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Every life has a story and every story has a hero.
In your life, the hero is you. In this workshop I invite you to meet your heroic self, face-to-face.
"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
Learn to see your life as a record of what mythologist Joseph Campbell refers to as "the Hero's Journey." RiSK, STRUGGLE and TRANSFORMATION are what we have in common with the heroes of legend and myth. Using that as a framework, revisit the main events of your life and be surprised as new meanings emerge. Making a visual memoir of your personal milestones - strengths, victories and conflicts - empowers you to meet present-day challenges with confidence.
On this site you'll find information about the workshop, and some examples of work done by participants (their work is identified by name, the other work is mine). There is also contact information to learn more about how to arrange a Hero's Journey Art Workshop. No previous art or writing experience is required to take part. Click through the pages and learn more about the hero's journey as a way to understand our past and enliven our present.
"Mapping my struggle and transformation of the past 35 years sparked a winner's high. I look at the challenges I face now and hear myself say 'I can do this! Bring it on.'" Carol Brennan, author, New York (http://carolbrennan.net/)
"Oralee Wachter is a dynamic artist, rambunctious humanist, thoughtful teacher -- and wonderful friend.
This workshop would be a great way to accelerate your journey through 2012 as your own hero."
Flash Rosenberg
Artist-in-Residence for LIVE from the New York Public Library
2011 Guggenheim Fellow in the Creative Arts for Film/Video
"Despite 20 years of therapy, today's work provided me insights and information that shed a new perspective on this time in my life." Carol Labarbera, artist and therapist
In your life, the hero is you. In this workshop I invite you to meet your heroic self, face-to-face.
"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
Learn to see your life as a record of what mythologist Joseph Campbell refers to as "the Hero's Journey." RiSK, STRUGGLE and TRANSFORMATION are what we have in common with the heroes of legend and myth. Using that as a framework, revisit the main events of your life and be surprised as new meanings emerge. Making a visual memoir of your personal milestones - strengths, victories and conflicts - empowers you to meet present-day challenges with confidence.
On this site you'll find information about the workshop, and some examples of work done by participants (their work is identified by name, the other work is mine). There is also contact information to learn more about how to arrange a Hero's Journey Art Workshop. No previous art or writing experience is required to take part. Click through the pages and learn more about the hero's journey as a way to understand our past and enliven our present.
"Mapping my struggle and transformation of the past 35 years sparked a winner's high. I look at the challenges I face now and hear myself say 'I can do this! Bring it on.'" Carol Brennan, author, New York (http://carolbrennan.net/)
"Oralee Wachter is a dynamic artist, rambunctious humanist, thoughtful teacher -- and wonderful friend.
This workshop would be a great way to accelerate your journey through 2012 as your own hero."
Flash Rosenberg
Artist-in-Residence for LIVE from the New York Public Library
2011 Guggenheim Fellow in the Creative Arts for Film/Video
"Despite 20 years of therapy, today's work provided me insights and information that shed a new perspective on this time in my life." Carol Labarbera, artist and therapist