Part 2 -- Visioning®: manifesting one’s dreams through collage and non-dominant hand journaling
By Donna Sparrow
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2.18-19.2021 - Woman with walking stick
Who or what are you?
I am a wise explorer. I have traveled far. I have many stories to share. I can see into people’s hearts.
How do you feel?
I feel their desires. I ache for their longings to be known to them. I love watching them discover that they belong and they can create new horizons.
Why do you feel this way?
Because I have eagle’s wings and eyes. I see the tiny things that other’s don’t notice. I feel the winds that are there to lift other’s off the ground even before they are ready.
Do you have a message for me?
You have wings, too. You have owl’s vision. You’ve had to learn how to fly in the dark. You are used to not being seen as you fly and as you feed the young. It’s time to become a daylight flyer. It may be a bit bright and it may be uncomfortable at first, people may even point at you, but that is where the winds are taking you. You haven’t flown in the thermals. They will carry you higher in the daylight than you’ve ever flown before.
Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Be brave. Make practice flights. Trust the winds. Trust your wings. You can be like me.
2.19.2021 - Bottle with feathers and weeds
Who or what are you?
I am the untaken callings, longings and gifts left forgotten along the path like lost feathers and unnoticed weeds in a vessel of time. We are unnoticed or abandoned due to the lack of passion or resilience.
How do you feel?
Angry. Unimportant. Like a stillbirth. Never given breath. Never given love. Never given life, wild life.
Why do you feel this way?
Because I am the original. Other voices have painted over me and tried to hide my fierce reality. My offerings threaten the culture as it is, but I won’t be ignored. I will be found. I will be remembered.
Do you have a message for me?
They tried to literally abort you. Since that didn’t work they tried to verbally abort the gifts that wanted to be born. The vessel of time is eternal. It is not too late. You have collected feathers like garlands of amazing callings. They are a charm bracelet of offerings yet to be given. You carry them. You wear them. Now it’s time to share them. Breathe into them. They are waiting. Breathe.
Do you have anything more to tell me?
I do. But not today.
2.20.2021 - Small earth-loom weaving
Who or what are you?
I am a tapestry of life. All the things woven in. The things you expect to be there and the things you don’t. I am nature at its finest, surprises and the solid ground beneath.
How do you feel?
I feel alive. I am tightly woven with spaces for things to be added. I am open for change always. I was created on an earth loom and the earth is always on tilt and moving.
Do you have a message for me?
Be like me with your dreams. Know how hard to pull without ruining the warp…they are the lines that give you direction. But don’t be afraid to add the unusual…even if it’s a bit wild and may have holes in it. Sometimes a weaving doesn’t have a lot of color because it was woven in the barren colors of winter. Don’t reject the quiet season of winter. The colors are just waiting. You may think the tapestry is complete, but it is like life…ull of humor and adventure.
Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Always leave the spaces. You will be glad you did.
2.20.21 - The word “Sanctuary”
Who or what are you?
I am the sacred place of belonging.
I am safety.
I am boundaries.
I am peace.
I am integrity.
I will never leave you.
I’ve got you.
How do you feel?
Wild. Free. Solid.
Why do you feel that way?
I am made out of wind and stars and the dust of before you, that’s why you can lean in.
Do you have a message for me?
You can dream, there is sanctuary. You can create, there is sanctuary. Just begin and begin again, there is sanctuary.
Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Show others how to find me.
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| 2.21.2021 - Women at a table outside |
Who or what are you?
I am the spirit of gathering. I create portals for people to go within and to connect with each other.
How do you feel?
I feel hopeful.
Why do you feel that way?
When I sense resistance I bring patient courage. I bring memory of memories locked away waiting for the sound of the key turning. I carry smelling salts.
Do you have a message for me?
I am handing you the smelling salts. Wake them up. Help restore them to their authentic selves. Let them remember who they were before the chisel of culture warped their gifts. Help them to read what is inscribed on their hearts. Use art to awaken their souls. Teach them how to play. Play is a spiritual discipline.
Do you have anything else to tell me?
Don’t forget to play yourself. Dance in your kitchen and buy yourself flowers.
2.21.2021 - Nature mandala
Who or what are you?
I am source. I am the space between your heartbeats. I am inspiration. I am the creative river.
How do you feel?
Alive.
Why do you feel that way?
It’s what I am.
Do you have a message for me?
Connect to me in the stillness, the solitude and in the beauty of nature as you often do, but open your eyes and ears to find me in the chaos and loud places that you avoid. I am there too. Seek beauty in all places. Bring the strength of the quiet within you into the new territories before you. I will show you new creative ways to do things. I will inspire new ways to do the things you’ve always done. I bring the light and the solid force of revelation to your gatherings. I will bring the people as it is me they’ve come to find in themselves. You just set the table. I’ll pull up my own chair.
2.22.2021 - Girl with feather
Who or what are you?
I am the spirit of inspiration. I am the muse.
How do you feel?
Wild. Light. Free.
Why do you feel that way?
I am not captured by photos, art or words, though I often touch them. I drift like dandelion seeds on the wind. I move by my own desires and moods.
Do you have a message for me?
I am loved by many, but faithful to few. If you want me to visit, you must be idle and playful as well as show up to your work regularly.
Is there anything else you want me to know?
I love to be a surprise so don’t wait for me…just get to it knowing I’ll visit someday.
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| 2.22.2021 - Mountain Range with one Tree |
Who or what are you?
I am ageless wisdom. I am love.
How do you feel?
Rooted and grounded.
Why do you feel that way?
Because love is what remains when all other things are gone.
Do you have a message for me?
Your dream of retreats is rooted in love. Love of people. Love of nature. Love of art. These are what gives you the wisdom to create. When you get stuck without ideas, think less and let your heart feel how much you love the people. That will ground you and let you fly above the mountain tops. Love. Love is your main resource.
Is there anything else you want me to know?
Love never fails.
2.23.21 - The word “Workshop”
Who or what are you?
The magic space to find insight into your questions and beliefs. The magic space where all questions are welcomed.
How do you feel?
Vast and Wide.
Why do you feel that way?
Because hospitality expands.
Do you have a message for me?
Beliefs are to be held lightly. Life has a way of reshaping and repainting them. Let the color filled questions rise up like balloons filled with helium. Float above. Change your view. That’s where creativity dwells. Follow the sounds and sights of new territory. Risk the unknown path.
Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Trust your gut. Learn to leap. You are unquenchable. You are flowing with fun new ways to express your curiosity. Open the flood gates and ride the wave of creativity and express your raw authentic self. Hold my hand and get ready. Bring your spirit of imperfection and messy beginnings. Remember to trust me. I will be faithful to make it interesting. We will blow your dreams wide open.
2.28.21 - Basket of sewing things with the word “make”
Who or what are you?
I am the basket of options. There are many ways to make things. You can feel pushed to make something a certain way by your Inner Critic. But I am here to offer you a lot of new and different and heartfelt ways to create. I am options.
How do you feel?
I feel positive. I feel empowered. I feel free.
Why do you feel that way?
It’s what I am.
Do you have a message for me?
I have brought you the resources to have options as big as a path to the moon. Have fun. Play. Seriously…PLAY! Listen to your heart. Everything you need is in the basket. It’s all yours.
2.28.21 - Logs with weeds stuck in them on a table.
Who or what are you?
I am nature re-imagined. I am beauty from outside, brought inside.
How do you feel?
Generous. Seen. Appreciated.
Why do you feel that way?
I get to be creative and rethink, reflect and break out of old perspectives.
Do you have a message for me?
Be wild. Be untamed when you see me. Be like a child. Let’s have fun and make beauty. Let’s get messy.
Do you have anything else to tell me?
Keep paying attention.
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| 3.1.21 - Art Supplies |
Who or what are you?
I am color. I am the sensations on your eye that reflects light. I am intimately unique to every human. I love this about me. It’s all about the eye and the light. I play in the light.
How do you feel?
Changeable.
Why do you feel that way?
I am invisible like magic and wind...I move...I play.
Do you have a message for me?
Play in the light. Play in the fog, the shadows, the dark. Let your eyes love the colors. Love the sensations of change. Don’t be afraid of change. Your roots are like the Ents, you are like a tree that moves and takes their roots with you. Change is full of colors and newness. They help you be creative. It’s the change that helps you see. Embrace the new colors. Embrace the magic. Play with the light as I do. Let the colors fill you up.
Do you have anything else to say?
Not now.
3.1.21 - The words “Nurturing Creativity”
Who or what are you?
The way. The path. The map with no names. I am the vision you follow by the will of your heart.
How do you feel?
Strong.
Why do you feel that way?
Because I’m a survivor.
Do you have a message for me?
You are a survivor, too. We’ve held hands for years. Now we can get married. Just say yes.
Do you have anything else to tell me?
No, but I have lots to show you.
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| 3.2.21 - Clothespins wrapped in colored yarn |
Who or what are you?
I am the will to hold fast to the colors, the light, the daily everyday simple joys.
How do you feel?
Useful. Important.
Why do you feel that way?
Nothing gets done without me.
Do you have a message for me?
Wishing and dreaming are the ways to begin. I am the way to take action and to hold on when things get hard. I am in you holding you. You can’t lose me. I’ve wrapped my colors around your heart. Relax and breathe.
Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Together your dreams will come true. Trust me. Let’s get to work.
Donna Sparrow, Candidate for CJEA Certification
donna.sparrow777@gmail.com
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