The comfort of Art Journaling
The pressure at school and work, the household chores you need to finish on time, and the uncertainty of the future make you worry; these are things you need to get through every day. Dealing with many problems is stressful, but you can somehow cope with it in a creative way—art journaling.
What is Art Journaling?
Art Journaling is making a written journal but with a different touch of creativity. It puts colors, stickers, washi tapes, images, patterns, and other little things.
This type of visual art allows a person to write her life stories and express her artistic side.
It’s like keeping a diary with different shapes and colors to make your writings alive.
Benefits of making Journal Art
A study about the efficacy of art and writing therapy suggests that Art Journaling reduces stress levels.
It also says that making art and combining it with writing creates positive changes in a person’s mental health.
An art therapy study also concludes that it is a mindfulness-based awareness activity that lowers not just stress but anxiety level too.
An escape for a Journal Artist
For a 22 years-old Journal Artist, Jamaica Marciano, making art journals serves as an escape for her.
To cope with her anxiety due to school work, she prepares her journaling materials to create a journal spread.
“When I feel exhausted from academics and other sidelines, it makes me feel relaxed, so I think that’s the comfort I have.”
For Jamaica, art journaling is like taking a vacation to relax and forget her problems.
It is something that refreshes her mind during the times she is having a hard time dealing with things she has to do.
#MentalHealthMatters
For Jamaica, she does journal art because it’s a way of taking care of her mental health.
Our mind being the source of our strength, she gives it an artistic rest by putting creativity in her journals.
“Don’t overwork yourself. You deserve to take a break. Get some sleep, eat your comfort food, make some time for hobbies.”
Similarly, according to the National Institute of Mental health, self-care helps people manage stress.
Art journaling is a form of self-care that can help you lower the risks of mental illness and improve your thinking and emotions.
Find Comfort in Journal Art
When we can no longer contain our emotions, we need to rest with all of the things going on in our heads.
So, get your old notebook, ready your pen, get some paper crafts and fill up the page of things bottling inside you.
Relax and make your journal art!
