Red Thread Circles

  I've begun completing the prerequisites for SoulCollage facilitator training ! Yikes!!  I think I've been interested in this since getting Seena Frost's Soul Collage book in November 2008, and beginning to create cards! I've thought of becoming a facilitator off and on - now the call is strong!  Red Thread Circle hosts Cindy, Susan and Valerie have all been encouraging and supportive - and it's a great compliment to Intentional Creativity. Prerequisites for SoulCollage facilitator course I made this set of prerequisite inspiration cards, to track my progress. I've ordered Soul Collage Evolving, and have been watching various SC clips with practioners on YouTube  Here's a Quick intro video:   7 steps to creating a Card Last week, I contacted Glenda Goodrich , who offered my first in-person SoulCollage class. We've scheduled a coaching sesion at the beginning of October, to go over the Key Concepts and fundamentals. I've made and 'met' over a...

  Part of t he description of the Companion Suit of the SoulCollage® Deck  given on the KaleidoSoul website: these cards r epresent the energetic dimensions of our lives.  This fascinating suit encompasses two different kinds of energies:  Animal energies Chakra (body) energies You can think of your Animal Totems as imaginary guides on your life journey. You might also think of them as Power Animals because each one imparts a special energy/power to your life. The animals can be animate or legendary - like this Courage card - featuring a phoenix. As you choose images, be open to both animals you already feel connected to, and surprises!  Courage  In the 90s, I did a visioning journey to discover Chakra totem animals, in a workshop with indigenous doctor/ healer Louis Mehl. I know I have the notes *somewhere* - horse, dolphin and turtle were three of them.  Recent Soul collage sessions: Board of Directors Word of the year   Strengths and Allies P...

  Got a few SoulCollage® cards? Maybe you’re pulling one or two daily or weekly, using the “I Am One Who…” prompt for insight.  ... And yet —there’s that big, slightly daunting project hovering overhead... What if your cards could help? Let’s gather them together and build your own intuitive Board of Directors!  The practice of “Playing with a Full Deck,” is inspired by the brilliant "Card Games" system of Michele Manos. When you see your deck as a whole, you gain a powerful overview of your Neters ’ collective energy. You’ll discover new insights, identify missing voices, and uncover fresh inspiration for future cards. Don’t have a full SoulCollage® deck? No problem!  Your Intentional Creativity paintings, tarot or goddess decks, or even curated collections of symbols can join the game. Any gathering of archetypal voices is welcome. SoulCollage®  Neters You’ll leave this 90-minute session with: A new way to see and use your cards A method for assembling your ow...

  Fun thing - my granddaughter Alyssa recently turned 25. When I asked if she'd like a painting said, 'how about that one?!'  Alyssa's a dragon girl, so I began sketching in some new details.  Another dragon appeared, and a dragon book.  Her daddy Jeff loved carnations, so there's a flower with the chocolate  ... New elements sketched in So   the 'Healed Enough' canvas from 'o22-23 came along to our Portland Apothecary offering in early May, and soaked in the medicine from our medicine journey in Olivia's studio.  Rosie & Shelley, Nadya, Jenn & Olivia Our metaphorical Apothecaries house alchemized remedies, medicine to assist balance and growth. Now it's nearly done - and has been a treat watching the evolution!  Medicine Niche Elements: Portal of mystery Biophotons in the Matrix Selenite - liquid light Selenite Rose beads - family traditions  7 pointed faery star  Spiderweb Roses Lavender  Cup of dragon medicine Lace doily...

  The sparkle and shimmer we see in opals is called Play of Color (I wrote a harpsong by that name - surrounded by opal geodes!) and informs our painting as well.  No mud, no Lotus One of the concepts we work with in painting is called Mothercolour - more formally: starting with three colors, and mixing a bit of each in varying amounts. More simply - have several colors on your pallet, and mix  as you go, so each color has bits of the others.  Mothercolor sampler The glazing process we use, covering part or all of the canvas with a thin coat of a transparent color at least once, has a similar unifying effect. When in doubt, glaze! Burnish (soft dry cloth) or not - then sit back and journal.  In the early stages, we dumped our water at the end of the day - but as we proceed (and need less and less paint) using 'dirty' paint water also helps bring a little of each color in, which in turn adds Mothercolor harmony.  If you're using white, you might want a sepe...

 What a wonderful weekend spend with the sistarhood! In p ainting our Medicine in Apothecary, we alchemize our pathway of access to inner knowing, using creativity to consciously transmute old stories. Serpentine Path In talk therapy, we can spend hours, months , even years reflecting and analyzing ... until the cows come home!  When we add inquiry and creative processes, a desired shift becomes actionable - you're ’re not just talking about your life, you can transform it! Dance of color In Medicine painting, we take energetic conditions, and learn together how to move that energy through, contain it, catalyse and change  it, distil it, and bottle it. And at the end, we have a medicine cabinet  of our own making. This metaphor of self-as-container opens a new layer of insight. It invites you to explore the architecture of your being—not as something solid and fixed, but as something spacious, sacred, and capable of holding multitudes. What am I holding now? What m...