Adding art and illustration into your journaling process will significantly heighten your capacity to perceive, especially for those of you who think you don’t have a creative bone in your body (you do!!).

The world comes alive in rich detail when you begin to recreate what you experience in colors, textures, and rhythms..

In our normal way of moving through the world, we often miss an entire realm which exists around us. When you consistently put your reflections on paper, your consciousness starts observing and organizing information differently.

Previously unseen patterns begin to emerge from the background tapestry, increasing your intimacy with Nature and allowing new seeds of discovery to emerge.

• Think of words and illustration as tools for building intimacy. After immersing deeply in a Nature adventure, you’ll have a new wild voice inhabiting your senses.

• When you can stay connected to that inner voice, creative expression begin to flow with ease from the part of you that’s resonating with the wilder world.

2 questions from Robert MacFarlane, author and naturalist, to ask of any strong landscape:

• What do I know when I’m in this place that I can know nowhere else?
• What does this place know of me that I cannot know myself?

Your extraordinary Nature adventures will inspire moments of insight and illumination that seem unforgettable, but like the memories from a dream, even the most striking insights can quickly fade from consciousness.

Putting pen to paper makes them permanently accessible, making it possible to follow the threads of the insight in further reflection..