This program uses 2D visual language to make sense of how we stay engaged with our best Self, our communities, and the planet, especially in challenging times. Participants will go through a mini U-Process to 1) see and sense into their current context, 2) practice presencing—allowing inner knowing to emerge—and 3) crystalize a future wanting to emerge.

The primary mediums for this exploration will be drawing and collage. Participants will engage a system mapping tool to define their current state and then be led through “Visual Presencing”, a core social art, to evolve the map. This brings mindfulness into the mark-making process, and helps embody and externalize potential by accessing an intangible, but felt, field of possibility.

There will be ample space for reflection, so that each participant finds perspective through their own image. Each person will also identify specific ways to “stay with” their future as it unfolds. A dedicated online community space can support the journey throughout the duration of the program.