Permission to Play 

Collage and Journaling

Workshop

Come explore playful possibilities with Mary E. Knippel, local free-lance writer and Creativity Mentor, as she discusses how incorporating such hands-on activities as journaling, collage making, beading and paper craft arts help bring harmony to body-mind-spirit energies. As a Creativity Mentor, Mary encourages everyone to embrace their Creativity to reclaim their confidence, composure, spunk, and spontaneity, sense of well-being, calm, imagination, patience, curiosity and spirit. As Brenda Ueland said so eloquently in If You Want to Write, “Everybody is talented, original and has something important to say…but finding that something important involves embracing creative idleness.” Bring your sense of adventure and be prepared to indulge in some delightful diversions designed to yield insightful results.

Create a visual journal page:  Collage, from the French “to stick,” is regarded as a work of visual art made from an assemblage of different forms; creating a new whole.

Combine images and words to create stories rich in imagination and depth.

Journalwriting is a creative, empowering path to self-discovery and

 change as well as a connection to working on our inner life and outer relationships.

It is a safe place to vent, a trusted friend who always keeps confidences, and a tool for healing your body, mind and spirit.

People who have attended workshops said:

It was fun.

It caused me to stretch. I have to work at being creative.

It helped me see the value of taking time to “play” and let loose.

I liked using my creative side and using the visuals to tell my story.

I like to journal and did not think of using pictures until this workshop.

I have journaled before, but this gave me a whole new meaning. I enjoyed it immensely.

It was interesting and entertaining. It opened up my eyes to how I could start journaling.

It showed different ways for me to tape into creativity, allow more communication and self discovery.