Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Journaling my (He)art Out


Here is my latest project completed in "21 Secrets"  called "Journaling your (He)art Out" with Nolwenn Petitbois. This is a fantastic project to work through negative feeling towards yourself or your art and then shift the focus onto the positive aspects in your life.  Under the image of my hand I had handwritten my negative thoughts and filled that side of the page.  Then I covered up the words with a nice coat of Gesso and then to that I added my layers of paint and collage.  On a separate piece of paper I wrote down twenty lovely positive thoughts about myself and my life.  With scissors in hand, I cut them up and pasted them down within my heart shape.  It was great to see my heart filling up with love from myself and literally overflowing since not all my positive words fit!  A fantastic therapeutic project that would work wonderfully when working with clients within an Art Therapy setting.  I'll be adding it to my tool box!


6 comments:

  1. This is a really beautiful spread!! And--I love your blog!! Such beautiful work that you're radiating into the world!

    BIG Hugs,
    Connie

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    1. Thank you Connie! I am really enjoying playing at "21 Secrets"! :)

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  2. I love the heart rendered spread! I'm going to have to fit the 21 Secrets in my budget! :)

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    1. It is so wonderful...you would love it, and really for the amount of info and inspiration you get, it is a real deal :)
      Thanks for your post and feedback too :)

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  3. Nicole, this is a beautiful journal spread and such a wonderful exercise.
    I love that the colors are cool on the left & warm on the right...
    Your job sounds fascinating to me. Glad i found you (via CED). xoxo

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    1. Glad you found me too and thank you so much for your wonderful feedback!

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