your caretaker and  be loved is a dynamic you will carry into every relationship.   In The Inner Child Workbook , under the section for the Toddler Self, exercise #1 asks 5 questions  which deal with saying and being told no as well as honoring boundaries.  These question are meant to make you think about your ideas and behaviors now and how they effect your relationships.  Exercise #2 is an extension of thinking about how we carry these issues into our lives today.  This ...

 Journal 52:  Playing Catch Up Week 15- Clarity Week 14- Storm Week 13- Embodied Go to this blog post in order to see all three art journal spreads :-)

2018 Moonshine  with Effy Wild  Art Journal Spread  for March 31  Blue Moon in Libra Tree Sign Alder My personal Oracle Card from my Tarot Deck:  Justice

Book of Days Week 13 with Effy Wild "In the Round" https://100mandalas.com/great-round/ Mandalas tell a story.  According to 100mandalas,  there are 12 psychological stagesthat we all go through in life which can be divided into four categories:  milestones, creativity, challenges, and embracing something new.  I chose to combine challenges and embracing something new to create my art journal pages.  I chose to look at sameness and change.  I ended up with a two sided mandala and freejournaling about each.  All of my art journal page was done with Sakura Jelly Roller Pens on black gesso.

Journal 52  Week 10  Friendship  with Effy Wild For the past 10 years, my best friend has been Liz Duke.  We have been through good times and bad- just as any two bet friend have been.  I am glad that I could dedicate week 10's art journal spread to her.  Here is for many years to come...... :-)

Moonshine March 2018  New Moon in Pisces Pisces is emotionally intelligent, empathetic, and attuned.  Stuff might come up to be tended- not bypassed, ignored, or projected.  Man!  This explains a lot of what is going on with me right now.  I plan to journal it out on the facing page.

Moonshine 2018  Ash Moon in Virgo  with Effy Wild Running behind in my art groups and classes  (as usual)  I am catching up somewhat while working on three independent art projects for different organizations.   I thought that I would keep this spread simple by working with collage but ended up spending a few hours using many mixed media tools.  I am pretty happy with the end result.

Book of Days Week 11  with Effy Wild  Art Journal Pages Two weeks ago, someone stole my art journal that I was using for this year.  It was hand bound and all of my work since January was in it.  Sad was I.  However, I am moving on and am using my favorite pre-made art journal by Dylusions.  I like the bigger one but it is hard to scan and post... I am not really tech savvy LOL.  Here is my spread for BOD week 11-

This year I participated in The Sketchbook project with The Brooklyn Art Library.  For more information, here is the website  https://www.sketchbookproject.com/  After they receive my journal, they will scan it in and it will be a part of the online library as well.  You can visit this  https://sketchbookproject.com/library For now, here is a preview.....