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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When a Green Lion Devours the Sun
A random card this week put an alchemical allegory in front of me, one that is intriguing visually but continues to be a puzzle.
“Oil of Vitriol” from The Wild Unknown Alchemy Deck by Kim Krans. See footnote 5.
“Your vision will become c...
Week 30 Prompts for Illustrate Your Week 2026
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 record that is uniquely you.
Illustrate Your Week...
The Window Floating in the Trees
Does a star still shine when the one who said it was a star is no longer here? We might answer, “of course.” But we question the falling of trees, too.1
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Week 29 Prompts for Illustrate Your Week 2026
Prompts for Week 29 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...
75 More Lists for Your Journal
I squeezed in a walk at the tea garden last week, which allowed me to take photos of irises and stone lanterns and heron sculptures, all of which I’ve photographed before in varying types of light. As always, I did so as if it was the first...
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