Soul Songs

Spinning the fragments of
your world into wholeness & beauty through SoulCollage®

Soul Singing with Anne Marie

Hi! I'm Anne Marie, the creator of KaleidoSoul, and a SoulCollage® facilitator in Massachusetts. If you're just starting to sing your song with SoulCollage®, then this column is especially for you!     Suggestions for Newcomers to SoulCollage: Find a SoulCollage Facilitator near you Sign up for the Getting Started with SoulCollage Online Workshop Visit KaleidoSoul and click on What is SoulCollage, SoulCollage Deck, and Making the Cards on the left menu. Seena Frost is the one who created SoulCollage®. Visit Seena's website and see what four cards come up for you in the automatic reading, then read some of Seena's articles. Don't forget to take it slowly, and always, always, trust the process. Idea of the Month: Mae West once said "Too much of a good thing is wonderful." I know she wasn't talking about SoulCollage images, but she might as well have been! Be sure to gather as many magazines as you possibly can, and spend oodles of time (at least a few hours to start) ripping out images that call to you. The more images you have before you make your first cards, the better!     Question/Solution of the Month:   Q. Does SoulCollage discourage the use of text? Words have always meant a lot to me and I use them often in my other collaging. For some reason, (maybe I read it somewhere) I feel like I shouldn't be using text on my cards. I'm just wondering what the suggestions/insights are on this aspect of the process.    A. Great question, and I 'm glad you brought it up. It's one of the first questions that I ever asked, and I know a lot of people are always wondering about this, so you are not alone! The idea behind leaving words off of our SoulCollage® cards is that the images that we choose (or that choose us, as Seena likes to say!) speak to us on a purely subconscious level. Putting a word or words on a card tend to act as a label, which can limit the meaning of the images now, and in the future. Remember, we are making these cards not just as an activity in the present moment to express something we are feeling right now, but as a tool for us to access our own blessed inner wisdom, both now and in the days and months and years to come (see Karen's column, below).   Anne Marie Bennett is a freelance writer, self taught artist and SoulCollage® facilitator. Her background is elementary education and computer software training. She lives, laughs, writes, and sings (and makes her own SoulCollage® cards!) in Beverly, MA.

My name is Karen Mann and I'm a SoulCollage® facilitator from Melbourne, Australia. This column is for those of you who have already made some cards & are ready to discover the symphony of voices inside of you and around you.

Using Daily Readings With Your Cards

My daily practice is to randomly draw a card each day. I then journal about the card I drew and leave it sitting out where I can see it for the day. It is a lovely way to start the day, connecting with myself and my inner wisdom, as well as receiving a message to accompany me through my day.

I journal using the following leading sentences:

• "I am the one who..."
• "The message I have for you today is..."

I write quickly, without editing or judgement. I always write a new "I am the one who..." statement, without referring back to any previous writing. I feel this is important as it allows me to connect with the message the card has for me TODAY!

Sometimes I really have no idea what message a particular card may have for me when I draw it, but I remind myself to trust in the process & begin to write. Using this method, without any conscious knowing, I tap into a message that is oftentimes insightful and meaningful! This daily practice reconnects me to the "magic" of the SoulCollage process.

I Will Not DIe
an Unlived Life
Artist: Mili
Location: South Carolina

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