Stained Glass Journals are something I started one day when I was having a hard time with writer’s block. I knew I had something to get out (but was probably trying too hard). I started drawing lines across my notebook paper, making what looked like the design for a stained glass window (to me). I started filling in the sections with words and then took the words and made a poem with them. It seems only having to come up with one word at a time, in no order, helped loosen me up. What’s fun about writing like this is that it’s really flexible and can go in so many directions.
I use this not only for myself, but also with some of the kids I work with as an alternative to journaling, and have them add colors to the sections instead of writing a poem, calling the activity Stained Glass Journals.
Anything categorized as a Stained Glass Journal is the product of one of these activities that I have done on my own, unless otherwise noted.
