keep an art journal

I love buying them. I love having them. I love organizing them. i love staring at them longinly in hopes that having them near me will make me a great artist.

I am pretty good at expressing myself anyway. This is just another outlet to do it and create something at the same time. This is going to be an ongoing thing. Sometimes you just have to get all the arts supplies out and flood your kithcen table with them. Inpiration can come from so many places…my life, my phiosphy, a quote, a picture… it is endless and there are endless possibilities. I am an artist!

I am starting to journal more regularly. It is mostly a peaceful undertaking. if I am realy involved in making a peice of art work i am thinking less about the negative things going on in my wretched life.

Labor Day. Not really the most exciting holiday. No money. Hotter then hell outside. Seen everything on TV. Not in the mood to read the latest novel I picked up. Hmmm should I drag out the art supplies??

Yes. I did and i spend most of the day just sitting and creating things from my imagination. A great side effect of creativity I found today is that when i am focosed on creating that image, that text, that work of art I dont have the inclination to think about anything else. It relaxes me. it calms my mind. Art journaling satisfies me.

My thoughts scrambled.

I have never managed to keep any kind of journal. I have started a dozen. I have about 10 entries in my art journal. The best thing about an art journal is that there is more then one way to explress yourself in them. Somethings you cant put into words, somethings there are no words for.

so far ive been inspired and spent some money on some supplies.