Thinking about how it can help in these times where outdoor activities are limited, especially after the video, I believe visual journaling can help more than I realized.
During the pandemic, I caught myself multiple times spending hours and hours in front of the screen, mindlessly watching and absorbing media and content, putting any ambitions I was pursuing in the back-burner. Even when I did catch myself and tried to divert my time to working out or getting back to work, I would easily become lazy again and sit myself in front of the screen. And above that, with friends and relatives being affected by and afflicted with CO-VID, it was difficult to keep focus during work.
Yet, listening to Professor Travers and Dr. Birky about how visual journaling can help not only in just improving art in practice, but also in creating stimulation in the lack of it during the pandemic, I couldn’t help but agree. Before, I would always think drawing or sketching was more a burden than it was a fun activity, but after hearing the logical and scientific points, I also think that visual journaling can help in pulling myself out of laziness and get busy in creating art.
Although it may take some time, I want to make visual journaling a habit so that I am more stimulated to want to create than just rotting away in front of my computer. I hope to see the change in not only the way I make art, but also in my personal life.
D-107 A