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Author: Ingrid Murray
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Let Me Introduce Myself
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If you’ve followed me and my art online for a while, you’ll know that I’m a self-taught artist and writer. I was creative from an early age, writing stories, building imaginary worlds, performing onstage, and drawing. In a high school art class I discovered the Altered Books Workshop, which introduced…
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Art Journaling 101
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Art journaling is, at its simplest, creating visual art in a book. Also called an artist sketchbook, visual diary, or art diary, art journals have been used by artists for centuries for a variety of purposes.
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Bird by Bird
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I just finished reading Anne Lamott’s insightful (and wickedly funny) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.
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Daily Practice
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In June and July, I did the daily Index Card a Day (ICAD) challenge. In August, I posted here every weekday. What I found is that showing up is what leads to inspiration, not the other way around.
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Baltimore Journal II
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Yesterday, I flipped through my most recently finished journal. Some pages I love and some I don’t — but that’s exactly as it should be.