JSTOR: Crime and Justice, Vol. 26 (1999), pp. 121-162. 4090926. An Invitation to Wellness with ... Cool Art Therapy Intervention #4: Visual Journaling. Art Journaling as a Creative Process The "Cool Art Therapy Interventions" countdown is back; coming in at #4 is a popular technique most often known as "visual journaling. " Visual journals are essentially "art diaries. " They often contain both images [usually drawings] and words. Like an actual diary, their contents may be rough drafts that may later become finished artworks. And like an actual diary, they are meant to document day-to-day experiences, activities, and emotions and are often autobiographical in nature .
Although they are defined as an art form, visual journals have been used for centuries as records of ideas and imagination. Da Vinci's drawing journals of flying machines and physicist Stephen Hawking's diagrams of the space-time continuum are just a couple of well-known examples. Most art therapists recommend visual journaling as a way of exploring feelings and experiences over time. . © 2010 Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT {*style:<i>
JSTOR: The Town Planning Review, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Oct., 1999), pp. 433-453.