The marble I use for this technique is a quartz crystal marble. It’s partly transparent and partly clouded. Some marbles are entirely transparent with air bubbles trapped inside. Others have “cat’s eye” like designs in the center. As long as it’s not a single sold color, any kind of marble will do. This technique focuses more on your sense of sight and imagination.
This time, hold the marble in your hand and look at it. Focus on the objects trapped inside the glass. If the marble is cloudy, how do those clouds shape and appearance change as you slowly rotate it in different directions? Do you imagine them to be rain clouds or snow clouds? Can you see shapes or patterns in the clouds? If there are air bubbles trapped inside, what do they look like as you bring the marble closer to your eyes? What do they look like as you move it further from your eyes? Perhaps the bubbles aren’t bubbles at all, but stars in a galaxy or planets in a system—speaking imaginatively of course.
If the marble is transparent, what objects can you see through the glass? How does the shape of those objects change and bend as you rotate the marble? How does the light pass around and through the marble? Can you see lights, colors, and objects bending around the marble’s surface or though it’s center? Loose yourself in every visual detail.
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