Hub for Personal Mapping: A Mini Journey

Six short lessons to develop your map-making language

This is a Kumapelo Cabinet Resource in the Map Room

Cabinet resources are where the deeper work lives, accessible to paid subscribers only. These pieces are organised for return visits and slower attention, away from the noise of the world outside. You don’t need to read or use everything at once; or even feel rushed to make anything. Take what you need to today, leave the rest, and come back when you’re curious and ready for more.

This mini journey is an invitation to develop your own map-making language, one step at a time.

We begin with lived experience and let the maps grow from there. We don’t need to worry about technique or finished outcomes. We just start.

Over six short lessons, you’ll move gradually from choosing a single experience, through gathering memories and details, into discovering the images, shapes, colours, and words that feel right for you. Each step builds on the last, allowing a personal way of mapping to emerge without rushing clarity or forcing it into a fini…