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Follow Your Own Lead

  Here is my #DoodleADay Challenge Doodle for Day 24:   Funny enough shortly before making this doodle I was watching a video for 21 Secrets Fall by Canadian artist Veronica Funk on “Finding Your Wild Spirit” about art journaling your animal totem.  I watched with delight as Veronica showed us her process and the unique way […]

Harnessing Imagination

Day #21 DoodleADay Challenge:   It has been 21 days straight that I have been doodling and I am noticing the good  habit  being established of wanting and making timeto create something everyday.  Because they are so quick they are easy to squeeze into the day and I really don’t worry about how they look. […]

Self-Exploration via the Doodle

Day  20 #DoodleADay Challenge: Let’s talk about our doodles shall we? As I have mentioned before doodles can be fun, mindful, releasing, self-expressive, meditative, relaxing, and focusing.  Doodles can also be a passageway into self-exploration if you are willing to go that route.  After 20 days of doodling you will have enough doodles done to be able […]

Doodle Power!

Here’s My #DoodleADay for today:   We are now officially on week two of ArtTherapist.ca #DoodleADay Challenge, and I am having fun watching my imagination lead the way as I doodle daily.  To me there is a lot of power in doodling. Doodling calls upon your spontaneity, your trust to let go to the process, and […]

Doodle A Day, 4

Here is my #DoodleADay for today: And today my 10 year-old has decided to submit a doodle! The #DoodleADay challenge:  (for more details see my first post Doodle a Day Challenge) Everyday for the month of October, I will make a doodle and you are invited to join me.  It can be as simple as black ink on […]

Doodle A Day, 3

Here is my #DoodleADay for today:   The #DoodleADay challenge:  (for more details see my first post Doodle a Day Challenge) Everyday, beginning today, October 1st and for the month of October, I will make a doodle and you are invited to join me.  It can be as simple as black ink on white paper or white ink […]

Doodle A Day, 2

Here is my #DoodleADay for today:   The #DoodleADay challenge:  (for more details see my first post Doodle a Day Challenge) Everyday, beginning today, October 1st and for the month of October, I will make a doodle and you are invited to join me.  It can be as simple as black ink on white paper or white ink […]

Doodle A Day Challenge Begins Today!

Here is my #DoodleADay for today: The #DoodleADay challenge:  (for more details see my first post Doodle a Day Challenge) Everyday, beginning today, October 1st and for the month of October, I will make a doodle and you are invited to join me.  It can be as simple as black ink on white paper or white ink on […]

Doodle A Day Challenge

  I know that sometimes it’s hard to find the time to fit creativity in to a busy day. I also know that part of what gets in the way for many is perfectionism feeling like there is no point in creating unless it is going to meet our expectations of turning out “just so”. […]

Creative Self-Care

  Has fortune dealt you some bad cards? Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. Francis Quarles Recently at my work, a group of us came together to make coping cards. It was an exercise in exploring imagery that supports healthy ways of coping which my art therapy student, Tiffany Merrit had shared with […]