creating an intention in my journals
liz lamoreux
Before I begin a new project inside one of my journals, I usually take some time to create a blessing or intention on one of the first pages. Sometimes this is a quote, maybe art from someone else, or my own words. I might add a photo that captures the season or a self-portrait or make a collage. I listen to what calls to me, which usually means looking at my studio table and gathering a few things that catch my eye.
Most of all though, this intention reminds me to show up as me in my journals. Whether I am teaching a round of Five Things or writing in a journal I’ll share at a workshop or creating just for me, I repeatedly remind myself, even push myself, to set down what a journal, what art, what writing and poetry are “supposed to look like” and let the pages fill up with pieces of me.