August 2019: The Places We Hold Dear
By Christina Wilke-Burbach PhD, RMT, CA
Mind, Soul, and Self LLC
mindsoulandself.com
Intro to 2019 Photo Blog: 2019 is a journey into the world of non-verbal healing and personal growth here at Mind, Soul, and Self LLC. I have come to understand, true ways to heal spiritually, psychologically and emotionally are non-verbal: through art, music, movement, meditative states, and bodywork/energy work. The language of the soul/psyche is symbols, images, colors, vibrations, sensations, and patterns; we communicate this non-verbally. I have been on an incredible personal growth journey of my own the past few years into the world of art. I have become very involved with John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC) in Sheboygan, WI. I am the chair of the JMKAC Indoor Gardens, a member of the Friends of the Arts Council, and a museum docent (teacher/tour guide). I try to take a new art class every month. I started joining my artist husband in his art studio to paint and experiment with making art. Coincidentally, my old office space was located in an art gallery and my current office space is in an entire building of art studios. My preferred social media has become Instagram. I try to post a new photograph every day. I have enjoyed experimenting with art and photography as ways to express myself. So I have decided to have a photo blog this year to complement this personal and professional journey that I am on. I just recently had a revelation regarding my photography and am working on a project I hope to release later this year.
August 2019 Photo Blog: AUTOFOCUS is the new exhibition that just opened in the Community Gallery at John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan (where I am a docent and a Master Gardener volunteer). AUTOFOCUS contemplates the places/spaces the Sheboygan community holds near and dear. The arts center asked community members to submit photos of places they hold dear in Sheboygan. These photos may be the same places featured on postcards that a visitor to Sheboygan would collect/send. The art center asked community members to submit their own ideas for Sheboygan postcards, thinking about the following idea: What image represents Sheboygan to you? Below are the 4 photos I submitted for the exhibition. As you can see, Lake Michigan is incredibly dear to my heart. I live about a mile away from the Lake. The Lake is both incredibly peaceful/calming and powerful/destructive at the same time. It fills me with feelings of awe and wonder. So this month I ask you to contemplate, what places are near and dear to your heart in the community in which you live? Why? Happy August! ~ Christina Wilke-Burbach PhD
