tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103746142011-08-29T03:58:48.625-07:00SoulCollage® is very fun. Find images. Cut. Paste. Magically you have a collaged card that is a message from you to you -- your Soul speaking. Keep making cards. Now you have a whole deck! Using SoulCollage cards your intuition offers guidance for life's little (and big) questions. SoulCollage's birth mother is Seena B. Frost. Many, many thanks. I love to talkabout SoulCollage and I'd love your comments.sharrybhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762188978014791947noreply@blogger.comBlogger841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10374614.post-35008287482021535822010-11-30T03:57:00.000-08:002010-11-30T18:29:09.998-08:00

Today I am excited to be talking to Seena B. Frost, the originator of the SoulCollage® process. I met Seena first through her book: SoulCollage. Then, in 2004, I took a SoulCollage® facilitator training and met Seena in person. Now, here we are, having a conversation about her new book SoulCollage® Evolving, An Intuitive Collage Process for Self-discovery and Community. <!--[if !

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I am the one who longs to use language to make people fall in love with the Universe.This card was made by Janet Bogia. It represents her 5th Chakra, the throat. Rather than a single animal it is a group: primates.

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Who are you? I am the one who…· Loves the bed I’ve made for myself· Is comfortable and soft – surrounded by light in my bed· Is artistic, spiritual, and happy – delighted with what surrounds me· Loves the play of this world and other worlds together and the hands that make that happen· Has traveled but is most comfortable at home· Is surrounded by possibilities and reflections – bubbles and beads

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I am the one who is centered.I am the one who knows I am deeply connected to the natural beauty around me.I am the one sitting in the Still Point of my Being.I made this card to bring back a day spent on the Willamette River in Oregon. Picking wild blackberries from the canoe, the sun and sparkling air--such a magical afternoon. But more memorable still was the drive home. In my car, on

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This is the latest card in a "suit" that represents poems I love and can speak from memory.Sweet DarknessWhen yours eyes are tiredthe world is tired also.When your vision is goneno part of the world can fine you. Time to go into the darkwhere the night has eyesto recognize its own. There you can be sureyou are not beyond love.The dark will be your wombtonight. The night will give you a

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This stunning card was made by Ava Walters, a member of our SoulCollage group. I asked her to talk a bit about her card. The Witness is one of the "silent cards" who does not speak in "I am the one...." language. This is what Ava had to say about making her card. I have had the images for awhile. I love the woman with the elaborate eye make-up and the little angel and devil drawings. I have

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This card is by Sue Ann Zderic. Here are her words:"I am the one who is joyful in all that I behold, who says, Yes to life, who rejoices in all the love that flows to me."

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I made this card at Santa Sabina retreat center recently. I was attending my fourth meeting of the Embodied Life Mentorship Program with Russell Delman.I haven't spoken from this card yet, so have no "I am the one..." statement. However, one of the participants at the gathering read this poem. The card and the poem seem like a perfect reminder of what to keep in my mind and heart.Zero Circle --

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When I walked into Sheila Filan's house and saw this card I said, "Wow! Can I put that on my blog?" I knew other people would want to see it as well.This card is from the SoulCollage Companion suit. It represents the second chakra, the place of creativity. Here are Sheila's words regarding this card:I am the one in whom creativity and color are inextricably combined. I am the one who desires to

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I am the one who offers hope. I am the one who cares about honest leadership.I am the one who forges alliances to solve problems.What does this card want from me?This card wants me to help create a better nation, a better world.What does the energy of this card have to give me?Inspiration. "This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that

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I made this card at a recent workshop without any sense of what it might be about, but after sitting with it for a couple of weeks, I realized it shows my personal development from a space of chaos depicted by a card I made two years ago. My SoulCollage practice is showing my development as well as supporting it! How cool is that?One of the biggest changes in my life since that post of two years

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This is the first time I've ever made a card that so clearly represented a beloved poem. This poem, Last Night As I Was Sleeping by Antonio Machado (translated by Robert Bly) reminds us of the beauty and mystery of our Inner Life. Last night as I was sleeping,I dreamt—marvelous error!—that a spring was breakingout in my heart.I said: Along which secret aqueduct,Oh water, are you coming to me,

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It’s hot. So what! It’s Summer!Picnics, swimming, biking, lying around reading. Yum Yum.Sheila and I, Sharry, will be holding our annual Summer Splash SoulCollage pool party and card reading Aug 10 from 1-5 pm in Ashland, Oregon.Call (541) 488-0956 (Sheila) for directions and RSVP (we so need a head count)If you have never done SoulCollage, you will enjoy learning about a life transforming

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THE BLESSED CRONEThe wise woman of experience offers her perspective on life.She savors the past and smiles at the future,not knowing what it holds.But she is sure it is something good.Live for today, enjoy your wrinkles, make them beautiful and meaningful.Diane Kern, SoulCollage artist and feng shui consultant, made this incredible card. To see more cards honoring the Wise Woman/Crone visit

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This amazing card was made by Sheila Filan. And it was a long time coming. Over a year ago, using Seena Frost's mediation from SoulCollage, Sheila sensed that her 6th chakra (the third eye center) was companioned by a raccoon! Talk about resistence! Sheila has had her bedroom invaded by raccoons! This was not an animal she could easily accept into her Companion Suit. However, she kept her eyes

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This card was made by Marti Vargas at a workshop last weekend. I feel deeply moved when I look at it. Although we had done the meditation to find our animal companions, this did not appear as one of her chakra companions. At this workshop we discussed the idea that it is not always easy to say in what suit a card belongs. I think this is a Council card. When my husband saw it, he particularly

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This card is by Leslie Primus. Over a year ago I posted Leslie's Winter Solstice card. It has a completely different feel from this one, made mid December of 2007. Here are Leslie's words:I am the one who is juggling many things, at home with food and the preparation of food.I am the one who loves the creative fun of playing with food--the colors and textures.I am the one who comes alive through

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This amazing card is by SoulCollage artist, Janet Boggia, Ashland, Oregon.It was made January 2006 at our annual workshop Align With Your Vision, Setting Intention with SoulCollage. Recently Jan brought this card to our group to speak from again. She told us, “When I made this card and set my intention 2 years ago, I was yearning. Now I’m doing it." More about our 2008 workshop here.Her January

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The woman on this card is Emily Lunday. Of course we called her Mrs. Lunday because she was a teacher and this was 1959. Mrs. Lunday taught Journalism and English at Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth Texas. I had the privilege of working with her on both our school newspaper, The Jacket Journal, and our new literary magazine, The Jabberwocky. This community suit card catalyzed a

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Bears!To celebrate the equinox a group of us did readings from each others SoulCollage cards. Here's how we do it:We put everyone's cards out (face down), spend some time inviting a question to form, and then draw two cards. We keep them face down in front of us. Each person, in turn, reads her question and turns over the first card. She then speaks from the card using the statement "I am the

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Today I tried to link from my other blog, Embodied Aging, to my Community suit card for my dad. I found I'd never posted it! So here he is: Gordon Teague.I am the one who is reliable.I am the one who is creative.I am the one who loves the outdoors and nature.I am the one who steps forward when someone is needed.I am the one who is kind.From a workshop with Sara Post I got a list of beautiful

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This star studded card is by Nancy Anderson. Nancy is a dancer, a singer with the Southern Oregon Threshold Choir, and a poet. She studies dreams, SoulCollage, and her garden's cycles for truth. Speaking from her card, she says:I am the one who is dreamed, who gets great riches from the night-receives unbidden gifts, who can trust my unconscious to work without my control. I am the one who has

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Here is my Community Suit card for Molly Gordon. She is a business coach with a large internet following. I’ve posted this card before. I’m putting it up again because Molly recently posted some photos and asked her readers to choose the one that was exactly how they pictured her. The one chosen was so like the SoulCollage card I made for her that I am choosing to post it again. She is using it

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Death (Council Suit) was made by Janet Boggia. Jan is a woman of a zillion talents and interests, two of which are cosmology and tarot. Thus I was not surprised to see Life, from tiny to spacious, depicted as part of Death.Jan's description: In my card, we see a dead bird become a feast for the colorful insects left behind. Life is in death; death is in life. We know that humans and all mammals

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Suzanne Sky is a gifted acupuncturist here in Ashland, Oregon. She is a true healer who creates a spa atmosphere even as she finds just the right spot for those needles!Here are her words regarding her card "I walk in beauty."I am the one who walks the sacred path of beauty; sees beauty all around; looks to heaven for inspiration on the path.This card wants me to recognize my own inner beauty and

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This card is by my friend Ava Walters. I just had to share it with you. Here is what Ava says of her card:Who are you? I am the one who…· Loves flowers, patterns and movement· Goes with the flow· Is vibrant and creative· Enjoys a variety of life’s textures· Is shaped by the winds of change· Continues to burst forth with spectacular new bloomsWhat does this card want from me?To acknowledge how

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April!!! Nuff said.Card made by Sheila Filan

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I am the one sparked by beauty. All I need to move me is color.I made this card at workshop with Denise Kester, an Ashland, Oregon, artist I've long admired. In addition to SoulCollage cards, we made stamps, prints and paste paper. Then we put them all together to create a handmade journal. Fabulous Fun!Denise read us a passage regarding "intention" from a book by Pat B. Allen titled Art is a

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This card is simply entitled Heart Chakra. Its creator is Alberta Powell. Her reading for this card is just as beautiful.I am the Light in the dark.(Seek me.)I am the fragrance of Love.(Follow me.)I fly on wings of song.(Soar with me.)I am your true Home; the direct door to the One Eternally Radiant Source.(I await you.)I am the all embracing Sacred Heart.(Come unto me.)Though, here in Oregon,

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Tis the season for eating, okay feasting. What I've noticed as I scarf down that second piece of pecan pie is that I can get really, really full without feeling satisfied. I bet I'm not the only one.It took me awhile to name this card and understand it's meaning. For me it is about using cookies/brownies/ice cream/etc. when I'm wanting to feel loved, to feel included, to feel safe.I am the one

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The Lockless DoorIt went many years,But at last came a knock,And I thought of the doorWith no lock to lock.I blew out the light,I tip-toed the floor,And raised both handsIn prayer to the door.But the knock came againMy window was wide;I climbed on the sillAnd descended outside.Back over the sillI bade a “Come in”To whatever the knockAt the door may have been.So at a knockI emptied my cageTo hide

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This is my granddaughter, Evelyn, age 5, holding the two SoulCollage cards she made at a recent gathering. It was a combo swim party and SoulCollage evening to introduce Karen Mann to our SoulCollage community here in Ashland, Oregon.Before the swim party Evelyn, Eli (my grandson age 8.5) and three other kids aged 8-12 made cards. It was my first cardmaking experience working with the under 21

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I made this card, Listen, after a recent meditation retreat with Russell Delman at Mt. Madonna Center.Russell introduced a poem by Rumi, The Ear, which I memorized walking the trail to our meeting hall each day. One morning I saw a grey fox peaking over the top of a boulder, watching me. I stopped. I didn’t move. At first all I could see was his face which reminded me of my cat, Luna. He inched

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We have our real life animal companions--pets! And then there are the symbolic animals that act as our guides in our SoulCollage decks.This is Anne Marie Bennett's SoulCollage card for her first chakra. I love this card because it looks so homey, yet mysterious and powerful as well. My card for my first chakra is a shark! Some companions are just more inviting than others.*Would you like to know

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I recently paid a visit to Suzie Wolfer, a SoulCollage facilitator in Portland, Oregon. She is an accomplished artist and was working on lots of colorful projects in addition to SoulCollage. She will be teaching a fabric process at Art & Soul in Portland this October. I saw some samples--amazing fusing of fabric using a soldering iron! Really. And the results are like something an elf would

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Recently my SoulCollage partner, Sheila Filan, and I were asked to offer SoulCollage as a “final” for a nursing class. This idea was dreamed up by Sarah Seybold, a member of the Clinical Faculty for Mental Health Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University. She supervises a 5 unit clinical course that takes the nursing students into mental health facilities for 15 hrs. each week for ten weeks.

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WaterBearer - Council Suit Seena Frost, the originator and developer of SoulCollage®, wondered last year whether other folks had WaterBearer SoulCollage cards in their decks. If so, she asked them if they were willing to display them in an exhibition. The answer was an enthusiastic “yes”. I wanted to make a card for the WaterBearer in order to participate. Alas, no images emerged that engaged me.

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Barbara Sher is one of my favs! I’ve loved her wonderful energy, encouragement, advice, and innovation since I read her first book, Wishcraft, many years ago. It was great fun to make this Community Suit card honoring her.Barbara has just come out with a fantastic new book called Refuse To Choose. It is a book about a personality type she has dubbed a “scanner”. That would be me.I just sat down

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I just finished this SoulCollage card and put it in the middle of my home alter. When I was a kid in Fort Worth, Texas, I spent Sunday mornings in Central Methodist Church looking at the beautiful stained glass pictures. I think it jump started my life-long spiritual quest.I am the one who loves color.I am the one who is ready to play with fabric, paper, crayons, ribbon, paint--whatever.I am the

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This beautiful card is by my friend, Ava. It was her first card, made at our first SoulCollage Adventure class. Here is what she says about it.I am the one has a great group of women to support me.I am the one who celebrates success.I am the one watches the transformation.Cool, huh?

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I loved Anne Marie's card (see below) about nourishment. I set out to make a card on nourishment for myself. And here it is. After making it, I realized (as is likely to happen if you make a card as intuitively as possible) that this card is about a lot more than nourishing myself. It is about the lifelong belief (ok maybe it didn't start until 6th grade when it was important to have a J. declare

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Whew! January.I survived frosted cookies, egg nog, fruitcake, and yummy pies.Now I'm ready to think about repairing the damage. I know not everyone goes overboard during the holidays--just most of us.This card by Anne Marie Bennet reminds me that healthy eating can be just as beautiful as something smothered in chocolate.NOURISH-I am the one who knows how to nourish myself, who drinks deeply from

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Today is Winter Solstice. From Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac comes this: In the northern hemisphere, today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year and the longest night. It's officially the first day of winter and one of the oldest known holidays in human history. Anthropologists believe that solstice celebrations go back at least 30,000 years, before humans even began farming

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This card could also be called "fun with fatigue". I was in a very low energy space recently and realized that I just needed to rest. What a concept--resting as a natural response to a busy day (life?). This idea has been discussed recently by several friends. Could be catching on.I am the one who is completely out of her mind.I am the one cradled by beauty.I am the one at peace.Since starting

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This is my community suit card for Molly Gordon. Molly is a coach for artists and the like who want to know how to market themselves authentically. She offers a great newsletter and has begun a blog. I've taken several of her classes and found them interesting and inspiring. I have her e-book Authentic Promotion. The work I've done with her has not been to learn to market--it's been to work with

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Learning to love brokenessThis amazing card is by Sheila Filan (my friend and SoulCollage Adventure business partner). Sheila is a surface design artist, paper maker, dancer, martial artist, gourmet cook and cat lover. She has struggled through some painful break-ups this past year and is healthier and stronger as a result. Recently she made this card and spoke about it.I am the one who loves

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Pause by Anne Marie BennettI am the one who pauses at the gate, who is drawn to quiet empty spaces, who thrives on time alone. Anne Marie Bennett, on the east coast, has just produced an incredible website, KaleidoSoul. It augments the "official" SoulCollage website offered by Seena Frost and Kylea Taylor. Both are wonderful ways to see SoulCollage cards; get information, insights and information

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Warrior - Iraq by Sara PostSara Post, a SoulCollage facilitator from Davis, California, tells of her experience exploring the archetype of the Warrior. Here is what she says about her own Warrior card, pictured above."This particular warrior card is directly connected to the war in Iraq. I had no idea that I was going to make this card. I know now that the war has been unconsciously very painful

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If you wish to comment on Sara's warrior post, do so here.

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J C Teague, my Pawpaw - Community suitMy dad's father was pretty old when I was born. He died when I was about 5 or 6 years old. What I remember most about him was him standing in our living room with his hands behind his back. I knew he had a surprise for us (my sister Barrie and me). It was often a book. I was a little young to understand Alice in Wonderland, but I loved the pictures.I am the

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Death - CouncilI am posting this card tonight to honor the passing of Lyn S. -- a member of our SoulCollage family. I did not have the privilege of knowing Lyn personally, so she is like a beloved cousin I never got to meet. She traveled into SoulCollage ahead of me and now has gone further still. My blessings to her, her family and all those whose lives she has touched.

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Russell Delman - CommunityI am the one who allows my body to teach me to be present.I am the one who awakens.I am the one who is here--right now.Russell Delman is my meditation teacher. Last night I was listening to one of his talks from his CD. It was such an incredible reminder of what is important--remembering our true Self. He asks us to consider "What is more important than being really

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Breathing In - CommitteeI made this card yesterday at our Introduction to SoulCollage class. As we shared our cards in the afternoon, I was able to model a tongue-tied response to the "I am the one..." question. I glossed over the fact that two people are smoking cigarettes and focused on Breathing In.Background: I was given a crazy straw the day before by my music instructor, Mary. By sucking up

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I just read Bob Herbert's op ed in the New Youk Times. It details some obervations by a young man serving in Iraq. He saw American soldiers do some really mean things. So sad.When I read something this painful, I do tonglen practice. I breathe in the dark smoke of violence and suffering of the Iraqi people. I breathe out clear light. I breathe in the fear and anger of the soldiers. I breath

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Fearless by Karen MannI am the one who is no longer afraid.I am the one who is ready to deal with whatever comes my way.I am strong, I am following my heart & I believe that I have the resources within me to fulfill my dreams.This inspiring SoulCollage® card is by Karen Mann. She is just about to leave her day job and do her dream job: her own art work and the facilitation of others in their

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Here is the nice note I got from Kylea Taylor to be posted. I notice some reluctance to actually put it up. Clearly I could make a card for the one who loves and fears being seen.. If anyone has made such a card, I'd love to see it. e-mail sharryb@mind.netSharry,Your SoulCollage blog really shows the wonder, joy, and humble surprise we all feel in making our own SoulCollage cards and then

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BreathlessThis is a SoulCollage card made for my personal use. I post it here to illustrate my process of self-understanding.

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Last night I kept working on brochures for our next SoulCollage workshop far past my comfort level. Put in just one more contact. Now see if mail merge will work. Folding. Writing notes. I couldn't/wouldn't stop. Breathless. The Red Queen running just as fast as she could to stay in the same place and me flying helplessly along behind her.The Red Queen:I am the one who in in charge.I am the one

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SoulCollage feels like a process whose time has come. There was an interesting article in Newsweek this week by Steven Levy. It's entitledLife Isn't Just as You Want It? Remix It! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7243358/site/newsweek/In a sense that is what we are doing with SoulCollage. Our SoulCollage webmaster, Jason Yergeau, spotted this trend at least six months ago. I've been trying to get him

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My Body's Way - CommitteeI am the one who has her feet planted firmly on the ground regardless of shoe style. I am the one who can dress up or dress down.Energy of the card - Flexiblility

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Last week I made the card shown above. I have been playing a lot with balance in my life. I mentioned my wonderful dance class, Nia, in an earlier post. Our inspiring teacher, Rachael Resch, constantly reminds us about levels. Level one is the foundational level – my body’s way since my knee surgery.Instead of getting "wound up" (my husbands words) in my excitment over sharing SoulCollage® or

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Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

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Journal Page - Book Lover This is a page I just made for Book Lover - Committee suit. I had written about this card last April, but decided I wanted to keep my writing in a more readable form. Plus I wanted a picture of the card to be with the writing. I came up with this journal page using a sample created by Noelle Remington, an inspiring facilitator in Seattle, WA. These are the questions

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Waiting for inspiration Last week I was in my dance class Nia, and we were dancing The Fool. All of a sudden I realized the Fool in my SoulCollage® card was slumped on the ground. Of course Andy Goldsworthy is tossing red earth into the air – he is on his feet. Yet this other character is so earthbound. “I am the one who is of the earth. I come from the earth, and I return to the earth. "You know

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Wangari Maathai is outraged! And so am I.This incredible photo came from a Vietnamese website. Since I don't read Vietnamese, I don't know who to credit. Here is the link.

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In Seena Frost's July column on the SoulCollage® website, she talks about the difference between Committee cards and Council cards. She suggests that sometimes there is a fine line between them. At our gathering on Saturday in Davis I made a card called Sprouting Hope. It depicted Wangari Maathai, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner. Sara Post mentioned that there may be a fine line between a

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SoulCollage Facilitators in Davis after a delicious lunch.Top row L to R: Sara, Lisa, Sheila, and SusanBottom row L to R: Karen, Sharry, and Sue

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This past weekend Sheila Filan and I traveled from Ashland, OR to Davis, CA for two wonderful SoulCollage® events at the home of the beautiful Sara Post (or was it the beautiful home of Sara Post?). Both fit.On Saturday we made Community suit cards. I made the first card for someone I don't know personally, Wangari Maathai, the recent Nobel Peace Prize winner. You can see that card on my card

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Poor Me - CommitteeI am the one who is left out and feels sorry for myself. I am the one who creates my separation and then forgets I am it's author.

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This post is in response to Karen M's comments to January's post Letting Myself Be about making SoulCollage cards in the traditional cut and paste method versus the computer. Since that post, I have made two cards. Poor Me (done with cut and paste- above) and Clyde (done on the computer- below).I have decided that cut and paste is best for my Committee cards. It's like writing in my journal by

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Clyde - CommunityI am the one who lives my life just as I am.This card is in honor of my grandfather--Clyde Bruner--who lived surrounded bluebonnets in Navarro Country, Texas. My mother says of him, "He never traveled out of Texas and never wanted to." He died not far from where he was born at the age of 96.

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flyer for upcoming classGeri Esposito, Sheila Filan, and I are offering Introduction to SoulCollage® March 19 in Ashland, Oregon--a great place to visit for art, plays, food, music. You're invited. (541) 488 -8016 or sharryb@mind.net for more information.

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Luna - Community

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Clara's SoulCollage® card pulled at my cat love heartstrings. If you want to know about helping out kittys in Southern Oregon check out this article. It's from 2003, but still timely. http://www.dailytidings.com/2003/news1218/121803_n1.shtml Another great site is Cat News http://www.catnews.com/ The princess cat at our house is Luna Muna.My friend Sheila also showed me a site where, with a click

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This is one of the cards made at the SoulCollage Party. You can see Ginny's card entitled Me, Today by heading over to show off. A special thank you to all of the wonderful photographers and artists whose images have inspired us to recreate and discover our inner and outer worlds.Clara's Card Visit http://www.soulcollage.com/ for more information on the SoulCollage® process. The Card Gallery

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It is 10:45 (way past my bedtime) and I'm tired but satisfied. My first experience of sharing SoulCollage® was very fun and rewarding. Two women brought photos for making special cards for family members. Two women came to try out the process with little else in mind. And everyone's card turned out just great. It is such a reminder that we are all artists when deeply engaged.

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Geri - Community I am the one who is excited by life. I am the one who refuses to let others restrict my vitality and life energy. I am the one who isn't afraid to start three new projects at once. Visit www.soulcollage.com to learn more about the SoulCollage process.

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I was feeling some conflict this morning about card making. I love to make cards on the computer, but if I want to teach SoulCollage® to others--who will be cutting and pasting by hand, then I want to maintain my contact with this way of working. Plus I will want to have cards to show that were cut and pasted in "real time". Hmm. When I went to the SoulCollage® facilitator's workshop in

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Kylea Taylor, Hanford Mead publisher of SoulCollage by Seena Frost, e-mailed me saying she had gotten a news alert with a link to the Daily Tidings article about our Ashland group. http://www.dailytidings.com/2005/0126/012605b1.shtml Have a look!

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I’ve gotten totally wound up in SoulCollage (www.soulcollage.com) planning. Since I decided that I would offer some classes (and the paper www.ashlanddailytidings.com actually interviewed me for a story), I went into adrenaline mode. My brain was buzzing and I’d wake up at 2 am with ideaphoria. Now, this is what I don’t want! Just when my life was getting settled down (okay, it was a bit too

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Devotion -- Council I am the one who is empty. I am the one who reminds you of connection with Source. The more you open yourself to emptiness and intuition the more will be revealed.

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Devotion -- Council I am the one who is empty. I am the one who reminds you of connection to Source. The more you open yourself to emptiness and intuition the more will be revealed.

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Healthy Me -- Committee I am the one who is in touch with her body. Stay grounded. Walk. Breathe. (And take a break from the computer every 20 minutes!)

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