BREAK THE FRAME: REBUILDING REALITY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITING, AND ART

June 21
BREAK REALITY. BUILD YOUR OWN.

What if you could rewrite your story using art?

Most people use photography to document their life.
This class teaches you how to use it to change it.

When I felt low, I started taking self-portraits, not only to capture how I looked and document where I was at, but to shift how I felt. When my life felt stuck, I created images of the version of me that wasn’t.

Over time, those images didn’t just reflect change—they helped create it.

I came to believe that many possible realities existed within me—and that by giving one of them form, I could influence the path I was on. Creating these images often led to meaningful shifts, while also revealing deeper insights about myself. By capturing a moment and intentionally reshaping it, I found I could mold my reality into what I dreamed of. When I wanted to make the move from NYC to Chicago I had no money to do so. I wanted to tap into the 1920s energy of Chicago and help to create an image that would not only reformat my brain to believe I could do it but shift the current stagnant energy. Seven months later I not only had the funds to move but found the perfect 1920s hotel apartment right across from the beach.

When it came time to move from that hotel apartment I created a Rorschach-esque exercise with paint and ink. This not only gave me a place to write my goals without overthinking but became a tool in second sight through imagery. Once again, and this time within a month I had both the money and the perfect apartment in a neighborhood I adored. I’ve used this technique many times over the years to push my creativity to new levels, expand opportunities, and open my eyes to doorways I couldn’t even imagine existed.

This 4-week experimental class blends photography, art, cut-up techniques, guided meditations, personal observances, and energy transmutation/manipulation to help you build your own visual world. You’ll break apart images and language, rearrange meaning, and turn fragments into something entirely new, putting into motion an energetic shift to help you clarify direction and take action from a different mental and creative state.

IN THIS CLASS, YOU WILL:

• Cut and reconstruct images into unexpected forms

• Use randomness to unlock new creative directions

• Explore identity, alter egos, and self-mythology

• Create work that challenges your current narrative, breaks through mental blockages, and propels change.

• Build momentum through creative experimentation

• Hear from creatives who use these exercises in their own work

WHAT YOU’LL CREATE

By the end of 4 weeks, you’ll have:

• A finished conceptual photo series

• A written “personal mythology” piece

• A Rorschach-style art journal for flow + idea generation

• A repeatable creative process you can return to

• Practical tools to break creative blocks and stay focused

HOW IT WORKS

• 4 live classes (2–3 hours each)

• Demos, exercises, and real-time feedback

• Pre-class PDFs with prompts + homework

• Class recordings provided after each session

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• A camera (phone is perfect)

• A journal + pen

• Paper, paint, or basic art supplies

• Printed images (or digital alternatives)

• Editing apps or Photoshop

Optional: tape recorder, tarot/oracle cards

WEEKLY BREAKDOWN

WEEK 1: BREAKING REALITY (June 21)

• Photography as a constructed medium

• Cut-up techniques (image + text)

• Seeing beyond documentation

• Exercises to break creative patterns

• Intentional curation of online spaces

WEEK 2: FRAGMENTATION & CHANCE (June 28)

• Nonlinear storytelling

• Randomness as a tool

• Building personal mythology

• Future-self visualization

WEEK 3: IDENTITY & LAYERED REALITIES (July 5)

• Identity as image

• Layering techniques (analog + digital)

• Fragmented self-portrait

• Creating intentional visual language - alternate realities - focus on large goals

WEEK 4: CONSTRUCTING YOUR REALITY (July 12)

• Final project development

• Cohesion from chaos - Releasing the “How”

• Feedback + refinement

• Personal Visual Systems

• Presenting your work (optional)

WHO THIS IS FOR

• Artists, photographers, and creatives

• People feeling stuck or in transition

• Anyone curious about identity, storytelling, and visual experimentation

• People interested in the “Law of Assumption” technique

• This is NOT a class for technical photography or industry skills

No experience needed.

First payment billed today. Second payment will be invoiced June 5.

“There is man, and there is image; when man meets image, it’s a dangerous combination.”