Tag Archives: pen and ink

About Those Mis-Takes

Posted on August 30, 2016 by 1sojournal

The banner on this blog is a mistake, an accident. I was attempting to do pen and ink sketching in nature. I was somewhere in my mid-forties and wanted to learn some of the things I hadn’t while in high … Continue reading →

Posted in About Those Mis-Takes | Tagged adding water, exploring, happy accidents, learning, missteps, mistakes, pen and ink, sketching | 4 Comments

The Task of Sorting

Posted on October 1, 2015 by 1sojournal

Yes, I am still sorting. In her book, Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes writes that the task of sorting (separating this from that), is essential to the process of development and healing of the human psyche, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Task of Sorting | Tagged development and healing, doodles, kaleidoscope images, Line Weaving, loss and grief, pen and ink, photos, separating this from that, sorting, templates | 2 Comments

Story of a Doodle

Posted on May 9, 2014 by 1sojournal

Several years ago, I became interested in color and lines. Began creating what I called doodles, for lack of a better term. I bought some Sharpie colored pens and started playing, using repeat patterns, then mixing them up. They turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Story of a Doodle | Tagged active meditation, colors, Doodle, kaleidoscope, Line Weaving, lines, pen and ink, Repeat Pattern, Sharpie | 2 Comments

Daily Stone #26

Posted on October 31, 2011 by 1sojournal

Winter’s chill has come early to bones still dreaming of summer’s heat, brrrr. Elizabeth Crawford 10/31/11 Announcement: This will be the last of the daily stones for a while. I will be participating in the November PAD Challenge (Poem A … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Stone #26 | Tagged announcement, Daily Stones, November PAD Challenge, one daily observation, pen and ink, summer heat, winter chill | 5 Comments

Daily Stone #23

Posted on October 28, 2011 by 1sojournal

Each and every day is made better by a moment of stillness, of simple breath taken in then slowly released. Elizabeth Crawford 10/28/11

Posted in Daily Stone #23 | Tagged breath, Daily Stones, moment of stillness, one daily observation, pen and ink, photo | 3 Comments

Daily Stone #8

Posted on October 7, 2011 by 1sojournal

Sometimes there is a surprising beauty to be found in shadows. Elizabeth Crawford 10/8/11

Posted in Daily Stone #8 | Tagged one daily observation, pen and ink, photo, shadows, surprising beauty | 3 Comments

Daily Stone #7

Posted on October 7, 2011 by 1sojournal

Taking time to make one daily observation, is like harvesting a piece of self for the future. Elizabeth Crawford 10/7/11

Posted in Daily Stone #7 | Tagged farmer's market, harvest, one daily observation, pen and ink, photo | 4 Comments