Creating this collage journal has been...incredible. Finding pictures to go with my thoughts, realizing things about myself both good and bad, and putting them into words, capturing them forever...there is something breath-taking [sigh of relief?] in releasing these thoughts that have been captive for so long.
I encourage you to try it. Take a plain old notebook [or get the recyclable brown one from Wal-Mart] and just...sit. Sit down, write out whatever you're holding in, and put it in there. Put in pictures, stickers, things torn from magazines...at the end, you'll see what a beautiful, sad, funny thing life is and you'll have something you can look back through and remember with.
I'm keeping mine in plain sight. One of my secrets explains why. You can read about it if you want.
This is a tradition I'm going to keep.
Kaitlin, this is such a good idea. I've tried scrapbooking before that has seemed too formal. This seems right up my alley. :-)
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I think you would love it, Gina! It's so...free-spirited. It's a breath of fresh air.
ReplyDeleteI've found with mine that I can scribble and make a mess and do something creative and then look at it and actually be kind of proud at how it turned out, even if I'm unhappy with how my handwriting turned out.
Go for it!