Artist’s journals can be or do almost anything and take almost any shape. Here are just a few possibilities - a chronological collection of your photographs, a thematic collection of your photographs, a collection of favorite images, a list of your most important influences, a list of your seminal moments, a collection of your sketches, a collection of your statements on your work, a set of your impressions on a particular subject, etc, etc, etc ... The possibilities are limitless.

Journals are containers used to collect and focus the activity you do before, during, and after making work. With them you’ll have a better sense of what you’ve done, what you’re doing, and what you’re about to do. With them no good thought will get lost With a dynamic system new ideas will come to light. You can use them to boost your productivity and focus your efforts in the most productive areas.

1. Create containers so no good idea goes unrecorded
2. Organize so you can get to ideas quickly
3. Brainstorm so you have many options to choose from
4. Strategies to select the best options and prioritize actions
5. Articulate so you know where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re going

lecture
any level
.5-1 hour recommended