Notes & Musings from Jena

• This event will have a relatively shorter arting time (likely a half hour to an hour of actual art) but will still be satisfying to people at all levels of experience (they need only trace their hands and collage) and because it's short it leaves lots of room for chatting before during and after!
• I'd recommend you not tell them the phrases for the parts of the hands until they finish the collage so it's truly a surprise and they're not trying to make the collage match what they want the answer to be!  So you'd read step one and give them a time frame (15 or 20 minutes) and then provide the handout. Depending on whether your guests are experienced with working with symbols they may need some help with creating their sentences based on the images in their collage. You could ask someone with experience to share a couple examples or have everyone do what they can and then ask for the group to help. If the guests gathered know each other you might have them walk around and look at everyone's page and share what they see. Or if you want to keep the sharing shorter you could close the art part of the day by just going around the circle and have everyone share what feels most striking.
• Aesthetically speaking, I'm not sure that I like the sentence writing on the page. You might have your guests write the full sentences in the right palm print instead.
• If your guests are versed in astrology, you could having them create/adjust their  phrases. I based the hand map on what I know of the planets but someone who loves astrology might have a different sentence that resonates more!  You can see the planet symbols at the base of the fingers on the handout. Plus the thumb was designated as "will power" which I translated to I Make.
• Just like a book club, an art day is best with good snacks. You can expand on the theme with a wide variety of offerings. Maybe even including pickles and surprise additions. Use the food to continue the inquiry - what do their hands actually reach for?