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Lecture
Scribbles, as graphic expressions of primordial energies, fulfil essential functions in the development of the human psyche. They help us release and organise sensations that are difficult to visualise because they arise from non-visual senses, such as kinaesthesia (the sense of movement) and coenaesthesia (the sense of the internal state of the body).
Many scribbling forms and methods are shared across cultures. This suggests that these marks are rooted in a universal language. Its essential quality is the strength and energy of childhood, enabling us to recover information about our inner world that other methods of self-knowledge may struggle to reveal.
Seminar
During the seminar we scribble, retracing the earliest stages of childhood while seeking to sense the journey of human beings through their evolution, returning through the senses to the origins of mark-making. We find ourselves facing sheets filled with apparently incomprehensible marks: scribbles.
In a second stage, we study the language of marks and their characteristics, discussing every stage of the exploration in depth. Step by step, this work helps us discover the many meanings of a mark, knowledge that you will then apply to interpreting your own work. You may be surprised by how much information can emerge from this primordial chaos.
Seminar Topics
Who Is It For?
For anyone who wishes to discover the language of their own marks. Maximum number of participants: 12.
Duration
The seminar lasts a total of 16 hours over Saturday and Sunday, plus a two-hour lecture on Friday evening.
Fee
The fee for each seminar is agreed with those interested in taking part.
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Lecture preview
The Hidden Language
Simple, elementary shapes drawn seemingly at random, generally called scribbles, can actually contain a great deal of information about the person who made them.
People usually turn to manuals that assign fixed meanings to such marks. In our approach, although we recognise the value of existing research, we rely above all on the subjectivity of the person who created them.
This non-invasive way of exploring personal meanings is found in all our seminars, for a simple but important reason: the danger of adopting other people’s meanings and experiences as if they were our own.
The ability to read these marks must certainly be developed; it is not innate. Yet self-interpretation seems to us the most valid and appropriate approach. We also believe it is consistent with our nonviolent teaching method.
Most of the meanings expressed through scribbles remain hidden within the person who makes them. Only that person, through attentive connection and observation, can recover the full range of information. The drawing itself is merely the tip of the iceberg; its foundation lies in the creator’s consciousness.