Can I use words on my SoulCollage® cards? This question always comes up when playing with images and making cards.
"Invite Enchantment" Is a wonderful phrase I cut out last week while working on my cards for the Cancer New Moon Solar Eclipse…and I never glued the phrase down. Why?
Words are great when creating a vision board to set a strong
intention; vision or dream boards are what we seek to manifest. I use the SoulCollage process in support of the vision and don't find cut out words useful on my SoulCollage cards.
Making a SoulCollage card honors the Greater Self and your inner voices-it may be a shadow piece that holds you back from living your dream, it may be a higher aspect of your radiant self that comes in support of your vision. It's not good, it's not bad, it just is…
You may or may not know what the image you select means at first. You may not know how you will use it and even if you will. What you feel is a power in this particular [image].
As you leaf through magazines, something stops and holds you, calls to you in a mysterious way. Something goes straight into your soul bypassing your mind. Something vital in your image stirs you, and your imagination becomes engaged. You tear it our and save it.- author Seena Frost from her book SoulCollage.
Yes, I used cut out words on my first couple SoulCollage cards, and today I wish the words weren't there. Words and phrases take us out of the creative side of the brain and into thinking and logic, words set a vibrational tone for the moment. Why limit the potential?
As I changed my relationship to the images on those early SoulCollage cards shifted…so while the words on the card may express a particular emotion at the time, the image can offer up a different perspective as I grow, my vibration shifts. I don't want words to block my path.
Words on the SoulCollage cards limit the possibilities of diving into something new. For today I share with students and clients try not to use words, just images cut from magazines. Expect the meaning on the card to shape-shift over time. Still drawn to words then ask yourself these questions-
- Can I find an image that speaks to these words?"
- Am I asking this card too much? Maybe I need to make a couple of cards to express the energy?
- Is this a vision board I'm trying to create?
- Does this word limit the card, is it really needed at this time?
Use the Words in your Journal: Scan a smaller copy of SoulCollage card and glue it down in your journal, then paste the words to help express the meaning of the moment.
You are on a quest to find the mystery of you in bits of paper and glue. Trust your own wisdom and invite the images on your SoulCollage® cards to speak…just listen.
Rev. Michele Lessirard, C.Ht. is an artist, inter-faith minister, shamanic practitioner and teacher. Since 1995 she has preformed hundreds of soul retrievals, teaches through out the United States and is recognized for her ability to communicate the visible elements with the invisible- the spiritual aspects of you that are mirrored through your day-to day relationships with family, home and work.
As a trained facilitator in the SoulCollage® process, Michele invites you to create twelve SoulCollage cards which represent the energy (archetypes) of astrology. Then by years end you’ll have deepened your own awareness of the zodiac and have twelve New Moon SoulCollage® cards to work with, journey to for guidance.
I agree with Michele about not using words on SoulCollage cards. I’ve been making vision boards since the late 90’s, and sometimes use LOTS of words in them. When I was introduced to the SoulCollage process in late 2005, it was very liberating to, one – make a very small collage with only one primary energy involved, and two – to not use any words at all. Like Michele said, the words often lock you into a specific place or energy. When there are no words there is great freedom and potential for meaning beyond the initial creation to come forth.
I use my SoulCollage cards regularly in my lunar spiritual practice. And I often pick the same cards many times in one year. The beauty is that each time I pick a card I may have picked just a week ago, the meaning is different. Perhaps similar, but different. And I’ll notice elements of the image that I didn’t “see” before, which are part of that days message to me.
Since making SoulCollage cards, my regular vision boards now have a lot less words in them because I find they often take away from the images. I end up spending more time reading the words and phrases rather than looking deeply into the images. I now tend to use words to enhance the images. Sort of like Haiku – brief and profound.
So I encourage anyone who is tempted to use words in their SoulCollage cards to leave them out and see where the images alone take you.
Happy creating!!
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for stopping by and sharing more about the use of words in your process…
I’m not sure about words yet. I find that I want each card to have a name and it feels like the name should be on the card (like in the Tarot)…
It so interesting to see how each person works with the process…thanks for sharing what works for you Deel
This is a great astrology site that you have here. I have a paranormal blog myself and I would like to exchange links with you. You can contact me through my website or through email. Let me know if this is possible. Thanks. Jason