17. Big Three
Happy New Year, Collage Club members!
It is January 1st and we are starting off the year with our seventeenth Collage Club prompt, which we hope will stir some introspection!
Big Three.
This wonderful idea comes to us from Collage Club co-founder Eleanor Cummins:
In astrology, your "big three" refers to your sun sign (representing your ego), your moon sign (representing your emotional body), and your rising sign (representing the mask you present to your world). I, for one, am a Cancer sun, Virgo moon, and Gemini rising. But these days, "big three" can mean so much more.
Recently, a few friends and I gathered at a diner to celebrate Luke's Dark Day — a reference Luke from Gilmore Girls, who disappears every year on Nov. 30. We talked about our Gilmore Girls "big three": in other words, the characters on the show who represent our ego, emotional body, and the mask we present to the world.
My results were inconclusive (there was a lively debate about whether I can claim any Lorelai energy). But this model can be applied to almost any category of thing, from pop culture to the animal kingdom. I know my SATC big three like the back of my hand (Carrie sun, Miranda rising, Magda moon) and I keep my deep sea big three (jewel squid sun, glass sponge rising, nautilus moon) in my notes app for quick recall.
As we dive into 2025, I'd like for us all to collage on the theme of "big three." Whatever source material you draw from, find a way to express the many parts that make you who you are.
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Now, dear reader, YOUR TASK IS SIMPLE: Run with this inspiration and collage something — anything! — by the end of the month.
Then, share a photo of the results with me, Hannah, at a.hannah.seo@gmail.com and I’ll circulate it in next month’s newsletter for all to see.
If you’re so inclined, 🚨 please submit ideas for prompts HERE 🚨. Do you have intentions or goals for the new year?? Tell us so we can all collage them! We’ll pick one idea at random each month, in the hopes every club member’s ideas are represented. We would love nothing more than to collage to your creative vision, please send us ideas!!!
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