wreck this journal - kid style

I you have a son, you know that being borderline destructive comes with the territory. You can also identify with how to wanting to find ways to use that "spirit" for good.
In my case, I'm also looking for ways to incorporate it into art possibilities.
Anyway, a few months ago, I came across a journal called "wreck this journal".

A bit odd at first, but really interesting once you give it some thought. The idea is that sometimes we're too uptight with how we do art, and it's good to loosen up and do some "wrecking". In the process, you might come across some really cool results.
When Willik saw my journal, and I explained a bit to him about it, and he'd really wanted to try it, but we had not had our chance.
That chance finally arrived when we got to stay home from church this weekend, cause he had the stomach virus. Of
course, missing church is never a priority on my list, but at least getting to spend quality time with my son makes up for it.
I pulled out the journal, and he was thrilled to do it. He was particularly thrilled with the thought of being able to "wreck it" and "that is okay!" cause it's the "wreck this journal" journal. We did about 6 of the pages; everything from burning a page(scary), to chewing on a page.

Amongst those we also colored this entire page, as requested. He did the design, which I'd asked him to repeat, since he'd done one like it on another sheet recently.
It was really fun just sitting and coloring together, and enjoying a joint artistic moment.
With this brainiac boy, I don't know how many
chances I'll have of this, so I'll take all that I can.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey, Glauc!
(and Willik),
I used to get cool coloring books for the boys called "Anti-Coloring Books." There's a whole series of them. They used to be at Barnes and Noble.

xxx
susan