Artist Journal - Part 2

After two and half months, I thought it would be nice to revisit my Artist Journal to show updates on my art pages.

This particular journal is a combination of my thoughts, affirmations, goals / intentions, action items / to-do-lists, want-to-do-lists, and anything else my heart comes up with.

But in between work, play, and life, I tend to draw… similarly to when I was a kid in school— particularly middle and high school.

Many times, doodling was a means of escaping class, taking a break from thinking, and teleporting mentally to another place while physically being present in a room.

I find drawing and coloring meditative—a physical meditative exercise to think without thinking.

Drawing in my journal allows me to create without any attachment to the outcome.

These drawings are purely for me—art for the sheer pleasure of creating.

I love flipping through the pages, alternating from crossed out to-do-lists, offsetting it with visually appealing pages of colorful designs.

The fact that many pages are works-in-progress makes opening my journal always a new experience, literally adding color to my day.

I love seeing the progress over time.

Because of this joy, I thought it would nice to share some of the art I see as I flip.

In many ways, this blog codifies the infinite small, yet important details of my life that fuel my inspiration and desire to live the life as an artist.

Being present in my everyday life, is what being an artist is all about.

Yes, being an artist is about the work—the days and hours in the studio, studying and honing in on one’s craft, documenting and promoting one’s work, networking, visiting and attending art openings, museums, and galleries, and placing art into private and public collections.

But real talk, I wasn’t thinking of any of these things when I was drawing as a kid.

I enjoy all aspects of being an artist, especially everything I listed above.

But I do think it’s even more important, (more than anything) to make sure I’m always connected to my original, divine essence, that honed in on my desire to create in the first place.

I believe, that young girl, is my North Star.

And I never want to lose sight of her.

This journal is one means of tapping into her memory, and hopefully, bringing her forth into my present life, from time to time.