Genesis art Lounge

I am interested in fortune teller's forecast and after making
appointments to do two sessions last month, Liane suggested that I
try a Genesis art collage to see what message I could get from my
higher self.


Its nearly 1 year since I came to know about the Genesis art Lounge.
I drop in from time to time to do art but until this experience, I
have not used my intution this way. Nevertheless, I enjoy purely
putting my emotions on paper.


So I agreed to do the Collage work so that I could compare art from
my own intuition with forecasts given by the other tellers.
I wanted to see how far I could look into my unconsciousness/
consciousness with her method.


The Genesis collage method works like this:


1 Pick a card from the shuffled deck of Genesis cards and hide it
somewhere.


2. Select the subjects you are interested in (family, work, health etc).
Select one coloured background paper and then cut origami paper (one
color for each subject you selected)and then cut into any shape you
like.


3. Glue the cut origami paper onto the background paper.


That's all you have to do !
Quite easy.


I did this without thinking and even chatting with other people
sitting next to me.
I was not sure at this stage what I could obtain from doing this.


After I felt the picture was complete, I checked the hidden card and
it was the picture with dolphins: 'Caring Communication' as show in
the photo.


I can not describe what message I got since it is such a private
matter but the dolphin's fin was in a shape very similar to one of
paper's I'd cut out.


Liane started interpreting the messages I got through this artwork
and some of them are quite timely messages for my life. These
messages have been lingering in my head over the past few weeks and
it is influencing my daily decision making and I guess it does good.
And now I would say that these message are from the so called 'higher
self'.


My mind can be silent and peaceful when 'consciousness' and "chatting
in the head" is quieted down and (while doing the collage I found
that the mind does become quiet so I could receive messages from
higher self.


The Genesis art collage method will help you to get yourself
connected to your inner self and get necessary messages through the art.
I recommend this for all ages and all types of people who are
seeking good advice for direction in life. Your inner self knows
more than anybody else, including fortune tellers.

Here's Liane Wakabayashi's New Year's Collage for 2009.

" I made a wish/hope/manifest list that came to ten items. For each item I selected an origami sheet in a different color and kept this color coded list (pink sheet below collage) hidden from view, along with my Genesis Card. That way the list and the Genesis Card wouldn't influence my choice of colors or design as I was working on the collage–I wanted a completely intuitive picture.

"While I was making the collage I figured that the red circle in the center would be the key item to focus on in my New Year's list--that item was good health. Below this was the orange circle which shows up as the central theme, repeated in the Genesis Card I had selected face down. Repeated eight times. Orange on my list corresponds to developing strong community ties here in Setagaya, where the Lounge is located! And it's where I know I need to put my energy though it feels like a daunting task at times.

"Doing this collage helped me see how to trust that community relations is where I need to put my intentions. And the "Harvest" card selected offers the message to honor the many wonderful friends in our community who have helped spread their excitement about the activities and workshops at Genesis art Lounge. I feel so grateful making this collage, so clear and ready to take on new challenges."

To find out how to make the New Year's Collage at Genesis art Lounge see:
http://www.genesiscards.com/whatsnew.html

Saturday September 6th ２００８– Saitama
It could have been the beautiful fresh woodsy room we were in above the Alishan Organic Restaurant, the proximity of a peaceful river, the free exchange between nine adults with little collage experience and two kids totally at home with these same art supplies.

My friendship with Maine native Jack Bayles, who with his Taiwanese wife Fay own Alishan and Tengu foods, started 21 years ago. I used to make bulk food orders for whole-food-loving students at The House Experiment, my learning center for the creative, culinary and healing arts. That was in the early 1990s and until two days ago I hadn’t seen Jack in all those years. Between the House Experiment years and starting Genesis art Lounge I took 15 years “off” to look for path in life. I thought for many years it was creative writing and journalism but I so wanted children and a lifestyle free of deadlines. Finding art was at first a great relaxation diversion but I didn’t think of it as a life path that would lead to producing the Genesis Cards for creative and intuitive exploration. So when Jack asked me to hold a Genesis workshop on Alishan Restaurant’s busiest day of the year – Market Day – I was more than happy to do so. With this Genesis Way workshop I feel those old and wonderful creative links have come full circle.

I discovered that people who are into whole grain living, into biodegradable products and saving the environment, into natural creative alternatives are often the kind of people ready to think outside the box when it comes to making art as well. These Genesis Way pictures made at the Market day workshop speak from heart and soul.

Usually at a Genesis creativity workshop, most first-timers can see subtle links between the Genesis Card they’ve selected and the collage they’re making. A Genesis card is turned over only after the art is completed.


Take a look at the similarities between art and the Genesis cards selected. Look at the color combinations, the placement of the components, the feeling and energy level of the Genesis Card compared to the artwork made. It’s by looking and comparing that impressions surface that can be translated into words, into thoughts and finally into action.

Collage by KEF founding director Harumi Torii
on her recent visit to Genesis art Lounge

The paintings of a child can be so deeply expressive, with no barriers between heart, soul and the reality as they see it. When children are joyous they paint joy. When they are tormented they show it. There is an organization here in Tokyo Kids Earth Fund (KEF) that has come up with a very inspirational unique way to bear witness to the pain and suffering of children around the globe and raise money to bring volunteers, medical experts, and teachers to these childrens' hard-hit communities.


KEF founder Harumi Torii's work takes her to Russia, Rwanda, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and many parts of Japan. On the surface of things, it looks like she is bringing art supplies into suffering childrens' lives and offering brief, intense painting sessions with kids who don't normally have access to even the simplest art supplies. But something much deeper is going on here. Torii and the staff at KEF are playing roles that go beyond creative emissaries: they are seeking out children who need comforting and opening themselves to offer that comfort.


They do this in a number of ways: through smiles and hugs and playing with art supplies, by exhibiting this children's art, by arranging art exchanges between children of differing countries, by having children talk about their art in the communities they live in. Because the work that KEF does revolves around drawing and painting with bright colors and big sheets of paper, the art has a visual power and appeal that is hard to resist. Children need no instruction to make bold colorful works of art. KEF encourages children to go into a place of sadness, to get in touch with hidden inner reality, to give those feelings a name, to talk about their lives now, and, in so doing, to release these feelings.


KEF art has moved tens of thousands of people. The childrens' art has been exhibited in major venues, including the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and recently opened Tokyo Midtown. The KEF exhibits, which began in schools, in churches, anywhere that volunteers were ready to organize, have grown into a sophisticated worldwide movement run by 5 paid staff, scores of volunteers, corporate donations, individual memberships in KEF and the fundraising KEF does by selling prints and original art made by the KEF family of children. The proceeds then get funneled back into the communities from which the art came to fund KEF-run orphanages, educational institutions and clinics. You'll be hearing more about KEF in my blog as Genesis art Lounge looks forward to becoming more involved in Kids Earth Fund activities.


Please take a look at the KEF website (kidsearthfund.org) and please join me in getting inspired by taking action!