Unraveling Braids. Metaphorical Postcards for Wild and Domestic Women

The set contains 20 paintings and 20 fairy tales. All of them are created with love for the feminine nature and invite you to embark on a symbolic journey through the inner world and get to know yourself better. The metaphorical postcards "Unraveling Braids" are suitable for both independent and professional work with any women's inquiries. They integrate well with elements of fairy tale therapy and art therapy. This metaphorical set will also make a wonderful gift for every woman.
You can use the postcards:

— as a space for resources and inspiration – to read, contemplate, carry with you;

— in the process of self-discovery – to observe through images and fairy tales your states, emotions, actions, to explore what resonates strongest in the postcards, to choose a supportive "postcard of the day";

— in a women's circle, at creative meetings, bachelorette parties – as a space for dialogue and self-presentation, as a gift, as a point of beginning and ending the meeting;

— in psychological practice – as a metaphor for state and event, as a symbolic space for working with inquiries.

Turning to fairy tales while working with postcards allows you to touch your feelings in the space of fairy tale metaphor, to be in contact with yourself here and now, to create images of your inner pictures, to expand the boundaries of perception and vision of the situation, to work with enhancing imagination, with life scenarios, with the plot dynamics of the situation and the client's inquiry.

Turning to feminine images presented in the paintings will help to manifest your emotions and sensations, to enter into a dialogue with your desires and needs, assist in working with identity and strengthening the self-image, allow you to get acquainted with the different facets of your roles and subpersonalities, and help you tap into the resource and healing power of feminine nature.

The postcards invite women to explore the vastness and beauty of feminine nature.

They are suitable for both individual and group use.

When you hold a postcard, you may address only the image on the painting or only the fairy tale, or the entire story. In interaction, the following questions will help you:

— What does this fairy tale mean to you?

— What is happening in this story?

— What kind of woman do you see before you?

— What is she like? What is she doing? What does she want?

— What is happening to her right now?

— How is the heroine similar to you?

— What is special about this woman in your view?

— What special thing hidden within you can this Woman tell?

— What place in the fairy tale seems especially mysterious, interesting?

— What phrase particularly resonates with you? In what way?

 — What captivates you in the painting?

— What attracts you in the patterns?

— What do they invite you to think about? What to feel?

— If you found yourself in this painting, who would you become?

— What happened in the story before this plot? And what will happen after?

— What message do the lines and patterns of this story hold? What important things do they tell? How do they nourish the feminine soul?

— What power, spark, wisdom, love, value can you take for yourself?

The stories that unfold in the postcards carry love for every woman.

Contents:

— 20 double-sided cards: on one side - a painting, on the other - a fairy tale (92 x 134 mm; single-sided lamination)

— a cover with a brief instruction (double-sided lamination)

Artist: Oksana Dernova