I originally created this workshop in 2005 for a wonderful art group in Gainesville, Florida. I thought pirates would be a fun topic to explore for Floridians, and I’ve been hooked ever since!
What is a pirate Journal? It’s a life preserver, actually. As a tool for self-expression, it can take us into the uncharted worlds of the previously unexplored wild sea within. In the pages of a captain’s log or pirate’s journal, we can say and do and make anything from the perspective of an alter ego - the archetype of the pirate; a rogue, a fiend, a thief, a murderer and plunderer who doesn’t take your shit, steals treasure, and sails off into the horizon towards a life of adventure, theirs for the taking.
Fellow Pirate‘s and renegades, thar be treasure in these here uncharted waters. So if ye be ready to experience a meaningful encounter with the self, then come with me! Hoist the Pirate colours, and batten down the hatches mates, ‘cause we’re going out to sea...deep into the center of our being for treasure beyond our imagination: that’s right - gold, jewels, and the occasional artifact of our existence. I’ll watch out for you as we travel through various journal writing assignments combined with art making exercises to dig deep to find ourselves and tell our unique story in the container of a mixed media book of self-exploration. In this creative and expressive excavation, we’ll journey to our rich interior and return to tell the tales of Ahoy! We’ve Found her in all this mess, this churning sea of life, this buried soul in the Bermuda triangle, this unentered darkness of scattered bones and blood: this is where our real life wants to be resurrected and dug up. Not perfected, controlled, or prettified for some imagined audience that ain’t us or who we want to be, but raw, honest, gut-wrenching, pure and powerful- as is- without the need for embellishment or damn critic. Welcome, treasure hunters, this mysterious, cavernous, underworld is my domain: I work and create in these dark waters and treacherous reefs so frightening and yet so hauntingly beautiful. And as the Captain, I know where the hidden map is where X marks the spot. Deep within. Isn’t time to uncover your true being?
Permission to come aboard, I know you‘re ready for this journey into the unknown!
You will need: A Pirate’s Code Visual Journal (or two or three!).
25.00 includes shipping. Color cover, black and white pages.
Please email Captain Juliana Coles with any questions at meandpete08@gmail.com
I originally created this workshop in 2005 for a wonderful art group in Gainesville, Florida. I thought pirates would be a fun topic to explore for Floridians, and I’ve been hooked ever since!
What is a pirate Journal? It’s a life preserver, actually. As a tool for self-expression, it can take us into the uncharted worlds of the previously unexplored wild sea within. In the pages of a captain’s log or pirate’s journal, we can say and do and make anything from the perspective of an alter ego - the archetype of the pirate; a rogue, a fiend, a thief, a murderer and plunderer who doesn’t take your shit, steals treasure, and sails off into the horizon towards a life of adventure, theirs for the taking.
Fellow Pirate‘s and renegades, thar be treasure in these here uncharted waters. So if ye be ready to experience a meaningful encounter with the self, then come with me! Hoist the Pirate colours, and batten down the hatches mates, ‘cause we’re going out to sea...deep into the center of our being for treasure beyond our imagination: that’s right - gold, jewels, and the occasional artifact of our existence. I’ll watch out for you as we travel through various journal writing assignments combined with art making exercises to dig deep to find ourselves and tell our unique story in the container of a mixed media book of self-exploration. In this creative and expressive excavation, we’ll journey to our rich interior and return to tell the tales of Ahoy! We’ve Found her in all this mess, this churning sea of life, this buried soul in the Bermuda triangle, this unentered darkness of scattered bones and blood: this is where our real life wants to be resurrected and dug up. Not perfected, controlled, or prettified for some imagined audience that ain’t us or who we want to be, but raw, honest, gut-wrenching, pure and powerful- as is- without the need for embellishment or damn critic. Welcome, treasure hunters, this mysterious, cavernous, underworld is my domain: I work and create in these dark waters and treacherous reefs so frightening and yet so hauntingly beautiful. And as the Captain, I know where the hidden map is where X marks the spot. Deep within. Isn’t time to uncover your true being?
Permission to come aboard, I know you‘re ready for this journey into the unknown!
You will need: A Pirate’s Code Visual Journal (or two or three!).
25.00 includes shipping. Color cover, black and white pages.
Please email Captain Juliana Coles with any questions at meandpete08@gmail.com
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