I can't believe it's finally happening. This is the class I've been waiting on for a few years. I don't typically share my written journaling practice with the world because it has always felt so sacred and so personal. But I've been keeping a written journal since I was a teenager. I have more than 100 journals in my possession filled with my thoughts and musings, over the last three decades. It's fun to go back and flip through them from time to time to see how much I've grown and changed, and in what ways I've stayed the same. I journal every single day -- without fail -- even when I don't feel well or when I'm traveling or when life is heavy (or maybe especially when life is heavy), I pen something in my journal. Sometimes it's just a sentence, sometimes it's pages and pages. Journaling is my maintenance program for living a healthy, happy, and well-balanced life. So this course is near and dear to my heart, which is why I invited some pretty special folks along for the journey. And I'm inviting you along, too. Journaling can be personal and still be done with others. It can be sacred and simultaneously fun and experimental. People Always Ask Me...When friends come over and see my tarot and oracle decks, they usually want to know if I'm a tarot reader. I'm not. But it opens the door for me to talk about my love for the cards and how I have been using oracle decks for the last 20+ years as a part of my journaling ritual (I've been using Tarot for 5 years.) I love to share my journaling practice with friends and those closest to me, so it just makes sense that I would eventually start to share it here with you all -- my online pals. Journaling is one of the most powerful tools available to anyone looking to do some serious self-study and transformation. My word this year is Self-Study so this is one of the many ways I'm diving deeper into who I am and how I am becoming the person I want to be. So in this course -- PULL PEN PAINT: Journaling With Oracle and Tarot Cards, we get to explore all the many ways to use the cards in our journaling - written, visual, and art journaling. The Myth About Tarot and Oracle CardsI'm not going to go into a lot of detail here, but let's just say that if you're thinking that Tarot and Oracle cards are "evil" or "demonic" or somehow using them means you don't believe in or love God, then you're probably like lots of other people in the world who just don't know the history of the cards. And Tarot has a looooong history that goes back even before the information held in the cards was printed onto the cards. The information is ANCIENT. The cards are a newer construct for holding the sacred knowledge that has been around for millennia. Hollywood has done a horrible job of creating a stigma around tarot by using the image of the gypsy or circus side-show fortune teller to stereotype people who use tarot cards for guidance (and for those who use it for divination). It's so much more than that, but I don't want to tell YOU how you should view the cards. You really have to experience them for yourself and decide for yourself how you want to use them, if you want to use them. And that's the other reason I created this class. I wanted to help those who, like me 5+ years ago, don't have a clue about Tarot, but are curious. A Source of InspirationBefore I truly understood how to use the cards, I was simply using them for inspiration and prompting for my writing on those days when I just couldn't think of what to write in my journal. The cards helped me quiet the noise of the world long enough to focus on one thing and pen my thoughts.
So I use the cards a lot for inspiration. As an artist, I'm in love with some of the decks that have amazing artistry on them. The amazing artwork helps me in both my written journaling practice and my art practice. We will be exploring this way of using the decks in the class, too. My hope is that you'll join us, if you haven't already. That you'll come with an open mind and heart and see where the class takes you. Join us and see what the teachers ignite in you, see how your art changes as you begin to use the cards as a way to excavate and unearth the beauty that lies deep inside. Here's a blog post I wrote back in September 2016 on Art Journaling with Tarot. There's a video that goes with it if you want to watch my process. I'd love to hear if you're already using the cards in your life. How do you use them? What are your favorite decks? What have you noticed about your journaling when you use the cards?
18 Comments
Jenn Sher
2/25/2017 09:57:47 am
Yay!! I looove #oracledecks and to combine them with Art! Even better! 😍😍😍 thx for doing this workshop.
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Susan
2/25/2017 10:24:05 am
I am SO excited for this course! I love to use tarot/oracles cards for journaling prompts and for creative expression. I am most looking forward to sharing with other like minded people the magic and possibilities inherent in these tools. I do struggle with the periodic fear of being judged for using these cards. When I was 14 I was powerfully drawn to purchase my very first deck. When my aunt saw them she got very upset, angry and filled with fear and took them away from me. This caused me to develop even more self doubts and to label myself as bad. I forced myself to follow a path that was not in accordance with my true authenticity and am slowly finding my way back to truth and magic 💕
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wendy
2/25/2017 10:42:28 am
I am so looking forward to seeing how to integrate tarot into my art journaling practice. So excited that it will be starting up soon!
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wendy
2/25/2017 10:49:59 am
Forgot to add my favorite decks (so far ... my collection keeps growing) - Wild Unknown and the Margarete Peteresen decks. I'm excited about the upcoming Santa Muerte!
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Margot
2/25/2017 10:47:58 am
I'm looking forward to using the tarot as inspiration for journal writing and seeing how others use them for inspiration in writing and art journaling.
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Cara simmons
2/25/2017 11:52:04 am
I have always been curious and intrigued by tarot and oracle cards but never took the time to really dig into them. The artworks have always kept me curious as I have only skimmed the surface of symbolism and numerology in my art studies. I am most looking forward to learning about the cards and relating/incorporating them to my life, journaling, and art.
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Eithne
2/25/2017 12:16:10 pm
Hi Kiala,
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Sally
2/25/2017 12:32:30 pm
Thanks kiala, for this class. I'm looking forward to everything and enjoying interacting with like minded people.
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Lisa Dobry
2/25/2017 12:46:20 pm
I am so excited to be here and learn how to use tarot and oracles in my art journal. I've had no idea the vast array of cards available. I am in awe. What a wonderful journey of expression this will be.
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Alexandra
2/25/2017 02:04:30 pm
I am so looking forward to this course. The line up of teachers is amazing and I look forward to going deeper with their guidance and inspiration into the magic that the cards have to offer. I hope to really connect with the message of the cards and find a way that really resonates with me to express the wisdom of my higher self.
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Annie Page
2/25/2017 03:37:31 pm
Looking forward to this course to find out more about my decks which I got originally for my collection of games. Then because I loved the art work. As an artist I'm intrigued by the idea of getting inspiration from them. Although I'm not really a journaler I do journal on and off.
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Chrissy G
2/25/2017 04:19:49 pm
I'm really excited about this class. I have been interested in Taro cards for a while now but don't really know a lot about them other than they have some of the most beautiful artwork I have ever seen. During my childhood my Mom was always interested in a variety of different spiritual practices and I was always the skeptic in the family. That changed several years ago when circumstances diverted my spiritual path to my current happy place. I had never thought however about using cards for inspiration until I recently began taking Effy Wild's BOD class and was completely blown away with the idea. So, when I heard about this class I was totally sold. Thank you so much for the opportunity.
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2/25/2017 09:19:09 pm
Squee! I'm SO looking forward to this class. I'm a lifelong journaler who has used oracle cards in the past as a tool for insight and healing. But I've fallen away from both journaling and using my cards, so this just feels SO right for a renewal of my practice. Even more so, I'm looking forward to integrating mixed media into an art journal. AND having these lovely women as our guide-esses? How can it possibly get any better than this?
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Sherry
3/1/2017 08:06:57 am
I am looking forward to taking the time to delve in, connecting with my intuition and the cards and seeing the creativity and insights that I am hoping, will flow brilliantly out of these journaling sessions! For me, this is about intuition, creativity, connection and flow. Thank you for offering this course! I am a day behind, so will be listening to the first session today.
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Mara
7/12/2017 04:56:59 pm
Hello
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