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I have read of many studies on the benefits of keeping a journal.
Yeah, all of that. But I have journaled for decades, but not because I knew of the benefits, but because it was like a tea kettle letting off steam, it felt right.
In the beginning I just wrote, usually daily and dated. Then I took a journaling class with the amazing journal artist Janice Lowry, and my journaling took off, no limits no boundaries, more fun!
I feel that a quilt is similar to a journal, in that it contains dissimilar pieces bound together and they don't have to match, or be pretty, it's up to the maker.
In the journal, directly above, I had my feelings hurt, thus the title "dismissed". I poured out my feelings, then tried to draw how I felt. So in October of 2015,
I gave my troubles to the journal and felt better.
Just because ...
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2 comments:
How lovely to see some pics of your many journals, Jacki. Thanks for sharing. I used to keep a diary for many years, but stopped years ago. Now kind of a diary is my I-phone where I take photos of everything that's important for me, but no thoughts are noticed. Sometimes i miss it.
Yes, I agree. There is something special about the writing and to look at it later. At the talk I gave Tuesday, they were most impressed with the journals and how dssimilar they were.
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