This life changing online workshop is designed for all levels as the threshold to the inner world of Visual Journaling for wellbeing.  It contains everything both the beginner and seasoned Visual Journalist will need to know to either begin or deepen the unique practice of combining words with imagery in a book for self-dialogue, transformation, and healing.  Registration is ongoing and you work at your own pace. Course materials available eternally. I comment on every post so it’s like being in a live workshop w/ me!

Distant Travelers and Seekers; my goal is to offer a similar intimate experience to the five-week programs that were held at my Enchanted Studio in Albuquerque, NM.  Introspection is not valued in this world, so consider yourself a kindred pioneer, a rebel, a revolutionary.  We know who we are and we like it this way.  It's time to tell it like it is.  Step out of your comfort zone and into the shadows.  No experience Necessary. Peer inside your tattered book covers; the beauty is within your pages. 

Course Materials:

- how to choose a book for your visual journaling process - supply list for mixed media expressions - how to prepare your creative space - the philosophy and definitions of terms unique to my process of self-discovery - recommended  reference materials & library for books on the subjects discussed - weekly assignments utilizing mixed media to combine journal writing exercises with image making - “homework” assignments to support each exercise and develop this process as an ongoing practice - extensive video fully explaining techniques - - full color PDF files to download workshop material to read at your leisure - Group forum questions to encourage the shared experience which is an important aspect of this inner journey.  You are not alone.

Group Forum: 

Much of the vision for this class is to connect a community through their creativity. Each class session, or chapter, will represent a diverse collective of individuals with a broad spectrum of artistic and life experience with which they bring to the group.  In working with common contextual themes such as self-portraits, vision letters, found object collages and narratives, the group is united in their individual search for inner and outward connection. This will be a safe and supportive environment for you to reclaim what was lost, stolen, pushed aside, forgotten, abandoned, buried, strangled, stomped down, beaten, tamed, quieted, silenced, taken away. Celebrate what is uncovered in all its tragedy, beauty, and glory.  Your Visual Journal will be your reference book for soul matters; a secure place where you will be prompted to face your own experience by making that experience a tangible image through my mixed media techniques of combining words with images in the safe container of a book for transformation and healing.

Initiation" is presented in 5 printable PDF "workbooks."   Each full color ebook is 16-24 pages and will provide all the basics as well as how to use this program, upload images to the group forums, etc.

Registration:

Registration for “Initiation” is open and ongoing. You may register at any time and work at your own pace. If you need help navigating the extremejournalism.ning site I am happy to walk you through it. I am here to make your visual journaling experience work for you.

After you make payment you will receive your invite from extremejournalism.ning, the course homepage (these are not immediate, I send them out manually from my computer so give me a day or 2). You will need to sign up or sign in. The email address associated with your registration payment is the email address I use for your membership. If you need me to send your evite to a different email address, inform me at meandpete08@gmail.com. The website registration will say something about pending, confirmation, or code. There is no code or confirmation, so just bypass that. Once you receive your evite, that is your access to the course. Always use your same membership email address when signing in. If you do not receive your evite, check your spam and trash folders before messaging me! meandpete08@gmail.com

Once I receive payment and send out evites, there are no refunds.

No prior art, sketching or writing experience necessary.

Email me with any concerns or questions meandpete08@gmail.com