Collage For Self-Discovery - Part 1

Do you wonder if you are creative? Are you caught up in meeting the practical requirements of your life with little time left over for creativity? Do you long to express yourself freely and discover more about who you really are? We are often "asleep" to our deeper creative, authentic selves and are only aware of our daily, more practically functional personality.

Life is truly a collage. As the poet Allen Ginsberg once said, “Vividness is self-selecting.” In a world where we could possibly perceive an infinite number of things, we unconsciously “find vivid” what we need to see and notice for our own unfolding. What stands out and appears vivid to us tells us a story about what we feel and think right now.

Spontaneous collage journaling is a quick method of randomly picking pictures from magazines each day and making a quick collage to help you discover and understand the deeper truths of yourself. Picking imagery spontaneously bypasses your regular thinking mind and reveals more of your deeper self. Spontaneous imagery is often "wider" than words and it can invite your intuitive wisdom to pour forth into your everyday world.

Often our lives are filled with practical details and concerns and we rarely take the time to listen within. Creation without pre-planning provides instant access to your intuition. Spontaneous collage employs the principle of syncronicity in that it tells you exactly what you need to know for your growth in this moment.

Collage is accessible to everyone. No previous art experience or special talent is required. Collage provides a visual window to the daily mystery of your vast inner world. Your daily collage journal becomes a daily showing up on the page with a most wondrous question,“Who am I today?”  

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT COLLAGE FOR SELF-DISCOVERY

"Taking Shelley's collage course has been very enlightening.   I think I've learned more about myself in the last 8 weeks than I have in many years.  It truly is an amazing process!"

"I now feel so connected to my creativity. Empowered by developing a way of 'tuning in' every day through your guidance. My collages are 'me' and are taking me where I need to go!"

"Funny but mysterious too. I love collage for this. Stuff just comes out and no matter how peculiar, it just feels right. I feel so much happier in myself. "My collage time clears stuff out of my head and through a creative channel. Spontaneous, simple, easy, done!"

"I have so found a new language and it just grows and grows."

"I knew straight away that collage was the medium for me: I can respond spontaneously, and 'feel' my way through ready-made images, colors, textures and forms. Your guidance through the weekly lessons has been invaluable - a well developed and thoughtful process of careful nurture and encouragement."

“One of the things I love the most about all of this is your stories as you present the pages for each week.  You speak so openly about your life and with so much heart that it is impossible not to be inspired to let my own understanding come forth… I realize that I hold the key to my own success and even though it's great to have outside inspiration or praise or encouragement, being inspired from the inside is worth everything.

Collage for Self-discovery is a 6 week self-directed collage journalling e-course. You will receive your first course installment on the day that you pay and will recieve each subsequent lesson weekly.

Coming in March 2012 to Daily Om