Recently, during one of our IdeaConnect weekly calls, we discussed collaging (with pictures) and Lynette said, “Well, collaging IS one of our processes.”
Wow. I hadn’t thought about it like that before. Of course collaging is one of our processes….but doesn’t everyone do it? Well, the answer is likely NO, but they might wish to. I’ve seen amazing things happen from collaging while setting intentions or to clarify them.
For me, collaging is fun. It helps me access my intuition and open to new ideas. It connects me to me and to the others I choose to share with, in a deeper way. It grounds me in what is most important and stretches me at the same time, something I can’t do with a list of things or even my written journal entries. Collaging adds depth to my dreams, articulated and unarticulated. I find it is true, a picture is worth 1,000 words.
Now if you are interested, collaging can go much deeper, into a world of magical wonderfulness. Here are a couple of my personal family experiences…
10 years ago I happened to be visioning about how I wanted to live and I had some wonderful pictures and sketches about what I’d like my surroundings to be in the future, then I found this amazing picture of a happy woman sitting on suitcases and stuck that to my collage. Within the next year my husband was offered a promotion and move…and guess what, the place we found looked exactly like my sketches and pictures. We packed our suitcases and now live in a very beautiful part of the country. One thing I forgot in the vision was to be more specific about where, I may be more specific next time I’m ready to move…depends on what my intentions will be.
My teenage daughter was a participant in IdeaConnect’s first Women In Progress: A Workshop for Mothers & Teen Daughters a few years ago. Her collage for the coming years was exciting as she worked through the week articulating what she was passionate about and then making some future plans. One of her passions was Track. She went on to have an amazing experience…more exciting than she could have imagined. She earned a spot to run in the PA State Track & Field Championships in the 800m as a freshman in HS, and it wasn’t even her main event. Later on we noticed she had placed a runner on her collage…she had done it because of the perspective of the shot and she planned to run…what we didn’t notice until later was that the runner competing in the 800m run.
These were my own personal experiences but as a part of our company, IdeaConnect, our process of collaging has shaped and evolved and opened up new possibilities for us. Our collective collaging has guided how we evolve our trainings, how we choose to run our business, how we connect with others. Collaging with pictures is a powerful tool (or process) that creates outcomes for us. It really is a gift we give to ourselves.
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Very inspiring! I recently attended some training which included a collage exercise, and I found it very helpful. I encourage you to keep blogging about this topic and sharing it with the world. And I would love to see some pictures or images included on your blog to help tell the stories. Nice work!
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