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It is easy to create a visual journal; all you need is a
notebook or sketchpad and drawing materials. You can use any art media that
feels right to you, pencils, colored or not, markers, crayons, paints etc. You
can trace objects like your hands or cut out a symbol and paste it onto the
page and then draw around it.
Doctor and Board Certified Art Therapist, Cathy Malchiodi
described many types of visual journals: “Feelings Journal, Spontaneous Imagery
(…most often it refers to creating a scribble or free-form lines and looking
for images within those lines.), Non-Dominant Hand Drawings (…draw with your
non-dominant hand over time and see what emerges), Working within a Circle
(…Mandala Journal), Dream Journal, Photocollage Journal [vision board
collages], Doodle Diary (…Doodling with felt markers… is not only fun, but also
has been shown to actually improve memory in some cases.), Intention
Journal (…for example, a gratitude practice or a goal to become
healthier in the next year), Altered Book (Any book can be used as a visual
journal; you can use the words and images in the book as part of your
journaling or draw/paint/collage over text.) and Create Your Own Approach.
Her recommendations, “Just Relax…, Record
the Date…,
Don’t Go it Alone…, [and
remember] Safety First.
Let’s get started!
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