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I created this collage in a workshop I give called
Life Images. In the workshop, shamanic journeying
is used to uncover a word or phrase that could lead
to a hidden desire or help resolve a current life
issue. After journeying, participants are given
20 minutes to tear images from magazines, using
their unconscious to lead them to the pictures that
are connected to the uncovered word or phrase. They
are then given 30 minutes to arrange the pictures
on paper. At the end of that time, they journey
with their work of art and ask it to “speak”
to them.
As often happens with these collages, the images
that sprang forth in “Sexuality and Sensuality”
were initially surprising. For me each chosen image
represents a different aspect of sexuality and sensuality.
Together they reveal the inner workings and longings
of my heart and mind. The collage is an artistic
rendering of my life. The past, the present, and
the future are represented through the work. I feel
that the collage (my unconscious) was asking me
to delve deeply into my own sense of masculine and
feminine, beauty and strength, partnership and sacred
self, and to know that there is a beautiful balance
of those things within me.
There is always more to learn from each image,
as well as from the finished product. I often return
to the collage to see if something new will be revealed,
or if something that presented itself in the past
has been resolved.
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