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 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 :-)

The Inner Child Project This year I have decided to work on my inner child.  I have several resources to guide my way through this process including The Inner Child Workbook .  I have a journal to take notes and write about the suggested exercises.  There are also suggested art prompts as you can see below..... my first art piece, a collage....... "Responsible Adults/Parents".  My printer was running low on ink but I rolled with it and used the blue pictures as my jumping point for the color palette.  As I mentioned before, I have other resources and some art pieces on canvas that I will be sharing along my journey this year.

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http://messyjessycreatesart.com/index.php/the-chronic-pain-art-project/ My name is Jessica Ann Lane Massingill and I deal with chronic, debilitating pain on a daily basis.  Art helps me to heal, to deal with my feelings and accept my lot.  However, I have found it extremely hard to explain, show, get out exactly what it feels like and what is wrong- especially to doctors. Therefore, on my website, I have started a project called "The Chronic Pain Art Project".  Anyone is welcome to join, especially those who deal with Chronic Pain, care givers, doctors, etc.  There are also sources on other Chronic Pain Projects. Above is the link to my website page.  I also have a private Facebook group that you are more than welcome to join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/817115878404890/ Thank you for listening :-) BTW:  I would like to start doing sculpture for this project.  If you know of any mannequins, dolls, dummys, old science models of the b...

This month's theme is RESTORE and I love this month's theme as well as the kit!  Well, the second journal prompt is up and here is my take on it:  The Journaling explains the Layout.  I used all kit content from the spray ink, the stencil, the embellishments, and the Project Life Cards.  I had previously made the doll out of paper clay and we used acrylics to paint her up!  Just FYI...... Sharpie Permenant Marker Pens are NOT Permenant!  Boo Sharpie..... I had to repaint her face.... but, oh well.  I hope you enjoy this post as much as I did creating it!

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http://www.lizlamoreux.com/yes-this/?mc_cid=18056e8e2f&mc_eid=b1a9fe0ee6 This day I was particularly not feeling well so I did not get to do the exercise but I will go back later and fill in the second page.

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So I'm in my second year of Lifebook with Tamara Laporte ( http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/  ) and have learned so much from Tam and all of the other artists.  They have helped me grow as an artist and as a person. This week's lesson was from Catt Zelda Geller ( www.streetlightpeople.org ) and MAN am I so excited!  I have been thinking about how to go about the whole Art Therapy Journal and this method was perfect!  I LOVE the way she puts together her smashbooks and makes them so personal. I used two of my pieces of art for the front and back cover.  I glued them to a plain composition notebook and reinforced the spine with some washi tape.  Since the art was printed on my printer at home, I sprayed them with fixative and then, after that dried, went over it with matte medium.  I then glued two of the interior pages together at a time using a glue stick.  One thing I love is texture.  Catt showed us how to crumple up the glued pa...