ART JOURNALING and THE POET [Surprise Insightful Information]

ART JOURNALING

and

THE POET

[Surprise Insightful Information]

BLOG SESSION

December 16, 2017

Good Afternoon Poets, Poetry Lovers, Blog Readers, Followers & Visitors ~ We're back for what promises to be "Surprise Insightful Information" about ART JOURNALING and THE POET!

If you were here for our last Blog Session, then you learned about the famous poet ~ Nikki Giovanni.  Giovanni is not only a Famous American Poet, but also a Writer, as well as a Commentator,  Activist, and Educator.  Giovanni was also recently named as one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 "Living Legends".  [You may review our last Blog Session on Giovanni by clicking here on this link or you may check out any of our past Blog Sessions in the far right-hand Column under the header "Blog Archive"].

We are going to go over this Surprise Insightful Information about ART JOURNALING and THE POET in this Blog Session so that all of the Poets here, as well as those of you who are lovers of Poetry, will understand the importance of Art in combination with Journaling.

Visual Art has a way of opening up your senses.  Just by taking the time to view artworks, you are allowing yourself to experience creative works realized.  Viewing art has a way of taking your mind in a different direction from the typical mundane daily exercises of life ~ not that your life is mundane of course.

ART, including Photography and nature ~

is like medicine to the soul . . .

If you are a Poet, then you are creative by nature.  You create written works that invoke thought, and in some cases (many cases) your poetry has a rhythmic flow that summons the reader to flow right along with you.

What happens dear poet when your write?  Does your mind transport to another location?  Do you visualize things that you were not at all thinking about when your hand positioned your pen and your creativity first started flowing at writing down the poetry within you?  Does your poetry stir up the Artist in you?

If you are a visual poet, then you would do well to also try your hand at creating artworks to accompany your poetry.  You'll surprise yourself even if you think that you are not an artist.

Artist at work

Likewise, if you are an artist, you may want to try your hand at writing poetry if you have never done so before.

A good way to get started with the combination of poetry and art is to purchase a beautiful Journal to motivate you to get busy . . .

ART JOURNAL

(For the Artist & Poet in You!)

Many of the Blog Followers here are also Google Users, and many here are also members of our Art Community online on Google.  The Members in our Art Community are Artists, Poets, Photographers, Designers, Authors, Writers, Singers, Musicians, Animators, Innovators, Creatives, admirers of Fine Art, and many are aspiring artists and poets.  We have a very friendly environment in our Community and have been on Google for a few years now.  Prior to coming over to Google, Artistic Minds®, as well as all of our connected Sites (including one for Poets with well over 10,000 members) were located on another Site mainly intended for Authors and Writers.  After seven years, when the Site closed out, we moved over to Google.  Although we have other Sites, we invite you to join us in our Google community and welcome you to follow our Collection on Google as well.

You are cordially invited to join us on Google to be inspired and to learn more in our Artistic Minds® Community or you may also Follow us by signing up to be a part of our connected Artistic Minds® Collection.  [Simply click on either link to get there].  If you are a Google User, you may sign up to follow the Collection.  You may also join our Community and share your talent and posts with us.  If you are not a Google User, why not just sign up with Google!

Your interests have a profound affect on what you write about, what you create, and what you visualize.  Whatever it is that motivates you, write about it ~ draw it ~ paint it ~ sing about it ~ dance to the rhythm of your heart song.

We thank you for following along with us on the Blog here in our diverse Sessions.  Your comments are welcome in our "Comments Section" at the bottom of any of our Blog Sessions.

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

Poet Sylvia Plath

Until our next Blog Session Poets & Poetry Lovers ~

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

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