Use the visual journal for wisdom & insight
Step out of your usual ways of thinking. The visual journal opens something different — a space where insight can arrive before words do.
Insight Art Journal is a monthly membership community led by dharma teacher Pam Hausner, combining Buddhist contemplative practice with art journaling. Members meet live each month for guided practice.
Why a visual journal?
Reading, writing, and even meditation often follow familiar mental pathways. While valuable, they can keep us circling what we already know.
A visual, creative process invites a different kind of attention. Images, sensations, and intuitions can surface without needing immediate explanation. Insight Art Journal offers a way to work with this kind of seeing — using the visual journal as a listening space where meaning can emerge before it hardens into conclusions.
Single Course Library
Working with a classical contemplative text
In this guided video, you’ll create a journal spread from a single Dhammapada verse with simple layers of color, collage, and reflection—moving from darkness to light, confusion to insight.
Coming soon: Interdependence
Explore patterns of connection and relationship through visual inquiry, cultivating a deeper sense of belonging with the living world and with one another.
Coming soon: Focus on what matters
Using the metaphor often called “the finger pointing to the moon,” this practice helps you notice where attention gets pulled away — and gently return to what truly matters in your own experience.
You are in good company
In the beginning, I didn’t know what mindfulness art or mindful journaling was about. Quickly, I was greatly relieved that the focus wasn’t about being an artist or knowing how to use art materials. I found the process to be a mix of experimenting with art materials, discovering an intention through a meditation and/or inquiry questions. I discover new insights, feel relief from anxiety and thoughts, feel recharged, and more grounded.
Ruth Cooper
Awareness Seeker
I had the privilege of experiencing the profound instruction provided by Pam Hausner during a particularly challenging period in my life. At a time when I was seeking self-reflection and guidance, Pam's unique approach fostered an environment of deep reflection and personal growth, offering valuable insights and practical techniques that have enriched my understanding and practice of attention.
Andrew Holmquest
Gallery/Event space owner, Registered Nurse
Meets each month on the 3rd Friday at 2:00 p.m. Central
for guided, community practice. Recordings are available to members.
Do you want live, in-person group practice?
This practice can also be explored in live, in-person group settings. Practicing together adds a relational dimension that many people find supportive and enriching. If you’re interested in on-site classes, please contact me.
A practice of seeing, listening, and insight through the visual journal.