In pairs, each partner relates a personal story related to the topic of the workshop. It should be something that made them think. Participants can feel safe in that fact that these stories will not be shared with anyone but their partner.
Partners can push the storyteller for more details if elements of the story are unclear.
Once each partner as completed their story, the whole group reconvenes and a list of words, ideas, or concepts which the stories suggested is compiled. One participant told a story in which another person exercised power over him by not participating in a cooperative enterprise. One participant acts as the sculptor, working silently to position the other group members in relation to one another. The main goal is to represent gut responses or feelings related to the concepts being imaged, and not rely on verbal or analytical responses. After each concept is sculpted, one image is selected by the whole group for processing.