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Visual Chronicles
The No-Fear Guide to Creating Art Journals, Creative Manifestos & Altered Books

Author: Linda Woods and Karen Dinino
Pages: 127
Page size: 9" x 9"
Publisher: North Light Books
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4Q0970
Weight: 1.4 lb

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MSRP: $22.99

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The real news of our lives is not in newspapers. We must chronicle our own adventures and achievements, our brilliant observations and our comicrelief, our best friends and our greatest embarrassments.

Visual Chronicles is all about you: your dreams, your memories, your daily routines, your greatest loves and your secret pet peeves. It's about getting to know yourself better, savoring the wonderful ebb and flow of your everydays, and celebrating it all in visual mementos of your life journey.

Sound fun? Heck, yes! Sound hard? Not a bit. Each chapter of Visual Chronicles quiets common fears such as "Nothing Happens In My Life" or "I'm Just Not Artistic" with projects such as the "My Day Unfolds Journal", and "Experiments with Composition." Inside, you'll learn that journaling doesn't take big chunks of time - just bits and pieces here and there, whenever the spirit strikes. "Get Going" exercises offer instant ideas such as listening to the conversations you have with ourself or recognizing the meaningful ephemera is a part of each and every day. Soon you' ll see that inspiration awaits all around you: a midnight trip to the store, a favorite scarf, an unexpected phone call, junk email, your breakfast plate.......

Don't waste another second .Make creative journaling a part of your everyday life, busting through self-doubt, time clocks, piles of laundry, and every other roadblock along the way. With Visual Chronicles, you'll be inspired to tell your story the way only you can!

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About the Authors

Linda Wood's vibrant artwork, unique journals, and articles about the creative process have been featured in books, magazines, art calendars and exhibits worldwide.Karen Dinino practices law, trains executives to write and speak well, and formerly was a professional journalist. Together, Linda and Karen teach workshops designed to help artists communicate better with words and to help writers communicate better with art—the combination creating powerful, evocative, limitless visual journals.

When they aren't traveling the globe, adding new candy wrappers to their journals, Karen and Linda live in Southern California. To the delight of their husbands, they no longer live together. Linda lives with her husband, Dustin, and Karen lives with her husband, Bill, and their two children, Emily and Brent. Linda and Karen can usually be found instant messaging each other in the wee hours of the night.

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