The Art Of Journaling And Why To Create One.

“Writing will become a vehicle for becoming more conscious, for becoming an open book. Journals have a way of reminding us that we are constantly changing, that there is no immutable, fixed self”. ~Ram Dass

When I was about 12 years old I began my first journal. It was a thin, paperback, 101 Dalmatians notebook full of drawings, scribbles, profiles, letters to friends and lyrics to my favourite grunge songs. This was the beginning of my journaling journey and how I discovered, as I grew, that these little private books could become the means of self expression I needed to uncover the true self, as well as where I fit in the world around me. These books were my version of the world through my own eyes.

This creative outlet grew as I grew and I wrote journals everyday. I wrote pregnancy journals for each of my babes and continued to write about motherhood and my little ones milestones until they were 5. I created a beautiful record for my children to look back on and a small insight to my first years of being a mama.

Then I discovered yoga and along with it, my yoga journal. I wrote about my asana, mediation and pranayama practice, but I also started to write about my connection to spirit and the mindfulness practices I use to connect to my inner self. These journals became full pretty quickly as I found joy in this created inner space to explore this new aspect of myself and the world around me.

When my best friend and her son past away I threw every journal I owned into a burning fire out of a huge need to let it all go and begin again. This was the moment when my journaling took a new form.

I no longer had the right words to explain my feelings and instead I had created space to express myself with water colour and inks. My journals have become little books of art. And from here I found a balance between creating written journals with art and along with it a practice to rediscover myself and create a self love plan.

Art Journaling is a creative process of self expression both with written and visual language to give us a greater understanding through expression.

The Journal becomes a visual expression and extension of the self. A space for emotion, thought, meditation, a container to discover, play and listen as you create. A perfect way to discover your past , present and future. A documentation of your own story. A way to improve mental clarity and to help you see the big picture and bring you to the present moment. A way to build new and better habits.

“Journals are your own personal history, Dont write for an audience or reader. It should be your honest experience, a record of your own journey through paths of consciousness, simple comments on what you are seeing about yourself and your world”. ~Ram Dass.

“Your Journals Are The Key To the Future. Make Them Your Most Radicle Works Of Art”

Rainbow Pammy
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Pammy is an avid lover of nature and art as a tool for mindfulness, She study's and explores her surroundings in the Perth hills and beaches to create raw and organic pieces including botanic art, ceramics, wild clay, printings, pressings and preserving's. With the idea of country heals, art heals, she uses nature and the practices of yoga in both her daily life, in her permaculture garden and her art. Pammy aspires to share her passion for sustainability, the connection to land and country and art as healing with her wider community through gatherings, workshops and yoga.

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