Today was busy with visiting friends. Friends that make me laugh,bless them for that. I am usually the one providing the laughter. SO to tickle my funny bone is quite a feat. My friend was interested in my "discovery journals" ...such a big part of changing my life. Here's the one with the quote from Oprah's magazine..."Begin Again" The other page was a collage of me.
I spent an hour looking through my discovery books...I love the journey through them. Sometimes I just sit and find comfort looking at my progress. The first one I did was truly a discovery journal done according to "Simple Abundance", by Sarah Ban Breathnache. Boy to look at it now...that was started when I was 49 years old. It was the place I started to discover what I liked..what appealed to me..no questions asked.
Then my journals began to change....but I didn't realize that I was changing. I just kept cutting and ripping and pasting...everything that called to me...no judgement...no censoring.......
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ReplyDeleteOk, first I was really touched by the true miracle of your 9/11 post. Beautiful and yes we fly our flag. It's the tiniest thing we can do.
I love love your discovery journal. How do you do it? I like this idea. Is there an instructional book or something? I like the pictures you have on yours. Are they from a particular magazine?
Get a large sketchbook...from Borders.etc..then start putting images and words into it that appeal to you..anything that makes you pause upon it...no censoring...!!! Just rip and paste...anything that grabs you if only for a moment...there is discovery in it....My first book was really not a surprize to me (maybe a little control was going on.I don't know)...it was filled with animals flowers quilts books children glass things pottery...it's nice...I really think it is a journey to myself when I go through it...and I do often..it is nice to visit yourself...But the other journals...done after I met my posse AW gals....look out!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBut it took that labyrynth.. to come home and see it....page by page...
maybe we can meet sometime and I can show you
I love my discovery journal too. Haven't done that in a while, but it's like collaging. Whenever I go back and look at mine though, too- I yearn to do more. Simple Abundance is such a great read.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog. I have something similar to a discovery book. I am going to try and post something today on my blog. I used to do it while in grade school and high school. Those were damaged in a flood at my mom's. I still have the 2 from college. I used to love to do this. I wonder why I stopped....
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