6/08/2011

Improvisational Journal Page

I just completed a journal page in one of the 21 Secrets workshops, "Improvisation Station".


 Natasha Reilly is the teacher and her effervescent personality is infectuous! I watch her videos over and over.  I actually joined her workshop and watched all her videos before we went on vacation, but I didn't actually do any of the journaling.


While we were in Savannah, I let the concept of the class really sink in and all the sights and sounds and emotions that I experienced there reveal to me who I really am.

The class started with us writing a standard introduction of ourselves.  You know like, "Hi, my name is Jenn.  I'm a wife in my 30's.....blah blah blah.  After I was finished with this exercise, I couldn't believe how many labels I put on myself.  Here is my first introduction:



After we wrote our introductions, we tore them up and wrote a new introduction in our journals.  This one was an intro without labels and without limts.  Everything that I had experienced in Savannah flooded back.  Here is my new introduction:



I plan on writing this on a big sheet in my "big girl" journal (a 18 x 23 watercolor pad) and keep adding to it.  Now came the fun improvisational part.  Natasha provided prompts that we were to choose at random.  I ended up with senses and the word "sensational".  I decided that the sense that I wanted to journal about was my sense of sight.  The things that I find sensational are all in nature.  So, I took my torn pieces and created a rose and dragon flies.



I really urge you to try this process.  Get out of the boxes that you put yourself in and discover who you really are.  Then, play a little improv game to get your journaling going.

3 comments:

  1. Funny how we define ourself in labels and how hard it is to really know who we are when we take those "boxes" away. Hmmm, I'm the warmth of a blanket on a cold winter night, a load roar of a motorcycle engine, the dirt under your fingernails, the earthworm in the garden. Wonder what else I am ... this blog has got me thinking. As always THANK YOU!! Time to start dusting off the paints me thinks.

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  2. Susan, I love your limitless intro! I can really see you in your descriptions!

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  3. Jennifer...I wish I could reach into this computer and hug YOU!!! Although I am still making my way through all the posts, I saw your work and fell in love with it. I LOVE the way the words peek through - it's like a window into your soul and the colors that you used are as beautiful and vibrant as your personality. You have left an unforgettable mark on me....unforgettable and I consider myself lucky to have been given the opportunity to know the beautiful, limitless YOU!!! You are a bright light with so much to share PLEASE keep sharing!!! Thank you for all of your kind words as well...you have touched me deeply!

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