May is for Imagination
Posted by Rev Lucy
Posted on May 2, 2025
Our May Soul Matters theme is Imagination. Here is one of the activities we will be doing in our small groups. Why don’t you try it?
More ideas to explore the theme are in the packet attached below. Have a great month.
Activity : Your Five Imagined Lives
This one comes from Julia Cameron’s classic book on imagination and creativity called “The Artist’s Way.” Here’s her instructions:
“If you had five other lives to lead, what would you do in each of them? I would be a pilot, a cowhand, a physicist, a psychic, a monk. You might be a scuba diver, a cop, a writer of children’s books, a football player, a belly dancer, a painter, a performance artist, a history teacher, a healer, a coach, a scientist, a doctor, a Peace Corps worker, a psychologist, a fisherman, a minister, an auto mechanic, a carpenter, a sculptor, a lawyer, a painter, a computer hacker, a soap-opera star, a country singer, a rock-and-roll drummer. Whatever occurs to you, jot them down.”
Then:
- Look over your list and select one (or more) of the lives.
- Reflect on where your attraction to each imagined life comes from.
- What piece of history, inner hunger or unmet need gives rise to it.
- Is there some way that life is a part of you now?
- Is there some way in which you would like them to become real?”
