Art Journaling Again

I used to have a very active art journaling practice,

but the last couple if years not so much.
Although I've continued to do art in more than
several books at a time, it is usually on the back
burner where I go to stir things up once in awhile.

Thanks to Orly Avineri's "A Stand For Art Journaling" group

on FaceBook, I have dug up some of my

over thirty art journals and altered books,

and found some pages long forgotten,

but still fresh in their "messages".

I like a quote that I found somewhere: "Do something today

for your future self". Art journaling is just that. Striving for honesty,

spontaneity, and even companionship, the art journal page,

although not always successful, still records a snapshot of 

my current self on the day it is made.

I have journals with themes, some for issues I want

to clarify, some just for fun.

 I have one altered book of "found poetry".

I wish I had done more, but there is always another book, another day.

Orly's group has become a dynamic and inspiring place to find lots of

artists who art journal. I have found myself returning

to the practice of a daily practice with a renewed sense

of what is possible, and the goal of dialoguing with my inner self.

Some of my entries are too personal to post there,

but it has opened me to exploring my "depths",

and hopefully, leaving a bit of inspiration for a future self.

 "She Lost Her Head, Too Much Was Said"

"She Went Looking For Her Own Tribe"