Time to be
heard.

Collage begins with permission: permission to choose what catches the eye, to place unlike things beside one another, and to leave some space empty. A piece of paper, a small flower, a stamp, an elephant family—each can carry a feeling without needing a full explanation.

For this art-therapy-informed activity, I followed the words that appeared first: Time To Be Heard. From there came color, tenderness, animals, and lines of movement. The making was less about decoding a message than allowing a felt sense to take up space on the page.

Collage can be especially welcoming when words are not ready. We can tear, layer, cover, move, and begin again. What matters is the encounter with the materials and the moment of recognition when an image feels true enough to keep.

Sometimes the most helpful question is simply: What wants to be included today?