Slow Journaling

Andrea Guillaume

Sometimes the way text appears on

a page is very important.

Slow Journaling
Attends to the appearance of the symbols on
the page.
Asks the journalist to slow down and stretch the
symbols so they fit into the created pathways.
Often encourages a deeper appreciation of the
process of forming words on paper and requires
journalists to revisit the text multiple times.
The completed page becomes an attractive
piece as a whole.

EXAMPLES

Directions
1. Choose some text. A few options:
Vocabulary terms
Quotes
Important passages.
Your own original text, for example, a reflection.

2. Using pencil, divide your spread with light

lines.
. The lines must not be straight; try curved
or jagged.
.The lines must not be parallel.

3. Add text within your lines.

Use pencil first, then go over with a

Sharpie.
The top of the symbols must reach the
top of the line.
The bottom of the letters must rest on
the bottom line.

Artists Choices

Lines that are part of the designor erased.

Colored linesor black or pencil.
Colored spacesor not.
Colored lettersor Blak
Different fonts
Different line thicknesses (for letters and for
lines)
Images as part of the design.

ENJOY THE PROCESS!