Brianna Collins is an artist who posts her journaling work on Instagram at the handle @journalbean. She uses a mixture of collage, sketching, text, image and other media to create contemplative journal entries. Her pieces are often inspiring or thoughtful. Sixth graders were asked to draw inspiration from her process to create a piece of their own that showed what they were thinking about and contemplating on their own.

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Olivia

Henry

Lucy

Hanako

Sebastian

Elodie

Hudson

Giselle

Rehan

Arlo

Palma

Shea

Sonia

Stella

Joe