New Tools for Thinking and Reflecting
I started working with Ira Progoff's classic At a Journal Workshop today. I'm reasonably certain that I picked up this book years decades ago and found it entirely unhelpful -- but it makes a lot more sense now that I'm older. I enjoyed the preliminary exercises, and look forward to continuing to work with it.
I also picked up (from the library) a book on Mind Mapping -- something I've always thought of as a relatively simple brainstorming tool, but evidently has a lot more potential. It's scarily synchronous with my exploration of visual journaling. Both encourage right brain use while not needing to leave rational thought behind. I'm seeing a lot of possibilities for it, including as a way of opening up my priestess studies journal, which has thus far been very linear -- which isn't always a good reflection of those practices and processes.
Add to those experiments a wonderful 90 minute massage, and it's been a good day.
I also picked up (from the library) a book on Mind Mapping -- something I've always thought of as a relatively simple brainstorming tool, but evidently has a lot more potential. It's scarily synchronous with my exploration of visual journaling. Both encourage right brain use while not needing to leave rational thought behind. I'm seeing a lot of possibilities for it, including as a way of opening up my priestess studies journal, which has thus far been very linear -- which isn't always a good reflection of those practices and processes.
Add to those experiments a wonderful 90 minute massage, and it's been a good day.