Did you feel it last Friday? All that oompa Big Energy of not just the New Moon, but a full Solar Eclipse AND Equinox as well? It was a GREAT time to gather energy, and scissors and glue sticks, to put together a New Moon visioning board.
It happened to be a grey day, here in Santa Fe, and try as I might to bring in some color, my signature browns and greys came through in full force. Yet the phrases that "collaged" themselves (visioning boards are the only time that I break my own "rules" and use words) belied the somberness of the color palette. And some FUN phrases they turned out to be!
But the -really- fun thing was to see so many images, crazy fun images, that have showed up in my art collages before, show up here in my March visioning board. For instance, the toothy lizard, dinosaur. Who amuses me more than alarms me, especially ever since I had that dream where the Kimodo Dragon fell in love with me. ;) Another repeat image is ...
the yellow "curves ahead" caution sign. I like how in both images, it seems to spring out of a 'Y' sort of image, seen in the fish's tail as well as the penguins' heads pointing in different directions. Does this somehow signify a choice that needs to be made? One to use "caution" when making? But the most, most, MOST fun repeat image of all would have to be ...
the sexy legs coming poking up from out of a box. Yep, and that's a REPEAT image. I'll let -you- play with the symbolism of THAT one all by yourself. ;)
But again, the thing that makes my visioning board process unique from my collage process IS the use of words. The way I use them though, is very much collage-like in nature. I spend an hour or two a few days before the vision boarding just cutting out words that inspire me or move me in some way. Then on the day of assembly I let those words collage themselves into phrases, with often wild and wonderful results, like: "Let's partake in wacky chaos" (yes! yes! let's!) and the phrase that seemed to come from deep within that bid me: "Resurrect a Big Dream NOW." But my favorite of all, for this board would have to be ..
"Humbled by Dangerous Art." Which I am indeed. And it's power to move and direct us. One of the ways I let art, and visioning boards in particular is to copy the phrases onto index cards and use them as morning mantras and affirmations for the month ahead. It's a great way to keep the messages from your Internal Self fresh and alive. It's the perfect way to say, "I'm listening." For, as I've discovered, the more we listen, the more our Internal Selves will speak. And speak. And SPEAK.
So, do yourself a huge favor, and start a conversation with yourSelf with a New Moon vision board (next new moon is April 18) or just a regular collage. If you'd like some help with getting started, you can take my online 21-Day Journaling from Collage Challenges from the collages I supply (next challenge begins on May 1st) or you can go deep with the 7-Day Journaling from Collage Private Course from one of your own.
If you're in the Santa Fe area, you can take my next live workshop on April 25. I'd love to help you find the magic of Collage in your life! And don't forget - next new moon is April 18. Let's see what fun figures and phrases are waiting for YOU to unearth them.
If you're in the Santa Fe area, you can take my next live workshop on April 25. I'd love to help you find the magic of Collage in your life! And don't forget - next new moon is April 18. Let's see what fun figures and phrases are waiting for YOU to unearth them.