Open Palm Changed the Voices

By Carol Woolum Roberts

This week I received an Isolation Journals prompt in my inbox from Suleika Jaouad, and decided to give it a try.

It was just what this "voices in her head" creator needed to get back on track. To quiet the negative voices.  The Censor.  The Resistance.

And put some truth into my head about my creative endeavors and what voices I should be listening to in my head.

Prompt 236. The Open Palm by Suleika Jaouad

Your prompt for the week:

1. Close your eyes, and slowly trace the outline of your non-dominant hand on a blank page. Take your time. Pay attention to the physical sensations. The sound of pen on page. The feel of paper against palm, pen between fingers. Surrender any illusions of control. Any attempt at getting it “right” or “perfect.”
2. Write a creative intention inside your palm. Around it, begin writing things that will invite you back to your practice—encouraging words, activities that inspire you, different ways of approaching your intention, small steps to get you closer to your goal.
3. Outside the hand: Allow yourself to daydream about what lies ahead. Write about where your intention could bring you. What it could help you discover. Record any new revelations and realizations, dreams or ideas that you want to carry forward.
4. Reflect on what happened in your mind and in your body at each step of the process, and how that awareness can guide your creative path.

Here is my Open Palm.  I traced my palm, I wrote my creative intention "Pamper My Creative Child", and then let loose on what I was thinking about how to get the right voices in my head, the right thoughts, the right attitude.

Here are my reflections.

Grab some paper, a pen, and start tracing your palm and see where this prompt takes you!

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I encourage you to try this prompt, and share your reflections on the Open Palm.

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