Up: [[Expressive Art Ideas - A Long List]] Related: [[Emotions]] Created: 2024-01-05 Updated: 2026-02-09 ### Four Steps 1. Set an intention and write it down. 2. Do breath work to connect to your body until you are at the point where you feel physical sensations. Imagine what the sensation would look like if it were an image — consider colours, shapes or forms. 3. Draw the image. 4. Answer the self-exploration questions. ### Self-Exploration Questions 1) As I look at my check-in drawing, how does it make me feel? 2) What does this drawing tell me about how I feel emotionally? 3) How do the colours make me feel? 4) Is there anything about my drawing that disturbs me? Write a few sentences about how or why this part disturbs me. 5) What do I like best about my drawing? Write a few sentences about how this part makes me feel. 6) What have I learned from this drawing about what I feel? 7) Are these emotions related to a particular current issue or concern? If so, what is it? 8) Does knowing what I feel about this issue or concern help me deal with it? If so, how? > [!user] Barbara Ganim and Susan Fox in *Visual Journaling: Going Deeper than Words*, pp. 36-38