the pass around journal - dreams

Here's the next peek into the pass around journal. The journal is a children's project where one page is completed and a prompt is left for the next participant to work with. It has been making its way around the city and I'm trying to catch up.



I was waiting for this one - illustrate the dream you had last night. What a fun prompt!


Maybe the adult version that was suggested could be a traveling dream journal - illustrated snippets of a collective unconscious???


"It is on the whole probably that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it."
- Carl Gustav Jung

the pass around journal

It's so busy here this time of year! We're slowly adjusting to a school schedule and trying to get the most out of the last weeks of summer. I know the participants of the pass around journal want a peek at the completion of their prompts, so I'll make an attempt to catch you up over the next few days.

The pass around journal started out with an invitation and a prompt. Each child would receive the journal with a prompt created by the child before them. They would complete it on a page of the journal and then create a prompt of their own to pass along. The pass around journal acted as a summer activity, but it was also sent around to strengthen the love of journaling. A personal journal can be our spark when we need inspiration and help us learn to be still and listen to ourselves - clearing away the clutter and noise. A group journal adds the element of passing notes, sharing windows into our lives and discovering what we share, and where we differ.

So far the ages have ranged from six to nine for this project. I imagine writing could become a more significant component with teens or adults...that would be fun!

Here's one of the recent exchanges:

You can see more here, here,and here.

new classes (and a peek at the pass around journal project)

Here are the classes I'm offering in the month of August:

Fabric jewelry class

We will work with needle, thread, fabric, and beads

Ages 6-9

August 18th and 19th, 10:00-1:00

Pack a lunch, healthy snack provided

$40.00

Plein Air Painting Class in the Wissahickon

We will take off from Northwestern stables and paint the landscape of the Wissahickon.

August 21st

10:00-1:00

$30.00

Pack a lunch in a backpack, healthy snack provided.

Here's another peek at the pass around journal project, more here.

the pass around journal project

Above is the email received by those invited to join in a children's journaling project. Initially it went out to children who live in the neighborhood, so that they could easily pass it around. If you have interest in participating, send me an email and let me know. I've been thinking about putting something like this in motion since I posted, the Sketchbook in May. Keeping a journal or sketchbook is a great idea, and definitely not just for artists. It acts as one of the greatest tools in developing our ability to see instead of just look at the world around us.

After reading about some great Journal starter ideas at Diana Trout's blog - Hub Bub, I decided to adapt and combine some of them into this project.

The children will pass the journal around completing a page and then leaving a prompt for the next in line.

I will post entries on the blog every Monday.