la lleca colectiva in Mexico

Visual Storytelling program was conducted in collaboration with la lleca colectiva in Mexico City, and Sonia Mackwani, artist, educator, and healer. 

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Participants explored visual re-framing of personal stories through the use of variety of visual media. The following methods have been used during the processes: grounding exercises, meditations, creative writing, group sharing, individual sharing, and creative work with art supplies.

Participants expressed themselves in the form of art installations, a performance, videos, collages, written pieces and embroidery. 

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Themes explored during the workshops: grief, body, loss, violence, mental health, personal vs. public space, activism, safety, motherhood, body, physical and emotional boundaries. 

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"A story is not just a story. In its most innate and proper sense, it is someone's life. It is the numen of their life and their first-hand familiarity with the stories they carry that makes the story "medicine".  Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD