My anchor was Visual Journaling and the small journaling group that met Sunday mornings in an office on Lake Union.. In graduate school I'd learned and practiced methods of deep self-exploration from Stan Grof (Spiritual Emergence), Michael Harner (Shamanic Journeying), and reading Carl Jung (Man and His Symbols). The basic tenant was the immense value of the unconscious in healing.
In our Visual Journaling groups we have used the Jungian approach to journalling with images and self-exploration questions (as introduced by Ganim and Fox in the book Visual Journaling). We sometimes called it "Art Church".
Since then there have been numerous Visual Journaling sessions with individuals and groups at Art East Art Center, Issaquah; Present Sense, Wallingford; and community centers and homes. New sessions will start March 1 at my studio and April 7 at Art East.
If you're interested in discovering more about your behavior and attitudes using a mindful, creative practice, Visual Journalling may be for you. Watch the video, and see how you feel about it.
I'm grateful to Marijean Baird for creating a video of this meaty, wild, surprising practice.
