Transform Bernadette Mayer's List of Journal Ideas into Art Journal Pages

 

Via Stumble, I came across this list - Bernadette Mayer's List of Journal Ideas.

Although her list is targeted toward Writing-Type Journals, I believe you can use her ideas for Art Journals too by including both writing and art in your journal pages. Some of her List Categories include:

 Specific Journals to Keep:

• "Journals of Dreams
• Writing Ideas 
• Coincidences & Connections 
• Daily Changes, e.g., a journal of one's desk, daily meals, etc."

For your own Art Journal, think in terms of collage, drawing and hand-lettering exercises.

Journal Ideas: 

• "Write once a day in minute detail about one thing." 
• "Write minimally: one line or sentence per day."

Again, use art to express the above ideas.

I especially like the Write Minimally idea. It's good for those days when time is tight but you still want the satisfaction of producing something in your journal.

I'd add a twist to this idea and try Draw Minimally (such as a simple drawing) or Collage Minimally (such as a small collage containing only a few pieces of paper or art).

Writing Experiments 

• "Take an idea, anything that interests you, or an object, then spend a few days looking and noticing, perhaps making notes on what comes up about that idea, or, try to create a situation or surrounding where everything that happens is in relation.
• Have three or four journals going at once, each with a different purpose.
• Attempt to speak for a day only in questions; write only in questions."

Translate these writing experiments into drawings, collage pages or hand-lettering exercises in your Art Journal.

Bernadette Mayer's List contains so many more ideas. Make sure you check it out and print out a copy. You just may find the idea you need when you create your next Art Journal page.