Soul Singing with Anne Marie
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Hi! I'm Anne Marie, the
creator of KaleidoSoul.com, and
a SoulCollage® facilitator in Massachusetts. If
you're just starting to sing your song with
SoulCollage®, this column is especially for you.
Anne Marie is taking this month off from creating new columns for Soul Songs. She offers this quotation and SoulCollage® card that epitomize freedom to her:
There are no prerequisites for liberation.
Claim the freedom you already own.
~ Alan Cohen
I am the one who is breaking free from old thought patterns and addictions. I am the one who sheds the old cages that used to enclose me. My gift to you is the freedom that has been yours all along!
Anne Marie Bennett is a writer,
self-taught artist, website goddess, cancer
survivor, and SoulCollage® Facilitator / Trainer who
was mentored directly by Seena Frost. In 2005, she
fell in love with SoulCollage® and was inspired to
use her professional experience along with Internet
technology as a means to serve the world by putting
SoulCollage® "out there" in a really big way with
KaleidoSoul. Anne Marie lives in eastern
Massachusetts with her middle-aged husband, two
elderly cats and one youthful dog who keeps them all
young.
You can read more about her on her website SOS Cancer Journeys.
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Guest Columnist: Kat Kirby
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I'm Kat Kirby, Art Therapist and SoulCollage® Facilitator and Trainer from Prescott, AZ.
I work with people in
recovery from addictions and eating disorders, and
share my passion for SoulCollage® wherever and
whenever I can. I am excited to be writing for Soul
Songs, and hope you find that my words inspire you
to create a new card or two!
Freedom
When I agreed to write this column on the topic of "Freedom", I felt like it might just write itself. After all, I'm a child of the 60's. I'm an Aquarian. I graduated in the Class of '69. This will be easy, right?
Wrong.
Freedom is such a powerful force for me, I found it difficult to hone in on how to express myself in words and pictures. Memories and music came flooding in, and I couldn't find my focus. So in a way, this piece of writing is going to be more free form than previous posts, and I hope you will join me on this little journey into the mind of someone who needs a lot of freedom in her life!
So let's start with music, which will then lead to SoulCollage®.
Watch this video.
"Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground.
Mother Earth will swallow you, lay your body down."
One more video to watch.
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
Music is a powerful force in our lives. I can remember where I was or who I was with years ago just by hearing a certain song. Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cream, Richie Havens, Crosby Stills and Nash, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, and Maria Muldaur are just a few artists that influenced my thinking about freedom.
Our country was born from a driving need for freedom, and throughout our long and colorful history, freedom features prominently. Images of freedom are strong in my heart and mind.
I have always been a bit rebellious and at times non-conformist. I need my freedom. When I was in nursery school, a girl wore a bathing suit one day and I was in awe at her obvious sense of freedom. I wanted to wear a bathing suit the next day but it was "graduation" day and we were all supposed to be dressed in our finest outfits. Not me. I insisted that I needed to wear a bathing suit to nursery school. And my mother gave in, so the graduating class of Wee Folk Nursery School class of 1955 photo features my 4-year-old self; front and center in my bathing suit, surrounded by girls in frilly dresses and boys in smart pants and shirts. And I was so happy.
So how does freedom tie into SoulCollage? How can we put the concept of freedom into our cards?
I have made a few cards that speak to me of what it feels like to be free and would like to share two of them with you.
The first card that represents freedom is an image of a boy on a bicycle riding above a large number of factory workers, all dressed the same and wearing face masks. "I Am One Who flies above conformity and routine. I refuse to be put into a box and told what to do. I need space and fresh air and the ability to follow my own path. I Am One who is free."
My Wild Woman council card is another bold reminder about freedom. "I Am One Who follows my instincts. I speak and act with consciousness, and cultivate my creativity and intuition. I know that my journey might be fraught with danger and detours, but I also know that I have to maintain my focus in order to understand my deep primal being. I am Wild Woman".
What is your vision of freedom? How can you express it in your SoulCollage® process? I'd love to hear from you!
Happy Creating!
Kat Kirby is a Registered Art Therapist,
SoulCollage® Facilitator and Trainer. She leads
creative workshops and retreats throughout the US
and abroad. Kat has been working with SoulCollage®
since 2006 and believes strongly in the healing
power of the arts. For more information about Kat's
SoulCollage® workshops, trainings, and retreats,
please visit her website,
2 Kat Studios.
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KaleidoSoul Creations
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As promised, we are
featuring SoulCollage® cards from our readers in
each issue.
Each card below is a card that represents Freedom from one SoulCollager's Deck.
The Free Spirit
Committee Suit
Jyotimitra
Australia
I am one whose spirit soars and who walks on water. I have left my cage. I am free.
Freedom
Council
Rhoda
Washington
I am One Who is free and full of joy.
You don't know me very well,
But you have tastes of this freedom and joy.
And you long for it.
You long to be carefree.
You long for the aliveness that accompanies it.
I assure you,
You will experience it more and more.
Soaring
Judy
Massachusetts
I am one who soars in the nakedness
of my truth, the fullness of my heart,
and the darkness of my shadows.
What I give to you is balance, and
freedom to shine in limitless expressions.
What I want from you is surrender,
trusting the light of day and the depths
of night, each showing the way
to what lies beyond both.
Freedom/Liberty
Committee Suit
Cheryl
Illinois
I am the one who walks toward the bell of liberty. Even though that brick wall is there, it's only a mirage. Liberty breaks down all walls. I am the one who is free to move into a greater part of myself and life.
Please feel free to submit one of your
cards for a future issue by sending a reply
email to this newsletter.
Future themes include:
Animal Companions Suit
Elements: Fire Mother Earth/Gaia
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KaleidoSoul Notes
Noteworthy resources for anyone interested
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Facilitator
Trainings:
Information about content and dates/locations of
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SoulCollage website
- Seena Frost created the process of
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KaleidoSoul
- Spinning the fragments of your world into
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MASSACHUSETTS
Reweaving Our Lives in Times of Change
Westfield, MA
May 4-5, 2013 Facilitators: Anne Marie Bennett, John Pacheco (Anne Marie's brother!)
Are you currently experiencing some kind of transition or change in your life? Would you like some support in navigating the stress and upheaval that usually accompanies any kind of transition? Could you use some immediate tools and strategies to help you make these changes with grace, balance, and maybe even a touch of humor? If so, this two-day weekend retreat might be just what you're looking for!
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Just look for whatever SoulCollage® topic you are interested
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and read to your heart's content!
SoulCollage® is a trademarked process created by
Seena B. Frost.
For more information about Seena and the origins of
SoulCollage®, please
visit her website.
SoulCollage® cards are made either from one's
own art or from images found in materials which have been
bought by or given to the SoulCollage® card maker. These
collaged cards are used only for the cardmaker's own inner
exploration. SoulCollage® cards are not sold, traded,
bartered, or copied (except as a back-up for the cardmakers
own use) as is stated in the "Principles
of SoulCollage®." Where SoulCollage® cards are
available to be seen by others, it is for the purposes
either of demonstrating the SoulCollage® process or of
sharing the cardmakers' inner process in the context of
community. SoulCollage® is grateful to the artists and
photographers who make this deep awakening process possible
and in all ways SoulCollage® seeks to be respectful of their
rights.
All articles in SOUL SONGS are copyrighted
2013,
by Anne Marie Bennett and
Cat Caracelo, Imelda Maguire,
Kat Kirby, or Catherine Anderson.
Articles may be reprinted by permission only.
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