Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today I have a flip through of a very special travel diary. It is over 60 years old and belongs to my husband who made it when he was 21 years old and traveling from France to India. This was no fancy cruise or whatnot – he had almost no money and in my opinion even less sense as he and two friends crossed the deserts of Iran and Pakistan with a jalopy of a jeep and a can of water.
He also had a notebook and in it he created a log of the journey. Today I am going to go through a few of the pages, read some excerpts, look at some entries, and along the way use these to point out things that we can learn about working in our own journals and diaries today:
• You do not need fancy supplies. Use what you got.
• Add the ordinary. Do not overlook the everyday.
• There is no need to overthink the content. Just get it down in a sentence or two or notes.
• Ask others to add to your pages – words, sketches, doodles.
• Don't worry about if or how you can draw. Add other visual elements for a visual hybrid.
• Bonus tip: know that this will help you see things differently, a great gift.
If you'd like to see my online class How to Make and Keep an Illustrated Journal: The Book of You ($32), click here:
kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary
Please leave me a question or feedback in the comments below and PLEASE subscribe to my Youtube channel and turn on the notifications for more journal arts videos.
Today I have a flip through of a very special travel diary. It is over 60 years old and belongs to my husband who made it when he was 21 years old and traveling from France to India. This was no fancy cruise or whatnot – he had almost no money and in my opinion even less sense as he and two friends crossed the deserts of Iran and Pakistan with a jalopy of a jeep and a can of water.
He also had a notebook and in it he created a log of the journey. Today I am going to go through a few of the pages, read some excerpts, look at some entries, and along the way use these to point out things that we can learn about working in our own journals and diaries today:
• You do not need fancy supplies. Use what you got.
• Add the ordinary. Do not overlook the everyday.
• There is no need to overthink the content. Just get it down in a sentence or two or notes.
• Ask others to add to your pages – words, sketches, doodles.
• Don't worry about if or how you can draw. Add other visual elements for a visual hybrid.
• Bonus tip: know that this will help you see things differently, a great gift.
If you'd like to see my online class How to Make and Keep an Illustrated Journal: The Book of You ($32), click here:
kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary
Please leave me a question or feedback in the comments below and PLEASE subscribe to my Youtube channel and turn on the notifications for more journal arts videos.
