Love That!

I promised to post the collage that I made at the Hip Tranquil Chick yoga retreat and alas, here it is; full of words and images that I think are beautiful. Collage making has proven to be a way for me to get clear on my aspirations so that I can manifest them. Collages serve as a visual prayer or meditation—they are one of my favorite creative keys to success. It’s amazing what you can do with a little glue, some old magazines, scissors, and your creative vision.

What is one of your creative keys to success & why?


Click here to see past collages:

• creative vision 1
• creative vision 2

What's Going On

Over the weekend I joined the delightful Kimberly Wilson and a dozen like-minded women at the Hip Tranquil Chick retreat in Ancramdale, New York. We spent our time together creative visioning, journal writing, meditating, and practicing yoga. This was my second year attending and I was able to observe my growth, as a yogi and a creative, from one year to the next. Several “ah ha” moments surfaced during my stay. Here are a few:

• being perfect is boring
• micro-movements are better than no movement at all
• recognize my talents and delegate the rest
• vinyasa yoga to Marvin Gaye is so amazing

floral wallpaper in bedroom

my bed and the magazine that i love

yoga prep

wandering around the retreat center

more signs of spring

"uniquely me" during silent breakfast

kimberly wilson

cute quilt

development of new collage (I'll post soon)

©Lesley Williams, 2009

Contributors

I asked my Facebook friends what magazines they were reading, and got this list. It was too interesting not to publish, here it is, happy reading:

• Architectural Digest
• BITCH
• Black Enterprise
• Black Hair
• Cosmo
• Domino (RIP)
• Martha Stewart Living
• Men’s Health
• Missbehave
• Next American City
• People
• Psychology Today
• Rolling Stone
• Skeptic
• The Robb Report
• TIME for Kids
• Vogue
• Washingtonian Magazine
• Wax Poetics
• Wired
• Yoga Journal

Nerdy New Year

Here's my collage of hopes and aspirations for 2009 that I whipped up on New Year's Eve.

(click image to enlarge)

In 2008 everything on the collage that I created manifested in some form. So, before the year gets old, I'd like to suggest that you do some creative visioning of your own. To check out pointers on how to create your own collage and to view my collage from 2008, click here.

Why do creative visioning exercises, like collage making, work? What are some other modes of creative visioning?

Hearing your thoughts makes me happy!