Basics about MFC- MFRIS
Method of Fractal Drawing
What method do we practice?
The official and complete name of the method is
“Fractal method of analytical diagnostics, prognosis and correction of the human condition”
clinical psychologist Tanzilija Zakirovna Polujahtova
This method was established in the early nineties by the clinical psychologist Tanzilija Zakirovna Polujahtova presently living in Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk region in Russia) and her collaborators. This method is based as well, on the work and scientific studies of scientists, such as Max Lüscher, Benoit Mandelbrot, Donald Hebb, L.Vygotsky, let us say only the most important ones.
Method is unique and represents a specific combination of art and science that pervades in diagnostics, prognosis and corrective technique. It can be considered as a personal therapy and personal development in a form of different drawing rules. Term Fractal is usually connected with mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, explaining in mathematics a physical phenomenon of “the art of roughness” and “uncontrolled element in life”. He develops a mathematical formulas and systems that enable finding certain self-similarity in the roughness of nature. This term is used in the nomination of our method in order to show that one person’s drawing, when done in the assigned manner, is a presentation of the person in that moment, as well as developmental potentials within. One small piece of a person expression through drawing, practically is an unconscious presentation of itself. And it is unconscious, uncontrolled – because it is done with eyes closed. By practicing and learning the method, within different types of work, one can make new and improve existing potentials in personal development, starting from the early childhood up to the old age.
It is based upon neurological and physiological response of a healthy individual and furthermore the given possibilities that are coming from information obtained and acknowledged from personal resources. This information person will receive with help of the therapist and will be led to a process without any traumatic experience. By drawing with our eyes closed, we eliminate part of our perception, because with our perception of the world in general, we are making our knowledge and accordingly our reaction to it. Our reaction varies from our emotions, decisions, actions and perceived information will determine what and how we will construct our path in our life. First, we must know that everything we see do not come with instructions. We delegate our previous qualities that we gained in life with surrounding circumstances. Then we make conclusions and act accordingly. When we draw with eyes closed, we eliminate that knowledge and we are forced to look more in to deeper instincts and feelings in our soul. We thus try to express what we “see” of our inner selves. Our brain is not used to working in absolutes – we are functioning in relations. This is why we are with eyes closed and we are drawing- thus we make relations to ourselves – our emotions, our wishes, our thoughts, without any possibility to relate to others but ourselves. Only 20% of what we see is throughout the eyes. Everything else comes from other parts of the brain (memory, knowledge, experience, emotions…) and our eyes deceive us. They are looking contextually for relations. We are seeing what is useful, not what is correct. Question is what is useful and what we “think” that is useful. As psychologist and neuroscientist Beau Lotto likes to say that we see: ”Behavioral value of the data, not the data”. So, all we see is what we used to see, what we learned as useful, what we received through our species, gender, tradition, genetics, education… All we see is within our context of memory-otherwise we will try to put ourselves in the situation to produce relation and to have experience that is personally useful. Or we think that is useful. New experience – seeing new data (knowledge) That is a kind of definition of the science itself, intention to play with new circumstances. Evolution is when that science becomes useful. Now with this method we will make our experience useful through new perception of the data we have as valid in our system. Old data –seeing new experience (progress and evolution) This we do with using line and colour. LINE for making new neural paths and connections, instructing our brain to see another type of energy in the known type of line. And with COLOUR making new impact within a certain familiar or sensory quality, that we already have adjoined to that particular colour. To have knowledge that we do not use is not a wise way to travel in life. Here, with a non-aggressive and friendly attitude we transform knowledge we have to our operational skill and personal growth.
The fractal method of diagnosing the psychological health of a person refers to the field of medicine, psychology, pedagogy and can be used to diagnose the psycho-physiological health of a person. It can be useful and interesting for pedagogues, psychologists, medical professionals and everyone who works with children and adults, artists and creators. It is also interesting to a wide range of readers who want to embark on the path of self-discovery and self-development, who want to independently solve some of life`s issues or educate themselves to help others. It can be practiced within different age groups, with seniors and children, like personal therapy in any age of life or as a part of business environment improvement. There are programs and education throughout the School of Fractal Drawing and you can enroll in it online. Here is a short recapitulation of the educational plan. After each of the certified levels you have approval to do a certain scope of work with other people. The lowest is a certificate of III degree and the top is an I degree certificate.
Even the clock looked by the side, shows no time, M.Duchamp.
Here we are learning to see clock from all sides possible, because each and every cell that we have is designed for a certain purpose and role it has to perform. Some of them just didn’t receive their homework and are still in “fabric adjustment”. Be curious, take a peek in to your wishes and possibilities, overcome your fears and try something new. It is easy when you take some time for yourself, because if you are not good for yourself how can you be good for others. This is the first and only time you will learn something about yourself with eyes closed. This is probably the first time you can easily transform to your desired qualities. You only need time, each and every day. Like a good sportsman. Like a devoted one. Once you master the skill, it will be a life long companion in times of need. Time will not be coin we will gain, it will be energy that we have and possess. Here we are drawing cardiogram of the soul that is written in secluded part of unconscious. From each picture, drawing and sketch we have we’ll make best possible for us. We are drawing with eyes closed. We’ll not look for bad things and remember our old wounds. All we know we are. Let us make that knowledge work in our favour and make it with joy and ease. By drawing.