{"id":4736,"date":"2016-03-01T14:20:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2016-06-13T18:26:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T18:26:33","slug":"how-creative-collaboration-can-lead-to-creative-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/how-creative-collaboration-can-lead-to-creative-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"How Creative Collaboration Can Lead to Creative Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4737 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0113-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear Wonderful, Creative You,<\/p>\n<p>Recently, a wonderful artist named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cait-makes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Cait Sherwood<\/a> contacted me. She said she&#8217;d seen my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amymaricle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram feed<\/a>\u00a0and felt that our styles were\u00a0similar.\u00a0\u00a0When she invited me to make a shared journal,\u00a0of course I agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Cait suggested using an accordion fold journal and I was keen to try because I&#8217;ve never used an accordion journal that was bound. As soon as my <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1TKZhyU\" target=\"_blank\">Moleskine journal<\/a>\u00a0arrived in the mail, I was bursting with excitement. I took my circle hole punches to it and couldn&#8217;t wait to see\u00a0how circles and holes would\u00a0play with the accordion fold.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in love with how this dynamic technique creates multiple art pieces &#8211; the piece on the current page, the larger &#8220;whole&#8221; when it&#8217;s completely unfurled, and the piece that is constantly changing depending on how many layers are overlapping. If you are interested in learning more about dynamic elements and play\u00a0in your journal, check out my workshop in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-junkie.com\/ecom\/gb.php?ii=1471097&amp;cl=134923&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=307234\" target=\"_blank\">21 Secrets e-book for Spring 2016.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4738 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0114-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Art does take courage, and yet I&#8217;m surprised by how freeing this shared journal has been. While I initially felt\u00a0pressure to create something &#8220;good,&#8221; that quickly gave way. Especially with this first round of art in the journal, I&#8217;m not responsible for a finished product. Knowing this allowed me to put more trust in the creative process and my creative partner, to take more risks, and to allow my imagination to take me new places. I trust\u00a0that anything that&#8217;s not working will evolve in Cait&#8217;s hands, change in relation\u00a0to what Cait does\u00a0on the page around it, or I&#8217;ll know how to transform it later.<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;Art takes courage. #sharedartjournal #artjournal&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m about to mail mine today, and now I can&#8217;t wait to see the journal Cait is sending! Here&#8217;s a few more peeks into what I&#8217;ve started:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4739 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0115-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got playful with splats and scraping here. This page has a layer of alcohol inks, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/24wXeU4\" target=\"_blank\">liquid acrylics<\/a>, my new obsession, and black pen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4740 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0116-1024x752.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The splatter-like form above was inspired by a piece I saw on Instagram. I later learned the artist\u00a0did it with the computer &#8211; glad I didn&#8217;t know that in the first place, I would never had tried.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4741 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0117-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I like this page, it&#8217;s mysterious and also reminds me of The Little Prince.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4742 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0119-1024x804.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"804\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are lots of different ways to approach a shared journal, but if you are looking for some guidance, here&#8217;s a structure:<\/p>\n<p>1. Both artists buy (or make) a journal and make art\u00a0on multiple pages.<\/p>\n<p>2. Set a date and exchange the journals with each other. If you live close you might even have an artist date!<\/p>\n<p>3. Using what the other artist did as a starting point, keep evolving images and pages.<\/p>\n<p>4. Trade again and repeat as many or few times as it takes for you both to feel they are finished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4743 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SCAN0120-1024x799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"799\" \/><\/a>You can find Cait&#8217;s book and her musings about the shared journal experience <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cait-makes.com\/blog\/2016\/3\/3\/collab\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Have you ever shared a journal with someone? What was the experience like? Will you share in the comments? Forward this post to a friend who you might like to create with and see what happens!<\/p>\n<p>Creatively Yours,<\/p>\n<p>Amy<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;Make some art. It&#8217;s time to let your imagination out to play! #artjournal&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>*The links in this post are affiliate links. If you choose to click on them and purchase something, at no extra cost you will support the work I&#8217;m doing to promote art and creative self-care. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Wonderful, Creative You, Recently, a wonderful artist named Cait Sherwood contacted me. She said she&#8217;d seen my Instagram feed\u00a0and felt that our styles were\u00a0similar.\u00a0\u00a0When she invited me to make a shared journal,\u00a0of course I agreed. 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