The creative journal : the art of finding yourself / Lucia Capacchione.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capacchione, Lucia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-perception--Problems, exercises, etc.

Self-perception.

Creative ability--Problems, exercises, etc.

Creative ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Thirty fifth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, an imprint of Ohio University Press, [2015].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using more than fifty prompts and vibrantly illustrated examples, The Creative Journal--a classic in the fields of art therapy, memoir and creative writing, art journaling, and creativity development--guides readers through drawing and writing exercises to release feelings, explore dreams, and solve problems creatively.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

1: What Is Creative Journal Keeping?

How It All Began

What Is Creative Journal Keeping?

Forms of Expression

Uses of Creative Journal Keeping

Guidelines for Creative Journal Keeping

Materials for Creative Journal Keeping

Preparing to Work in Your Journal

2: Where You're At, Where You're Coming From

Warm Up

How Do I Feel Right Now?

My Inner and Outer Selves

Looking Back

My Life History: A Time Line

Where Am I At?

Time/Life Map

Do Like and Don't Like

The Key Word

Current Challenge

3: Who You Are

Self-Portrait

What's in a Name?

Who Am I?

I Believe . . . Part I

I Believe . . . Part II

Self-Inventory

My Creative Self

Parts of Myself

Putting It All Together: A Mandala

4: How You Are with Yourself

Critical Parent and Child Within

My Critical and Assertive Selves

Nurturing Myself

I Need . . .

Yin and Yang: The Polarities Within

Me and My Shadow Part I

Me and My Shadow Part II

My Body, My Self

Love Letter to Myself

5: How You Are with Others: People, Places, and Things

A Very Important Person Part I

A Very Important Person Part II

My Support System

Giving unto Others

The Most Satisfying Relationship

Someone I'd Like to Know

My Own Space

My Favorite Things

Reflections

6: What Your Higher Self Knows

Preparing for Dream Exploration

The Dream Speaks

Rewriting the Script

Draw a Dream

Translating My Dreams

Intuitions and Hunches

The Guide within Me

Letters to Others

Insights and Wisdom

7: Where You're Going

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

Making My Dreams Come True

I Wish

Where I'll Be in Five Years

Opening Doors

Building My Dream House

Dreams of Glory

Treasure Map

Where I'm Going

Reviewing Your Journal

Postscript.

Questions and Answers

Applications of the Creative Journal Process.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804040679

0804040672

OCLC:

922071978