Resource Box
I invented my Resource Box in 2020 for those who tired, for those who are overwhelmed by books, courses, knowledge, rational thinking, social media, the habit of saving everything useful in bookmarks, buying lectures and webinars — and yet do not rely on their body, on play and on joy in everyday life. It’s a vicious circle when you’re overwhelmed.
I invented it exactly for switching from the intellectual to the sensual. Like a little magical helper. A silent one.
Completely offline and engaging your bodily sensations to the full: touch, look, hold, feel. It consists of phototherapy cards that daily, little by little, help you to unload and nourish yourself through feelings and images.
It massages and energises all sensory systems.
And it’s enough to just take it.
Unlike courses and books, these cards are made specifically for working with the low-resource state of mind, when a person is already exhausted.
The cards are carefully designed to make working with them easy and restorative. You don’t need to decide or achieve — all you have to do is to pick one card for today. Any card.
It’s a little art practice intended for the simple conditions of daily life, with no complexities or inaccessible introductions. No 'meditate in the sunset rays on Mount Fuji': it can be done right here and now, in the midst of the usual activities.
Like opening a window into your garden and get some fresh air.
There are twelve cards in the set — two for each sense organ (visual, tactile, olfactory, auditory, gustatory and mental)
One card tells you how to help yourself when this channel of perception is overloaded. The other tells you what “vitamins” help you to nourish it when it is depleted. Overload and exhaustion often come in bunches.
On the front of each card is a resourceful nurturing photo. It activates the imagination: on particularly stressful days, you just have to look at it. On the back are simple guidelines and supportive practices written in simple figurative language. You can do the one that catches your eye today and it’s enough to make you feel better.
It contains my years of experience in restoring sensitivity from complex post-traumatic stress disorder: as a trauma survivor, I gathered knowledge from books, seminars and over 500 hours of personal therapy to help myself, so now I just want to make the world a little more calm place.
And as an artist, I know how to make this work.
The Resource Box kit includes:
- 12 cards, 2 for each of the senses — visual, mental, auditory, tactile, olfactory and gustatory
- handy box
- card holder
- instructions, safety instructions and the author’s letter of technique.
The cards are made of plastic and are not afraid of interaction — you can take them in your bag or pocket, hold them in your hands and feel their weight. Careful: they are not designed to come into contact with water. The size of each card is 14.5 cm by 14.5 cm.