Journaling With Photographs

Most discussions that we have about journaling involve the written word. But we can combine regular journaling with photographs and this may even make our journals more interesting. Photos, by themselves, tell vivid stories that we may not be able to capture with words.

These photographs give an account of our everyday lives and also of special events. Of course, we can add descriptions and subtitles to our photos that give an explanation to the unique parts. In addition to these explanations we may also say how we feel about what we see and add our reactions to something caught on camera that we may not have seen before. With photographs we may either be subjective or objective. Hopefully, we will be more of the latter and try to see what is really there before us and not what we want to see. As with words, we can distance ourselves from the pictures and see them for what they are.

Dates are important when journaling and this is especially true when we add photographs. We may be going over our journals at some point and we would want to make reference to the date of a particular event. It is possible that something may have changed between the taking of a specific photograph and the present time. So the dates when these changes take place are important. In addition to this, dates are important to bolster our own distorted recollection that time can create.

Photos are interesting; they are worth a thousand words; and they make time stand still. For all these reasons, they can assist us in creating vibrant, dynamic journals that captures life. Maybe we should all invest in a camera.

Remember there is nothing like words in black and white to help you see where you are and where you are going.

Sheryl A. Keen
Author “Journal According to John.”
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