The Art of Collaging

The Art of Collaging in a nutshell iz a process of visualizing and visioning your life through words, pictures, colors and textures. Their iz no right or wrong way, its just your way and that for me iz what makes it magical and transformative. No one to compare yourself to, no right or wrong, no grades, no great or no bad collagist-just your own uniquely creative masterpiece.

Collaging iz a way to play like children without an attachment to ourcome. Many times we start with a beginners mind emptying all of our preceived ideas, concepts and beliefs on how things in our life are or "should" be in favor of a new vision that wants to emerge. But at other times we bring all of our precieved ideas, concepts, beliefs and pain into our work, to heal, transform and dissolve negative imprinting we've picked up from our family dynamics, society, gender roles race consciousness etc. In other words everything iz sacred ground because if we have lived or inperienced it, it haz a purpose and haz brought uz to where we are today.

Some people wonder what can words, pictures and colors do and I say Everything or Nothing. A collage iz not a magical board that will overide one's own consciousness it iz but a reflection of one's consciousness showing you both the light and the shadow aspects of yourself. Through Art you get to release more of your authentic self and discover new terriotries of your own soul. And when a shift happens in your inner world the seemingly external world of time, space, past, present and future all are molded to one's new emerging landscape.