Expressive Arts Journal
Los Angeles, CA
Developed in response to the Altadena fire, Expressive Arts Journals is a free creative resource designed to help individuals and communities process change and loss. With versions for children, teens, and adults, the journals offer guided art and writing prompts that support reflection, resilience, and creative expression.
Posted byAlisha Kalisher
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Expressive Arts Journal: A Guide Toward Self-Reflection and Resilience is a free downloadable creative resource designed to support individuals and communities navigating change, loss, and personal transformation. The journals were developed by expressive arts practitioner Alisha Kalisher after her family lost their home in the Altadena fire, and grew from a desire to offer an accessible creative process for reflection and healing.
Rooted in expressive arts practice, the journals combine guided visual art-making and reflective writing prompts that invite participants to explore emotions, memories, and personal meaning through image, color, symbol, music and language. The process emphasizes curiosity and self-expression rather than artistic skill, making it accessible to people of all creative backgrounds.
Three versions are available for children, teens, and adults. Each follows the same overarching creative arc with developmentally appropriate prompts, allowing individuals, families, classrooms, and therapeutic groups to engage with the process together or independently. The journals are offered as a free resource for personal reflection, therapeutic support, and community healing.
Rooted in expressive arts practice, the journals combine guided visual art-making and reflective writing prompts that invite participants to explore emotions, memories, and personal meaning through image, color, symbol, music and language. The process emphasizes curiosity and self-expression rather than artistic skill, making it accessible to people of all creative backgrounds.
Three versions are available for children, teens, and adults. Each follows the same overarching creative arc with developmentally appropriate prompts, allowing individuals, families, classrooms, and therapeutic groups to engage with the process together or independently. The journals are offered as a free resource for personal reflection, therapeutic support, and community healing.