my creative journal has long been my soft and gentle cocoon that i can crawl into for exploring, stretching and growing in my personal life. recently i created a business planning art journal to support me in building a thriving business around my workshops and art as a way of creating meaningful, enjoyable and inspiring work for myself.
but i have been feeling really awkward about sharing it here. i’ve been trying to write this post for about 2 weeks and it just isn’t coming out right. i guess i don’t really know what to say about my business planning art journal, this is all new territory for me.
this is a a page i just finished for the new creativity kits i want to make:
i started writing my ideas for the new kits, and then collaged, painted and doodled on top of the writing. i feel like the creative aspects of the page opened up new possibilities and directions that i wasn’t going to get to, just writing it out and making a careful plan. at some point, i need to bring in colour and play if i want my work to be the best it can be.
i also have to let go of it being a straight line direct path kind of thing. this page has really inspired me, but i am still not sure what the kits are. i don’t know what to *do* next with it and that’s just the thing. my best work never comes when i know what i’m doing. my best work comes when i am open to where i am, willing to be uncertain and moving forward anyway.
so that is where i’m at with this today. i love the direction i’m going in, i don’t know what the destination is but i do know i will love it when i get there.
if you have a project you are working on, or an issue you are facing, i encourage you to journal it. write it out, collage it, paint it, draw it. you don’t have to be an artist to do this. swirl paint around on the page, use glitter glue to stick magazine images on top. if you don’t have art materials – go get some inexpensive children’s art supplies and play with them. spend time exploring your situation with creativity and new solutions are bound to spring up.
andrea schroeder creates creativity workshops, downloadable creativity kits, art and guided meditations to support you in knowing and remembering that you are a creative being and you can create anything.
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great post and good for you for sharing! thank you for your inspiration.
Real nice Andrea.
Thanks for sharing with us. Sometimes it feels awkward but it’s good to just do it anyway. People get a lot from observing someone else’s process even if that process feels incomplete somehow? It’s even better for others to learn from because THAT’s what process is, right?
Smiles and Hugs to you.
I think this is a great page! I know we often want the answers and the clarity, now :-D But sometimes we just need step away from it for a short time and then go back and get some perspective..
Also I don’t know if you have heard of , or have this book but it may help in the process you are going through, I am about to start on it myself..
The Creative Entrepreneur – Lisa Beam — It looks right up your ally!
I am sure we will be blessed by whatever comes of the new kits!
thanks for your comments!! i do share more in-process pages than completed ones… the process is so much more fascinating to me.
heather i have done that book and it is wonderful.
Lovely journal page! “Prepare to be delighted” – that’s just brilliant.
I love the spread — and good for you for sharing. I am fascinated by artists’ processes (I think many of us are), so I really appreciate you talking about yours. It’s okay if it feels incomplete. Sometimes life — and new projects — just feel that way! Incomplete just means that there is still room for growth. And what a glorious place that is!
So wonderful. I also seem to blossom when I can just allow the creativity to flow from me.
as usual, i loooooove your page!! oh that boot..you have wonderful shoes to fill & walk in! & love the glimpse of the figure on the left, & of course love all the words & of course love the whole…YOU! xox
LOVE IT! I cannot wait to start mine. I am still part of your *Creating Dreams* I just work a double on Sunday and come home pretty late.
lynn, cindy, wendy, rachel, tery – thank you!
well – all of you thank you!
i really appreciate the comments.
it is a treat to share my journaling pages here with you :)