Continue reading “visual journaling + expression for mental health & well-being”[Getting] people to actually sit down and confront it and to write it, you don’t have to write a lot, but you have to first of all just acknowledge it and put it into words.
James Pennebaker
Author: stargardener
Braveheart, I believe art heals — and that art is as simple as abiding outdoors with the morning sky or jotting lists or having a favorite color. I created Right Brain Planner® because I needed a "planner" that offered space but didn't trigger my daily expectations — space to dream and chronicle my life. I needed a planner that was a journal — a place to collect my blurts and random bits of color and collage. Perhaps you are in need of the same? If so, I hope you will join me via our shared online connections. ♥
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Continue reading “[collage planning] getting started: adding tabs (free download)”The diary is the only form of writing that encourages total freedom of expression. Because of it’s very private nature, it has remained immune to any formal rules of content, structure or style. As a result, the diary can come closest to reproducing how consciousness evolves.
Tristine Rainer
solstice
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.
Andrew Wyeth
Braveheart, dates and calendar years are not as relevant or memorable as personal anniversaries, seasons and celestial cycles for our perspective and discovery, expression and growth.
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