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~ this was an innovative idea I had so I sketched over 400 sketches of my memories ~

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Grab a blank sketch book and call it your own Create your personal memory album It’s fun, creative, therapeutic, and shareable Your eyes will light up each time you share memories Your heart will tingle as you turn the pages You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll travel back in time ‘Cause memories are meant to be remembered Take your book and sketch your favourite memories The object is not to produce works of art but To evoke the feelings related to each moment in time Draw stickmen and cartoons but mostly Exaggerate details to get each feeling across Even with unpleasant memories The ones that haunt you because You still see them through a child’s eye I found the adult in me wanting to step in And protect my inner child There was a soothing healing happening And I felt much lighter about it all Better than a camera, you hold the pencil Drop irrelevant details, expand on the relevant ones Tweak the images in your mind and put them on paper Feel free to add key words of course Re-spin the storyline and rewrite your history Create your own precious memory album Start now, pick up a pencil Draw the memories you hope to never forget Sketch the elements of your magical moments… Published in my mini book of sketches ~FLASH MEMORY THERAPY~ 2019 AP: 2nd place 2020 Posted on March 25, 2018

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Date: 4/12/2020 10:14:00 PM
Line, great advice! My notebook is with me everywhere I go. It is worn, torn, stained, and aged, much like its owner. Thanks for the poetic suggestions ~ John
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Date: 4/13/2020 10:25:00 AM
Thanks for your lovely visit and comment, John.
Date: 11/5/2018 10:26:00 AM
Just back for another read, have got a small note book now that I carry around usually to just jot a few words down for a poem etc. But will use it also for wow moments because as time lapses you tend to forget minor details. Tom.
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Date: 11/5/2018 11:12:00 AM
Thanks for your most appreciated second visit and comment, Tom.
Date: 9/18/2018 9:20:00 AM
Line, how I missed this poem the first time I have NO idea? Maybe I was so new to this site that I was not commenting yet. I have FAVED it, of course. If people had any idea how therapeutic and cathartic this was, they would ALL do it, keeping a sketch book next to their bed, in their cars, in their purses, backpacks, and in their laps in waiting rooms. I do, and you do too.
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Date: 9/18/2018 9:22:00 AM
Thanks, Caren, for your most appreciated visit and comment.
Date: 3/26/2018 2:24:00 AM
Finding the adult to protect the child. Transaction Analysis. In some way, I never want to grow up.
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Date: 3/26/2018 8:39:00 AM
Indeed, Kai, I'm with you the more we maintain child-like qualities the better our life will be.
Date: 3/25/2018 6:54:00 PM
Hi Line, great advice , it has been a long time since I had a look back at photos , you have sown the seed in me thank you my friend ::))) Hugs~~Niall
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Date: 3/25/2018 7:36:00 PM
Niall, the wonderful thing about this exercise is that you get to sketch memories where no photos exist - things you never want to forget!
Date: 3/25/2018 1:54:00 PM
Great advice Line , let's face it as we get older things do slip from time to time. Nothing wrong with keeping a record of precious moments. Tom.
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Date: 3/25/2018 7:38:00 PM
Thanks, Tom. I picture myself keeping company to someone hospitalized and showing them this book full of colourful images - looks like a big comic book. And I have a true to life fond memory for every page.
Date: 3/25/2018 11:38:00 AM
Hi Line: Fantastic poem to which I can relate. I am also creating an album where I sketch as well. I loved "protect my inner child." Thanks f the comment on my 36 years. there's more to come!
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Date: 3/25/2018 7:42:00 PM
Thank you so much, Ralph. Most appreciated visit and comment.

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