Jung's Red Book & the Art of the Visual Journal: new series set to begin!

Wednesdays June 13, 20, 27, & July 4, 10am - 1:30 pm 

new material! new aspects of the never-ending-story of the unconscious....

 
Summer is approaching, and we have a beautiful feminine Venus energy doing magical things in our sky; as her transit across Sun is observed over the world, many cultures see this as a liminal moment of transition into a more connected consciousness.

Study of CG Jung's Liber Novus, (he called it "New Book") or, as we know it today, THE RED BOOK, will help open our own perspectives to new ways of beings with the world of nature, our dreams, our towns; our souls. What is within is without.  

We will begin a new round of Art-Making in our Journals--"your own Red Book", as Jung prescribed his patients to create,

on WEDNESDAYS jUNE 13TH, jUNE 20TH, jUNE 27TH, AND JULY 4TH, 2012.  Morning coolness in the studio, 10 am - 1:30 pm, bring a visual journal with nice thick-ish paper for gluing and painting in, or a spiral sketchbook makes a nice surface.

All other materials provided, and refreshment.

In this series we will look at the concept of "place" in the Red Book; the "where's" of Jung's encounters with his imaginal guests; forest or desert, mountain, cave...library?

What are YOUR imaginal places? What is the "where" of your encounters with psyche, with your soul?  Let's go for a walk....

Cost is $25 USD per session (or peso equivalent)or great discount for the month, $75 US for four sessions paid in advance; that's 4 for 3! 

Call Rebecca to reserve your place: local # 154-7010, Vonage (USA#) 505 205 1316, email mexrebe@yahoo.com

   

Creative December of the Goddess!

 December, creative month of the waning and the return of the light, bringing cold nights and the deep waiting, the noche buena, good night, color of the poinsettia, lighting of twinkling lights and honoring of the Goddess.  We begin this month with guest teacher Karen O'Connell and her fantastic "Creative Flow" workshop, a blend of gentle QiGong movement, chakra visualization and balancing, and journaling using techniques of Non-Violent Communication.  Details below!
 

During the “In The Creative Flow” 4-hour workshop, you will
learn and experience effective and practical ways to get and stay
in a more creative flow of being, thinking and living.
In a beautiful artist’s studio and soothing outdoor garden
setting, you are invited to come experience the benefits of
being able to:

• Deepen your body awareness and work with the
energy fields of nature— as you expand your creativity,
vitality and overall well-being
• Balance your chakra centers to:
o Increase a sense of aliveness
o Remove blocks that stagnate
o Support your ability to create and enjoy the moment
• Use new communication tools for greater freedom of
expression, confidence, happiness and zest for life

Karen with smiling energy to share with us!

Thursday, December 8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
EarlyBird Special until Dec 4th: $40.0o USD
Regular Fee (after Dec 4): $55.00 USD
Attire: Casual, comfortable clothing,
Bring: yoga mat, blanket and journal.
Handouts will be provided.
In The Flow is a multi-modal
experiential system of creative
expression and personal growth
developed by KarenO’Connell, M.S.

Karen developed this multimodal system
after years of personal exploration
and professional training
in psychology, spirituality and energy medicine.
Her enthusiasm for facilitating these interactive
workshops is deeply rooted in her personal journey
and commitment to aliveness. To learn more about
Karen O’Connell, visit her
website at www.KarenOConnell.com.

Fall 2011 Visual Journaling with CG Jung's Red Book & Exploration with the Mandala

  
The Autumnal Equinox came in on a breeze; now in late September the days are warm and the nights crisp.  We will delve in with a Fall Workshop:  Visual Journaling with CG Jung's Red Book led by Rebecca, and Exploration with the Mandala led by guest teacher Phil Roger.

Classes will be held for six Fridays, 2:30-5:30 pm, beginning September 30 and ending November 4th.  Participants can join all classes for a rich experience (and a discount in price!), or may attend one or two or several as their schedules and travels permit. All materials are provided except your personal journal; spiral-or-nicely-bound journals or sketchbooks of good quality unlined paper are recommended. The studio has a nice supply of markers, colored pencils, calligraphy pens, stamps, glues, collage materials, glitter! --okay there's more but I'll stop there.

Rebecca (that's me) has been studying Jung's work in more depth and will add new material to the previous Visual Journaling workshops; in particular has been inspired by a Teleseminar series with renowned Jungian analyst Dr. Michael Conforti.  Looking forward to collage-ing anew, painting in the book, and free-writing.  Maybe we will practice some calligraphy, which Dr. Jung so expertly used in his own journal!

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Phil Roger will join the series as Guest Teacher, bringing his 30-year study of the Mandala (his Master's Thesis was on Manala imagery) as well as his centering Kadampa Buddhist practice.  Mandala work will spark a creative dialogue with the unconscious, refinding balance, and Self-as-Center.  Phil just completed a 4' mandala assemblage and as an artist is a continual practitioner of this art form.

September 30th and October 7th will be Introduction to the Red Book and Mandala Themes in the Red Book, respectively; beginning either a new journal or a new section in a previously worked journal.  Rebecca will lead these classes, augmenting the Red Book imagery and writing with background from Jung's autobiography, Memories, Dreams, Reflections.  The main focus will be on each student using art materials to find their own dialogue with the inner selves, a very personalized Red Book of Your Own.

On October 14th and 21st, Guest Teacher and Artist Phil Roger will be teaching Exploration with the Mandala--a combination of journal work and larger paper works; it will be about some history and background of the Mandala (one of Jung's themes as well) as well as lots of hands-on work.The microcosmic orbit, offering to the universe, sacred geometry, and learning to make the Yin-Yang or Taijitu symbol, will be part of this two-week block.

Then on October 28th and November 4th, Rebecca will wrap up the workshop series with some other themes in the Red Book including the Wise Inner Guide --who Jung encountered as the dream figure Philemon-- and the Desert Journey; where do we find the richness of soul, in our own personal landscape.  Whereas Jung encountered many imaginal figures in a rocky desert scene, you might find your setting for an Inner Journey to Soul as the sea, or mountain, jungle, or even cityscape!  Participants discover their personal connection to Psyche or soul;  Jung was like a pioneer, but we each have our own path to follow, which is this life,

Class costs are $200 pesos Mexicanos per session (includes all materials except personal journal) or $1000 pesos for all six sessions.  Such a deal!

Write for reservations and directions to the studio:  mexrebe@yahoo.com, call 154 7010 in San Miguel, or Vonage (US) # 505 205 1316.

Generally the class structure is about a 20 min talk with presentations of the Red Book material (the book is GORGEOUS, it will blow your mind!), about 1 1/2 hours of art-making time, and then about 20 min or so for group sharing if people so choose (like show and tell).
I am really loving this material! So rich, deep, soulful. Allows space for our joys and insecurities--for it all.
I have been taking a teleseminar on the Red Book with a wonderful Jungian analyst, so my knowledge is expanding every week, and I look forward to sharing new insights since I began teaching this workshop last fall. ---saludos!  Rebecca

(and Molly)

Art Journaling-- a Red Book of One's Own continues

Free to Be (Kim)

 These Art Journals are inspired by CG Jung's Red Book -- each one is an individual expression of soul, each student's personal 'red book' expressing her own myth.  Their stories unfold in shape and color;  images of the magic wand and elephant, bicycle through the sky;  an "Open Your Heart Book" with La Virgencita; creating and leading from the heart center, allowing the childhood memory of playfulness to lead the way, much as Jung described in Memories, Dreams, Reflections...the way to begin, Just Play!  This is the way in, so often, through the child....

La Pasionada (Ann)

seeking Passion in all things

Elephant Guide (Karla)

Laugh your way into an open heart (Sal)

Let the 
beginning 
begin 
with the 
clarity of the 
heart's 
thought, 
intuitive compassion 
guiding the thoughtful 
mind 
laugh your way in
elephant guides
bicycle rides
little box
girl and the dinosaur emerging


with love and curiosity
for what is next
and what is now

here we go

More Art Journaling--This Time with CG Jung

CG Jung's illuminated calligraphy

Angela G "Be There in Spirit" with Kite

Group's Journals

CG Jung and the Red Book...Liber Novus, a stunning visual journal in which he calligraphed his dreams, active imagination experiences, and painted rich detailed images including many mandalas...this opus has been an inspiration in my new Visual Art Journal workshops, where participants explored their own dreams, imaginal worlds, memories and longings through making their own visual journals, painting, collaging, and writing their way into their own souls.  What a gift to be witness to their sharings! 

Fluid Visual Journaling

Getting unstuck with random collage and writing!  work quick! no thinking! 

I was having a creative block:  too much judgement,

hesitation, doubt in my fingers...having a gallery space

to show work can be motivating but also invites the critic

to the table;  is it good enough?, how will it look?, ...

will it sell?

Working in a visual journal could be a key, I thought, to

changing this mental space I was in (ugh)...something just

for me, that no one else could see, and wouldn't be for

sale nor have to be suitable for framing or hanging...

So, paradoxically, I post these images here for the public

eye, for you dear looker, but not to ask "is this ok?"

but to say "you can do this too!  we all can!"  and the critic

has taken a nap.

change

"Just paint a box blue and the world will change" -- student in today's nichos class

As often happens making art with others, deep conversations unfold over the course of the workshop day.  Our talk turned to change--what idea, what dream even, must we let go of, so that a new image, behavior, perspective, can enter in?
A caterpillar changes itself to a kind of soup inside the chrysallis--not even a little foot left, as my student commented.  Are we prepared to let the form of something die so that the new can emerge?
The act itself of making art can transform us inside as much as transforming our environment.
What have you painted blue today?