July 25- Christmas in July
Posted on | July 25, 2010 | No Comments
PAINLESS JOURNALING SUNDAYS with SarahKaye
Welcome to the fourth and last week of Painless Journaling! I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have!
Many people say journaling is the hardest part of scrapbooking and these exercises are aimed at helping you unblock your creative writing mojo! Basically, Painless Journaling is designed to get your creative juices flowing and open a part of your brain that will allow you to better express yourself in your journaling efforts.
For those of you that didn’t catch the PJ posts the last three Sundays, you can find the introduction and first exercise, Color Me, in this post. You might want to read through it to get the most benefit from each lesson. The second post, The Whole Picture, can be found here, and last week’s post, Word Bank, is here. Try them, they’re lots of fun!
WEEK 4- CLUSTERING
PART 1
This is a fun and easy exercise that only takes a few minutes, is extremely helpful and I’ll bet you refer to it over and over!
You simply start with a single word in a circle in the center of the page and write words that pop into your mind. Then go from there and see where it takes you! See the diagram below as an example. It’s a free association exercise to get your brain out of your normal rut and into a creative mode. Use as many branches in as many directions as you want!
Here’s a word to get you started. Feel free to use your own word (especially if you have a set of photos you need to journal!) but here’s a suggestion if you just want to loosen your brain and get creative.
SMILE
PART 2- APPLICATION
If you have photos you need to journal but want to find a unique presentation, use this technique to see what your mind tells you that you didn’t know was in there! LOL
For instance, if you have birthday photos, use “birthday” or “age” or “party” or something like that for your center word and see where that goes. If you have photos that aren’t for any occasion, pick something in the photo at random- maybe part of the landscape in the background like “tree”, something like “silly” if that’s what pops into your head. Then set aside the photos and see where that word takes you. It may do nothing more than warm you up for your journaling, or it may inspire you with that perfect way to present those photos.
Let us know what you come up with!
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