SheArt is a creative journey for any woman who has the desire to live fully from her most authentic and conscious self. We are all at different places in our lives, but there is always the opportunity to discover more about our unique journey and receive answers to our most pressing questions.
This happens by making time for self-inquiry and self-reflection. Making room in your life to spend time with yourself is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Asking yourself meaningful questions and allowing the answers to emerge through the creative process is both empowering and liberating.
One way to make this self-inquiry part of a regular routine, is through the practice of Visual Art Journaling.
Visual Journaling is a practice of creating a dialogue with yourself through self-reflection and the use of various art materials, allowing something new to emerge from the truth of your feelings and the wisdom that is revealed through those feelings. By engaging with yourself in this way, you can go so much deeper than using only words, as in verbal journaling. Sometimes we have to skip the words so that a deeper truth can reveal itself when we become silent and engaged. Words can come later, in a new way, revealing what has been there all along.
When we use art in this way, we can literally breathe out. Engaging in a creative process makes us healthier by reducing stress, releasing anger, resolving conflicts and helping us to get in touch with what we feel and need to express. When we start creating, our bodies come into a place of perfect balance. We release what needs to be left behind and embrace the wisdom we discover. Time slows down, and we have a chance to connect to our inner voices, and just allow what we feel and the freedom to express those feelings.
A friendly warning – Visual Journaling can become addictive because it is easy and feels so good! And the best thing is that it is unique to you, as no two people will ever use the same imagery, even when they feel the same emotion. It is truly a way to find your unique voice in a tangible and real way. By learning to ask questions and finding answers in this way, you become your own best guide, therapist and healer. You develop your own inner language of symbols, colours, shapes and forms that is very personal and precious.
And the best thing is that you don’t need to have any art background to do this. Even if you can’t draw a stick figure, the process of Visual Journaling allows you to move beyond thought into a space of greater wisdom and intuitive knowing. Journaling with art materials is a personal journey – one that is filled with adventure, joy, laughter and tears as you rediscover your true nature.
