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Hey There Wonderful, Creative You!<\/p>\n

Today I got my shared journal back from Cait Sherwood<\/a>\u00a0and I can’t wait to show you what she’s done! I’ve been taking you along on this journey as much as I can, so I’ve opened this sweet little package on camera so we could experience it for the first time together. (If you can’t wait any longer, just click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

[bctt tweet=”Art journaling offers me a no-judgement zone to creatively express, process, and clarify my feelings. Where else can you do that? #nojudgmentzone”]<\/p>\n

Art journaling for me has always been a free and open space where I can express and explore my\u00a0feelings\u00a0without expectation. It’s one of my top creative self-care exercises (along with singing.) As I’ve delved\u00a0more deeply into\u00a0book art in the last few years, however, I’ve also made it a space for exploring new styles, techniques, colors, and\u00a0materials. It might seem like this is a purely aesthetic or more superficial pursuit, but I’ve found that this kind of exploration has two benefits: 1. I broaden my ability to accurately express my feelings and explore my inner world, and 2. the broader my art “vocabulary,” the more joy I experience in art making. Isn’t the joy you feel in art making the real healing power of art, after all?<\/p>\n

Sharing a journal with another artist is way to expand my artistic repertoire, AND share it all with\u00a0another artist\u00a0on the same journey. The part I love the most about this is that Cait and I never would have connected if it weren’t for the power of this great, big lug, the internet.<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy seeing the lovely changes Cait made to the journal. If you want to see what the journal looked like when I sent it to her, you can find that post here<\/a>, or what I did with\u00a0her journal, you can find that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can find more information about how to express and de-stress through art journaling on my classes<\/a> page, and\u00a0sign up for my mailing list <\/a>so you don’t miss a post, workshop, podcast, or class!<\/p>\n