Circle Time Sampler

Happy WIP Wednesday - what are you creating?

Recently we've been having fun creating cards, or painting stones, or .... for brightening someone's day.

We began offering Virtual Circles as a pivot from the in person gatherings early in the summer of 2020, and an early circle was Thinking Cap.

Some of us had done the process during a Guild members call, and we chose it for our August virtual Red Thread Circle offering.

Thinking Cap 2020

What image comes with the phrase "put on my thinking cap?"
How do you access information and your intuition - do you have different access channels?
Are there different caps for different purposes?
What feels unique?
What similar to others?

I love our circles - we've had women from nearby Oregon, to Florence, Italy, Ireland, England, NZ, and even India!

It is always a treat to see how our muses interact and inspire each other.

For Thinking Cap, we began with a couple of readings from my co-host Linda Allen and then a bit of Metacognative drawing - pen or marker on the paper, and do a free form doodle, thinking of the phrase, "______ my thinking cap" (activating, accessing, what's ...) we drew for a minute or two, then wrote about what we accessed.

We went on to sketch/ paint an image of our Thinking Cap for 5-10 minutes - and what a delightful variety of images emerged, and then shared during our Red Thread Circle. Cindy recalled doodling light bulbs in her college notebooks when she had "ah-ha!"' moments!

One lady showed up at the base of a tree, with messages in the roots and leaves - which led to a wonderful discussion of how tree communities support each other, sharing nutrients and connection via the mycorrhizal fungi...

Circle - August 2020

It is such a joy to share time and creative process with this community, 4 of the gals are in this year's Color of Woman teacher training -

Earlier in the summer, CoW student Carol Fairbanks led Creating Home with Your Heart as one of her IC events - and Christy Cozby led her own version shortly after - I did the first in my Juju Journal

House of the Heart with Carol

And the one with Christy on canvas - the prompts led to recalling the cute 50s home my dad painted pink, with dark red trim and a white roof (to reflect the Central Oregon sun) ... And the Blue Door of my piano teacher's little back room Bible Bookstore.

House of the Heart with Christy - on Canvas

Over the past year and a half, we've hosted a number of Intentional Creativity teachers and students, which enriches us all!

What's on your workstation or easel today?

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