On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, the wellness center at Stockton University offered a Soul Collage program. Every Wednesday this program is offered to all students. It is held in the Wellness Center conference room. The first meeting of the year was on September 16, and three students were present. The event started at 5:00 and lasted until about 6:20.

Once students arrived they were given a cardboard rectangular board. The board was about four by eight inches. Magazines and catalogs were scattered on the table, along with scissors and glue. All participants were encouraged to cut pieces of the magazines to create a collage. The project could have a theme, or not. By pulling different images, participants could spark their imagination and creativity. There was a wide variety of images available. Some included animals, celebrities, nature images, word art, and children. Once a participant selected her background piece of magazine paper, she could begin working on the other objects in the design. After nearly an hour of work, participants are given a time to clean up and refocus. Students are given a plastic sleeve to put their projects into. This makes the imperfections harder to see and also makes them easy to display. As a group each person shares her card and explains the cards significance to them. When it is a person’s turn he speaks as though he is the card. He may say the card is sad or happy or neutral. Each person can interoperate a card differently, making the reflection unique for each person. The purpose of the activity is to engage both sides of the brain in a therapeutic activity. Most of the students participating do not enjoy the explanation for their card as much as making the card. I really enjoyed this activity and cannot figure out why more students do not participate in it.