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MARI: Mandala Assessment Research Instrument

Peek into your psyche through MARI, a Jungian-based, multi-level color and pattern system initially developed by art therapist Joan Kellogg.

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Making Collage Mandalas

Discover the wisdom of your unconscious mind. In a 2–2.5 hour session, you’ll create a personal mandala from curated images—an intuitive process that reveals inner truths and continues to offer insight long after the session ends.

Formats

  • One-on-one sessions
  • Small group workshops (up to 6 people)
  • Classroom lessons (up to 20 people)

Settings

  • My SW Portland studio for workshops
  • Your location for workshops and classroom lessons (public, private, or commercial space)

Who It’s For

  • Teens through adults
  • People seeking clarity, healing, or reconnection with their whole self
  • Those integrating a psychedelic or spiritual journey
  • Individuals navigating transitions, grief, or stress

What To Expect

A Collage Mandala session is a guided creative process that invites your unconscious to speak through imagery. All supplies are provided.

We begin with a brief conversation and gentle stretch to help you settle in and leave the outside world behind. Using compass, pencil, and ruler as guides, you’ll balance gentle structure with free-form creativity. From there, you’ll choose images from curated magazines within a set timeframe, allowing your unconscious to lead the way.

You’ll build your mandala in stages, following light structure while freely responding to the imagery. The session is held mostly in silence to maintain flow with your unconscious, with moments of reflection and guidance as needed.

When your piece feels complete, we’ll close with conversation and personal reflection. You’ll also be invited to note key insights on the back of your mandala, to revisit as your piece continues to reveal meaning over time.

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Two participants of mandala collage workshop
Mandala collage shared by a workshop participant.
Participant in mandala collage workshop.
Analog collage done by a workshop participant.
Mandala collage shared by its creator.
analog collage
Mandala collage shared by its creator.

Commissions

Details of 4 Wallhangings made of collaged fabrics

Textiles

I apply my lifelong skills with collage, surface design, and fabric to interior decor. My Travel Textiles series is focused on one-of-a-kind wall-hangings. Made from recycled fabrics, they are pieced into compositions based on Golden Means proportions. Each then evokes impressions of the art, culture, and architecture of the global places they reference.

Prior to this, I created repeat designs for commercial textile companies that produced them as woven yardages. For national interior design showrooms, I produced lines of hand-painted wall coverings.

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Saturn Portrait
2020. 18 x20"

Artworks

For avid patrons, creative professionals, and institutions, I create 2D artworks. During my children’s decade in Waldorf schools, I facilitated myriad fine art and design projects. These ranged from classroom artworks for benefit auctions, to backdrops for plays and festivals.

Since then, I selectively apply my talent towards creating mandalas for both clients’ personal and commercial use.

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Testimonials

"I was struck by how much resonated from this MARI experience. There's comfort when such results confirm internal dialogues and observed life themes and then offer helpful suggestions for working with them."
Maya AInterior Designer, Yoga Teacher
"Doing the MARI with MJ was a pleasantly positive learning experience. It felt very accurate to the alignment of my life. Truly magical."
Michael LContractor, Drummer
"MARI was new to me...I found myself very curious about the process. It was fascinating when MJ shared with me insights around what I had drawn. I felt like I learned valuable aspects about myself, especially on the unconscious level. I appreciated the space she held, allowing me to feel relaxed and open."
J.A.S. Somatic Art Teacher, Mixed Media Artist
"The MARI exploration started out as an adventure, a fun event. Later I was surprised at the in-depth review which included valuable pointers. Encouraging, positive findings made me want to make a "to do" list. I looked at old wounds control issues, and sources of anxiety."
Jannebeth RArtist, Advocate

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