Graphite Reflection on Theme Visual Journal

16 Doors: A Visual Journal on Creativity

Over the course of fours weeks this winter, I created a visual art journal dealing with my understanding of the creative process. I used the themes of alchemy and journey as metaphor and peppered the pages with recurring symbols.  Mostly, I had fun! What I found at the end of the project is that my chops for drawing from imagination had improved.  I also rediscovered my love for writing. You can download a .pdf file…

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Charcoal Pastel Reflection on Theme Visual Journal

Skipping Through Darkness

Traveler:                  This place seems familiar. Have I been here before? Oberon:                   (looking up from the slow-moving river to take in the traveler) Where are you comparing it to? Traveler:                  I was walking along a riverbank very much like this one. And suddenly there was this shadow. Oberon:                   Excuse me, did you say shadow? Traveler:                  Well, not so much a shadow as a rustling of leaves. I mean it was a rustling of leaves until the…

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