We can use visual images and artifacts as a means for deepening our experience of life. Collecting and compiling them can be a compelling way to savor the moments of our lives, to "note" something quickly that we want to return to more extensively later, to serve as fodder for further image-making. We can also use them to heal and to write, especially when we regard them as meaning-making devices.

Following is a short list (out of infinite possibilities) of ways you can begin to capture moments via objects or images - until such time as you are ready for deeper, more prolonged reflection upon an experience.

• Paste a photo of a special landscape into your journal.
• Include a seedpod or leaf, flower, twig, feather from a hike. 
• Items too fat or large for a journal page can be placed on an altar or special shelf, and photographed there. Add the photo of the item to your journal.
• Sketch, paint, or collage something you see.
• Draw an outline or edge of an item from nature, or pencil in a ridgeline you walked.
• Make a list of the key events or people from a journey.
• Note the places you have visited during the summer.
• Write one word that captures the feeling content of a difficult situation in your week. (Doing so over time can help you chart the ebb and flow of your emotional waters.)
• Write a few phrases about what you want to accomplish, experience, feel, or enjoy this summer. 
• Use the prompts here to create your own list.

Remember, these can be used later to jog your memory or as reference for deeper exploration. So these need only contain broad strokes of the moment. 

Please consider how TEALarbor stories can support you as you move forward with your writing projects, as you traverse a life transition, or as you face a difficult situation of conflict; I welcome your inquiry via email.