Words

“Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions,
all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.” Paul Engles

“The tongue has the power of life and death.” Proverbs 18:21

Why Words?

The final ingredient in our art journaling mix is “words”- different from the journaling stream-of-conciousness that we looked at to start with, these words are our opportunity to give voice to the truth revealed to us through our art journaling journey.

Sourcing words

Let’s have a look at some of the ways we can add words to our page- from hand lettering, stamping, stencilling and borrowed words- there are lots of options!

Fridge Poetry

What if the words don’t come? Here’s a fun exercise to help you piece together what you want to say.

YOUR TURN: Download and print the word sheets below. Cut out ones that feel meaningful to you today. See if you can make a sentence with the words you have chosen, or even a poem!
We’d love to read your fridge poetry in our Facebook group!

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Now you have everything you need to make a journal page: Journaling, play, images and words! Now we can start to put them all together and see the magic start to happen…