Illustrated Life
Amy CowenConnecting the dots between creative habit, drawing, writing, memory, gratitude, and making art in the margins. Plus, free Illustrate Your Week prompts for keeping an illustrated journal to document YOUR life. \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udfa8
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A Resting Crow and Thoughts on What Matters
Remnant. Beauty in what remains. A. Cowen 2026
I walked to the bakery last Sunday. I debated about it, but then I decided to be proactive and do something I might have typically done on Mother’s Day. It wasn’t hard to talk myself into the...
Week 21 Prompts for Illustrate Your Week 2026
Prompts for Week 21 in your illustrated journal
I post a new set of Illustrate Your Week prompts every Sunday to help inspire and nurture the process of keeping an illustrated journal of your life. Add text and images to make a visual reco...
Telling Half-Stories
This week: Half-Stories ⭐ Illustrated Journal ⭐ Looking Back ⭐ Fun Finds (Goblins) ⭐ Illustrate Your Week Prompts
“Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.”—Virgini...
Week 20 Prompts for Illustrate Your Week 2026
Prompts for Week 20 in your illustrated journal
I post a new set of Illustrate Your Week prompts every Sunday to help inspire and nurture the process of keeping an illustrated journal of your life. Add text and images to make a visual reco...
I started to write about
The person I sit across from sometimes at the library comes with an impressive array of small bags, peripherals, and accessories.
This week: I Started to Write ⭐ Illustrate Your Week and More ⭐ Looking Back ⭐ Illustrate Your Week Prompts...
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Illustrated Life / Connecting the dots, from illustrated journals to diary comics, memory, hybrid writing/creative nonfiction, and creative habit. Free weekly #illustrateyourweek prompts to document YOUR life. \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08 (she/her)
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