 Hey guys, this is another journal page for chronic pain and the joyful chronic This page just totally Expresses where I want to get going with this. So do you have some days as do we all I'm sure that are just blah They're not overly bad, but they're not over overly great either. They're just black Doesn't the color on this page represent that so well So we are going to work with My feelings about that not that I'm having a day like that because I'm not actually right now But I've had plenty of those in my life and I know exactly I can picture me there and Express the feelings. I think very well in the page today. I've got a bunch of different like scraps of paper I've got a folder here of some handmade papers I've got another for a folder of See there we go art printed reprinted digital art old book pages Wrapping paper You get the idea So we're going to use some bits and pieces. I've got a black pencil a gray marker I might grab a tube of paint or two and we're going to see where it goes and My idea for a thing and also my words right here because of course I have my words right there My theme for this is finding the bright spot in the Blas Right finding the light and the blah not the light in the dark because sometimes it's not dark It's just blah, right? All right, so I'm going to see where this takes me. I'm going to turn some music on I'm going to fast forward for you and I'll be right back Okay, there you go find the light now at the time of filming this I don't know if you've seen yet or if it's aired yet. I have another straight talk coming out and this time the discussion I'll be at one-sided because it's me talking to the camera is just about the power of words and my thoughts are on the power What my thoughts are on the power of words the spoken words the written words mostly in the talk. I talk about Us projecting our words to others and being more mindful of what we say and what we write Because of the impact they have on others and when we do use our words Whether they're spoken or written or in art that we're mindful of the story that we're telling in the Message and emotion that we're still telling but all of those thoughts also work with words that we are giving ourselves Or saying to ourselves or writing to ourselves. We really should be mindful of our words and This page for me really represents that very well even in the blah days There's some light to be found and it's just not all about Just sitting in the mud So I really love I love the message here, and I love the way this page turned out Did I know that's where it was going to go when I started? No, not really I encourage you to work out your Chronic mental or physical pain issues in a healthy manner. I also want to remind you I am not a therapist I'm not a mental or physical health professional by any stretch of the imagination. There is no shame in getting professional help I'll put some links in the video description for you please seek medical help if you need it and Art is a great form of therapy for what ails you so give that a try and discuss that with your medical team about maybe finding a Person place or group in your area that has that. That's a great idea. All right. That's it for today Don't forget to like share and subscribe if you want to learn more about art through chronic pain There is a Facebook group for that it's run by my friend Cindy Etter and I will link it in the description below There are also lots of chronic pain art therapy type videos here on YouTube So just do some googling and you in the YouTube search bar and you'll find it. Don't forget to Support your artists and the creative content here on YouTube and over in the Facebook art groups So how you can most of us have different things like patreon and Etsy shops and PayPal tip jars and stuff in our video descriptions. Mine is mine has it too So check out the video description when you're watching YouTube videos and see how you can support people And if you're not sure DM them if you have access to them on some social media, that's it for right now Don't forget the most important thing go out and have a great day do something nice for yourself because you deserve it I'll see you later. Bye guys