Essence portrait.
Through art, capture the abstract essence of the alternate
reality you are seeking to move toward, and specifically the people and
circumstances that facilitate that transition. This exercise can be done alone
or as a group, where each participant is working on their own pieces, specific
to just them. While they are making them they will not explain to the others
the meanings behind their works. At the end everyone will review each other triptychs
(more on this later).
You will create a triptych of artworks in the following
order.
First (Spirit Guides): So begin first by making an artwork,
here we will say a painting but it can be a sculpture or other medium, begin by
creating an artwork that captures the abstract essence of your spirit guides; those
who you are not able to physically interact with, but who are very much aware
of you and are actively involving themselves in assisting you. Tap into their
essence, and translate that essence into art. This is not a portrait, but you
could call it an abstract essence portrait, and may include multiple entities. When
you are done, write a description of how you interpret it.
Second (Ideal Future):
Access your concept of the future/alternate reality you are trying to
move towards, and that your guides who you accessed with the first artwork are
also in alignment with helping you towards. As you are accessing this vision
seek the assistance of your guides in accessing the core essence of this
vision. Have the first artwork on display where you can see it as you are
working on the second one. Now create your abstract artwork to capture this essence
of your ideal future. When you are done, write a description of how you
interpret it.
Third (Facilitators): For the third piece in the triptych,
you access the things that here now facilitate you moving towards that future
you captured with the second piece. As before, this time you will sit with the
second piece as you consider the abstract essence of things that facilitate you
moving forward, towards your ideal future, in this moment in the real world. When
you are ready, create the abstract portrayal of that essence, with the second
artwork on display while you work. When you are done, write a description of
how you interpret it.
Now you have finished the triptych. Next have the other participants come to look
at your triptych. They will look at the artworks, knowing the general subjects each
once is supposed to represent: guides, future, and facilitators. Not knowing
the specifics of what you were trying to capture, they will try to interpret
them, try to guess what you were trying to capture in abstract form. Listen to
these descriptions. Record them if necessary because you will need them later. Everyone
will review each other’s triptychs.
Fourth (how they see it): Now go back and create a fourth artwork that captures
the essences of all the best parts of the guest interpretations; the ones that
inspired you the most. As you create this work, have the triptych on display.
When you look at it, try to see it through the interpretations that the others
supplied, feeling your way deeper into their interpretations, channeling it
into art. When you are done, put all four on display together. Now it is a quadriptych. Everyone’s
quadriptychs are all on display in the same place.
In the place where everyone’s quadriptychs are on display, create
a space where you can have discussions. Put up a roundtable with chairs, or
arrange couches in a circle. Make this a comfortable place for brain storming
big picture plans for the future. It is very much like a council room, where
the participants with have reoccurring discussions about how to move forward
collectively toward ideal futures. The presence of the art helps set the tone
for these discussions.
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