And now for something completely different!

I’ve been experimenting lately with Art Journaling and following some really fantastic blogs with some absolutely beautiful art journal pages that have been very inspiring. A new one that I just discovered is Wild. Precious. In her most recent video, Effy issues a challenge to create an art journal page based on the question “What’s the point?”. Up to now I’ve just sort of done my own thing but I thought it might be fun to play along, so the result of my efforts are below.

It was a really great exercise that got me thinking about why exactly I’m “drawn” to art journaling (pun sort of intended!). I kept a diary for awhile when I was growing up, and I’m definitely a list-writer and record keeper, and I also have a fascination with blank journals – everything from dollar store journals to wonderful handmade ones to Moleskine journals. When I was a kid I used to love to cut pictures out of old magazines and catalogues and play with them like paper dolls, and I used to like to try to draw but never felt that what I got on the paper did justice to the image that was in my head, so I guess I let my inner critic win for awhile.

So I think art journaling sort of brings all of that together and is a great place to play!