When Your Hands Know Before You Do: Making SoulCollage® Cards Intuitively

There is a very specific moment in SoulCollage® card-making when your brain says,

“Why am I cutting this out?”

And your hands say,“Shhh. We’ve got this.”

That moment?That’s the whole practice.

Making SoulCollage® cards isn’t about planning or storytelling or artistic skill.

It’s about letting your intuition drive the scissors — and trusting that whatever shows up knows why it’s here, even if you don’t. Yet.

You’re Not “Choosing” Images — You’re Responding to Them

When you’re flipping through magazines, something pings.

Your body leans in. Your breath changes. Your hand pauses.

That’s not random.

That’s your inner wisdom recognizing itself in an image before your conscious mind has time to interfere with helpful thoughts like:

• “This doesn’t make sense”

• “I already have a card like this”

• “What if this means something weird?”

Intuitive choosing isn’t about preference.It’s about resonance.

An image doesn’t need to be pretty or logical — it just needs to pull. And that pull is often toward something that’s been quietly waiting to be acknowledged.

Your Subconscious Has Excellent Taste

Here’s the wild part: when you choose images intuitively, you’re bypassing the part of your mind that curates, edits, and explains — and tapping into the part that stores memory, emotion, and meaning.

The subconscious speaks in symbols, not sentences.

So when you’re drawn to:

• a certain color

• a posture

• an animal

• a landscape

• a facial expression

…it’s not literal. It’s symbolic. It’s communicating in its native language.

You’re not making a collage about something.You’re making a collage from something.

Meaning Is Not Assigned — It Emerges

One of the most freeing (and frustrating) truths about SoulCollage® is this:

You don’t need to know what the card means while you’re making it.

In fact, knowing too soon can shut the process down.

The card’s meaning unfolds through:

• living with it

• dialoguing with it

• noticing when it shows up again in your life

• hearing it speak in its own voice

That’s why a card made years ago can suddenly say something entirely new.

The image didn’t change — you did.

The Card Knows What It’s Holding

Often, when you look back at a finished card, you’ll notice things you didn’t consciously choose:

• a theme that runs through all the images

• a mood you didn’t name

• a truth you weren’t ready to say

That’s not coincidence. That’s coherence.

Your intuitive self assembled the pieces into a whole that your logical self is only now catching up with.

SoulCollage® doesn’t expose you — it reveals you to yourself, at the pace you can handle.

There Is No Such Thing as a “Wrong” Image

This part deserves repeating louder for the people in the back:

There. Is. No. Wrong. Image.

If you cut it out, it belongs.If it ended up on the card, it’s there for a reason.

If you don’t like it yet, even more interesting.

Resistance is often a clue, not a mistake.

Trust that your intuition is wiser than your inner critic — and far more compassionate.

Final Thought: Trust the Hands, Trust the Process

Making SoulCollage® cards intuitively is an act of deep listening.

You’re letting your hands speak for parts of you that don’t use words. You’re allowing something hidden, tender, or powerful to take shape without interrogation.

The meaning will come.The understanding will deepen.The card will keep revealing itself — and you — over time.

So the next time you sit down with scissors and a pile of images, remember:

You’re not making art.You’re making contact.

And that is more than enough.

With Love,

Maria