Art Journaling as Poetry Making
"Heart in the Weeds" by the author There’s more than one way to write a poem. Poiema --from which we get the word ‘poem’--is Greek for “a thing that is made,” (which is the inspiration for naming this Substack, by the way). “Made things” can be creations with pens or paint or paper, offering a reflection of what’s in our heads and on our hearts and showing up on the page. For a number of years I’ve been practicing a way of poetry-making that has become a welcome outlet for my creativity. Using cut-out words and pictures from old books and magazines, glitter glue, watercolors, stamps and more, I began a new way of crafting my thoughts on the blank page. Art Journaling is a wonderful expression. This practice has produced the work shared in photos below. Not necessarily ‘poetry,’ but various expressions of a made thing. Poems & Prayers on Paper Folks often feel intimidated about how to write a poem—I get it; I’ve been there—and they don’t know where to begin....
