My Automatist Journal
These are some automatic drawings ive selected from my journal – these ones in particular were produced after heavy experiences of which I harnessed my feelings and ego and expressed each onto the page, a state I recall feeling for first-thought poetry was a state of shock with combined relief. This journal responds to Dubuffet, Der Blaue Reiter, Breton, I created the colour wheel while doing the journal and have added to it in reference to the connotations key, this was inspired by Der Blaue Reiter’s exploration of colour symbolism while my automatic doodles, illustrations and writing respond to Andre Breton and Jean Dubuffet.
My colour key
Automatic Drawing Workshop
On the 5th, I conducted the first session of my art therapy course, we stared with the emotion color wheel and automatic drawing task. I provided them with a the wheel worksheet, sharpies and paper – Once the wheel was complete they would carry out automatic drawings referencing the colours to create visual poetry.
Emotion Wheel – Student A
Results: Automatic drawing – Referencing the emotion wheel
Emotional Wheel – Student B
Results: automatic drawings exploring and referencing their colour connotation wheel
Colour poetry
I produced this drawing after our session, this now represents a variety of meanings as the colours possess different connotations to the individuals, a visual poem exploring, presence, strength, relief, support and pride. what I find interesting here is how we can play with connotations in a way we can learn about ourselves and we are provided a simple automatic outcome that can be interpreted in diverse ways; almost as material for psychoanalysis.
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