ZOËLAB: THE LIFE AS ART BLOG
Start From Where You Are & That Which Hinders Your Task is Your Task
But, there’s one method of unblocking that never fails and is applicable to all situations. It doesn’t require any special equipment or knowledge. You don’t need to spend a lot of time with it. And it is always available.
The 2019 January Art Journaling/Blogging Challenge is Here!
The January 2019 Art Journaling/Blogging Challenge is Here!
Why I Love Art Journaling & Self Love
Self Love is about loving your wholeness. Loving all the parts. Including the ego, and its “petty” attachments and desires that allow it to keep going. It’s about loving the wounded parts, with their drive to heal, to become whole again.
The January 2018 Art Journal Challenge is here!
Join me for the January 2018 31 Day Art Journal Challenge!
A Letter from ZOELAB Headquarters
We have reached the first quarter of the year, and every day I feel more and more inspired. I feel like I climbing slowly into the creative flow that I always dreamed of, but never had the discipline to make happen.
what I learned from posting words and images (almost) every day for a year
I am sharing here, in honor of completing the 31 Day Art Journaling/Blogging Challenge, my second to last post from my first blog, ZOELAB 365, where I blogged every day for a year. This is the learning and meaning I made from that intense year, which catapulted me out of post-partem depression and into a highly-charged creative inner life that has informed me, and my professional work, ever since.
Tools of the practice: Art Journal Lab
As for me, I am mostly a marker and pen girl. Always have been. I studied oil painting in high school and college. But then decided it wasn't for me. I also have dabbled in watercolor. And find it very fun and playful. But, when it comes to drawing in my journal. I have always been crazy for that more graphic-y, comic-book-y, children's illustration look. I love black pen. I love filling in those lines with markers. My drawings have a naive look to them (sort of on purpose, sort of out laziness). Sometimes I try to make things look more realistic, but I also love the spontaneity of creating a line in ink and committing to its irregularity.
A List of Future Blog Posts and Essay Topics
Here is my list of blog post ideas (as well as longer essay pieces that I will eventually publish) that I want to write about. I am curious to hear what you think, which ones resonate with you or spark your curiosity.
Why I must write
To write before they wake up,
before the sun rises,
to write before the tea boils,
before my thoughts become practical,
to write before I say why I shouldn’t,
Start From Where You Are For Blogging and Art Journaling
It's the best advice I can give anyone looking to explore their creativity, find truth, or get started on a project that feels daunting. For this advice, I am thinking of the bloggers and art journalers who have joined me on this month-long challenge to blog or art journal every day. I am thinking of my commitment to this practice, and the inspiration that I want to offer people.
31 Day Art Journaling and Blogging Challenge
Join me for my latest creative challenge! 31 Days of Art Journaling and/or Blogging for January 2017
That which is all of you
Let’s assume for a moment that you do have gifts. That you possess something so unique and so beautiful that no one can touch it. No one can reproduce it or steal it. It belongs only to you and will be with you through this lifetime and possibly into the next.
And if you trusted and had faith in your gifts, you would know how to nurture and protect them as if they were your children.
And then what?