In the last section of Raw Art Journaling, I use photographs as a starting point. I find something in the photograph that wants out, and let it out with pencils, markers, paint. You can do the same thing with words. Look at the photos below and use them as the starting point for writing. A photographic journal prompt. In this case, I wrote haiku, although you can use it as a journal prompt for a nature journal as well.
Water
Water: smooth. Danger?
Frozen, biting, hot and cold.
Holding time in check.
Earth
Earth waits for water
Water waits for freshing wind
Wind waits for no one.
Fire
Light years cool fire’s heat
Less in the burning desert
Even the moon is hot
Air
Dust hangs in the air
Reflecting heat and cactus
Glass is dust, is air
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–Quinn McDonald is the author of Raw Art Journaling.
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