Here's a peek at my recent travel journal, a simple little collection of sketches...
You can do it, too! Abandon perfectionism here. Just do whatever looks right to you~ please yourself and don't worry about anyone else thinking it looks great (or perhaps not!)
Jot down little two or three minute sketches of whatever catches your eye...
Maybe you'll notice a funny bug or botanicals or the child across the street.
When some rosa rugosa foliage and hips dripped down my leg (snapshot above) I sat down and
did the world's fastest sketch with a little wash over it. Don't expect perfection- I sure don't! This is just an exercise in observation, a way to remember what you see. And it's doggone fun, too!
Pardon my rotten journal photos. For some reason my snapshots look washed out. You'll just have to take my word for it, this is a nice, fast, pleasant way to record your observations.
Notice the simple things...
a blade of grass or the nubby bits on a wildflower bud...
It need not be anything more exotic than a common dandelion. Just sketch whatever pleases your eye.
I spent the week enjoying the botanicals so that's what I sketched and photographed on my retreat but you might be captivated by something else.
Whether you're making a journal or not, sketching or not, join me in pausing today to notice the common miracles. Then take a moment to say thank you.
