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Whole Brain Journaling

6/13/2016

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I have come to discover that making these crude scribbles and squishy blotches of color etc. followed by a sort of free association writing is amazing at getting under the surface of our minds (and bodies too interestingly enough). I have felt immense resistance to this process, even though I have been artistic all of my life. Yet what has come through when I have used this as a practice for a period of time has revealed hidden aspects of my experiences and beliefs that I haven't accessed any other way. It is soooooo not about making little artsy craftsy projects or about technique or skill at all. It is letting the body be the vehicle for the right brain. It is powerful stuff without any art therapy overlay at all. No need for analyzing or using certain processes or figuring it out. Sometimes great insight comes through and sometimes it just helps to shift some energy that felt stuck or old. Just the action itself can loosen up the locks on the dungeons of the mind. So resistance is almost always a part of it because we put parts of us away for good reasons and it's risky to get out from under the mind's control. But in the end, for me, it is always worth it in my own process of discovery.
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    Jeanette Amlie

    Welcome to my Painted Journey. I invite you to join me as I explore this process of intuitive painting, uncensored writing and somatic awareness. This work is calling me out of my Spiritual/Creative Closet.  It is a passionate adventure in re-discovering why I am here and I know that by sharing the journey we will grow and learn together! ♡ Jeanette

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