Iris Map – “Healing Imaginative Journey for Children”

©Ann Papoulis
©Ann Papoulis

Multi-sensoriel colorful imagination journeys

Challenge: Helping sick children in the hospital to have a positive state of mind and give them a boost of positive energy through a Healing Imaginative Journey using film and movement.

Seven playful films offer children ways to positively impact how they feel so as to ease their hospital care. They take them on 2-minute voyages into the colored spaces of their inner world. 

Iris Map – ‘Healing Imaginative Journey for Children’ features seven short films that form part of Illuminart’s contemplative content. These films enable children to change their energy during their stay in hospital, according to their emotional needs. From a menu of options, they are able to choose the type of energy they want to explore.

During the intervention, Ann has visited the children at the hospital and stimulated their imaginations and energies with seven films she created. After viewing the films, the children were asked to express their creativity through dancing and drawing. Ann’s seven films were integrated into iPads that the hospital provides to children when they need the switch their state of mind and stimulate their imaginations.

The Healing Journeys Ann created are a small part of something much larger: The Iris Map, a method Ann has developed through decades of work as a visual and performing artist and as an Imagination Activator for people in diverse fields, including for businesses and other organizations. The method enables agile exploration and navigation through the imagination.

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To know more about the artist “Ann Papoulis”

-For a feeling about how the Iris Map is used to enhance the imaginative range of individuals, you can view Ann’s film: Liberating Imaginative Energies

-To get a feeling for the concept behind Ann’s work, you can view this 8-minute film: dance of life

©Ann Papoulis

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