{"id":268,"date":"2025-01-26T12:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejournalingmagazine.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2025-01-26T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T12:44:26","slug":"make-it-messy-then-call-it-a-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejournalingmagazine.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/make-it-messy-then-call-it-a-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Make It Messy, Then Call It a Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thejournalingmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Instapost1-830x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269\" style=\"width:303px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejournalingmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Instapost1-830x1024.png 830w, https:\/\/thejournalingmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Instapost1-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/thejournalingmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Instapost1-768x948.png 768w, https:\/\/thejournalingmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Instapost1-1024x1263.png 1024w, https:\/\/thejournalingmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Instapost1.png 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My art journal could double as a wild paint-soaked parade of uncoordinated madness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The messier it gets, the prouder I am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If perfectionism knocks, throw a jetpack-wearing llama at it and run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My art journal could double as a wild paint-soaked parade of uncoordinated madness. 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