This project is inspired by my own personal transformation through following Shelley Klammer’s “Year of Intuitive Collage”. I found Shelley by searching for art therapy online during COVID restrictions. My husband had passed away only a year or so before and I was trying to manage grief and lonliness. It was Shelley’s amazing work as an Expressive Art Therapist and Depth Therapist that inspired me to study Art Therapy so I could share the benifit’s of creativity with others.
This project is easy and fun and will help you rediscover yourself in an empowering way. Below is a list of prompt words for each week of a year (52 weeks, any start date is okay). Meditate on the prompt word briefly and then choose images from a magazine or other sources to assemble an intuitive collage. For more info on Intuitive Collage click this project link, or watch these great video’s on Shelley Klammer’s YouTube page.
During my year of intuitive collage I mostly worked with digital collage on an App called Freemix. However, after that I started a practice of bi-monthly magazine and paper collage in a small 5×7 notebook. I find collage to be a great way of processing emotions, inspiring creativity, and developing self-love.
Intuitive Collage also inspires me to write, which adds another layer of depth to the emotional processing. During the year of collage I wrote about it on my personal blog and then created the ebook below. Click this link to view my Year of Healing with Collage Flipbook.
Heart Beat of the Soul 