Joyful Purpose

Maitri Journal

I decided to start a new journal today based on spiritual practice.  I have been feeling like I am in flux lately - like treading water and have sought out the words and inspiration of

Pema Chodron a Buddhist nun. 

So this morning I created two journal pages based on her teachings and on my words for today ~

Maitri ~ Sanskrit word for loving kindness towards oneself

Bodhichitta ~ Awakened Heart

So then I became rather inspired and decided to create a new journal as a devotional study. 

So here is a little video walking tour of my latest efforts ...

double click on video to view in full

What color are your dreams?

HEAVEN

being on the back of a horse makes me feel like I can fly ~

Summer days

My days of late have been spent by the sea ... trying to soak it all in and appreciate all its wonder - I have taken to making a "Sea Journal"  working on it as I sit on the beach watching my boys boogie boarding and swimming.

I have also been carrying around Anne Morrow Lindbergh's ~ A Gift from the Sea = rereading it and savoring her thoughts and words

 

sketching, doodling, and journaling ...

portals journal

Remember those pages I made the other day?

Well I decided to turn them into a large format PORTALS journal - I have a thing for Portals - windows, doors, pathways ~ in fact I am teaching a class on the very subject at next year's Artfest.

more to come ...

Stencil Love

I purchased these great stencils from MaryBeth Shaw and they came in the mail the other day.  So looking at them laying on my desk for several days I finally picked them up and did some work today.

I have a feeling that these pages are going to turn into a large portal journal ...

The Artist's Way

I have worked with this book for years now - The Artist's Way.  As of late it called to me again to pick it up and to go through its lessons once more.  So I have began - morning pages, and artist's dates, and NOTICING - being aware.  And so I have started a new journal a document of what is around me -

here is the journal - a moleskin covered in washi tape

new Journaling recipe

My dear Judi brought this Eco plain brown journal home for me from London and well now it is a little zestier ...

Recipe:

take one plain journal

washi tape

water colors

magazines

and some pens

add a healthy dose of imagination and

Voila!

Btw the drawing is sadly not mine but the cover of this month's Art News ;)

Waiting for some quiet time to work on this page ...

A. States Journaling contd.

I have been working on my a.states journal again and here is a peek ...

 

Here is a video walk

Our Light - Horse Journal Pages

I have been working on Juliana's Altered States class and got a little bit - well, chomping at the bit, pun intended, so I started a few journal pages in my horse journal yesterday.