✨Most art journaling advice pushes cohesion: one theme, one palette, one mood, one tidy idea. Sometimes I want that. But often? That’s not how I think , and it’s not how I paint . Some of my favorite journal pages are made up of several unrelated paintings —different subjects, different moods, different levels of finish—sharing the same page without trying to explain themselves. Here’s why I do it, and why it quietly made my work stronger. ✂️ It Removes the Pressure to Make “