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Your Treasure Map

by Heather Goldsmith on January 10th, 2008

Some time ago now I worked through the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. One of the many exercises included collaging your goals, hopes and dreams. I found this an excellent exercise for writers and adapted it to work many different themes for workshops I held while part of a writing centre here in Perth.

Today someone from a forum I’m in was kind enough to share an article, Creating a Treasure Map, which is very like the exercise by Julia Cameron. Actually, I found the descriptions in this article more thorough. I hope you use this one for ideas if you’re still thinking about writing your goals for 2008.

Heather

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  • Eileen
    Apr 4, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    I did something similar to this in a workshop once and, believe me, it was extremely powerful. For a treasure map, you picture your desired reality.

    The exercise we did was to create a diorama illustrating our current reality and our desired reality.

    My diorama had me in a bird cage stuck in the sand on a beautiful beach with the keys to the cage just beyond my reach.

    I was stuck and, though I didn’t know what new reality I wanted yet (except a less stressful one and a more serene one - the beach), this exercise made it abundantly clear to me that I needed to break out of my cage.

    Shortly thereafter I left my lucrative career in finance and and became a “starving artist” :-)

    Eleven years later, I truly feel like a bird who has been set free.

    I hope I haven’t rambled on too long, but this really struck a chord with me.

    Thank you Heather!

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  • Heather Goldsmith
    Apr 5, 2008 at 7:37 am

    Hi Eileen,
    Don’t worry about rambling on. I love to read what you have to say about any positive journal writing experience or exercise. From my own personal experience I know this kind of exercise is very exciting because of all you learn about yourself by doing it. It looks like this exercise was a very fruitful one for you. Thanks so much for sharing with my readers. ;-)

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