Image Collages Exercise

Building ‘mood boards’ of who you are

For this first exercise, please assemble four collages of any images you choose that reflect who you are and what you are all about.

To build these collages gather up a handful of representative pictures for each of the four categories below. Ideally, no less than a dozen per category. The more you compile, the more I can detect developing patterns. The exercise is done in pictures to access pre-verbal self-knowledge.

While I prefer you not use the same example in multiple collages, it is fair game to put examples in the ‘wrong’ collage. You can put a person in the icons, or a person in the brands, if you are making the distinction that you admire, say, an athlete’s brand more than their personal character for these purposes. In digital formats feel free to add other media such as video, audio, gifs, links to other content — whatever the platform will permit.

This exercise is generally done by pinning pictures in private Pinterest boards.**  If Pinterest works for you, set up the four boards with your initials first then the name of the board —XYZ Inspiring Icons— so they stay together as a set and don’t get mixed up with any other boards.

Then in Board Options (accessible through the … menu at the end of the board name) toggle on "Keep this board secret.” 

Whenever you are ready — you don’t need to be done, just whenever you are comfortable with me taking a peek — share the boards with me at Fairfax Image with Mila

**While Pinterest is often the most commonly used format, this exercise can also be done in some alternate digital mood board formats, like Evernote; a slideshow format or a document format, like in Google; even a physical poster board collage using magazine clippings. Please feel free to talk with me about the format that will work best for your preferences.