Finding Meaning in My Art
Dear Wonderful, Creative You:
These are the tools of my self-healing: A board. A painty towel. Varied colors of paint. H2o. This is how I am finding meaning in my art:
I wet the surface with a wide brush and let my emotions menses with the water. I'm not pushing or trying. I might exist thinking about what's on my mind, or I might be completely nowadays in the moment, getting absorbed similar the h2o, letting the colors seep into me, and becoming one with my piece.
There'southward no pushing or pressing, just permission to exist in this moment with my paints and myself. I'k open to discover whatever wants to appear on the page before me. We make a contract, me and the art piece – I can sometimes intervene, nudging the image this direction or that, but I won't strength, or button too hard. I'll respect the image for what information technology is, and trust the process volition bring me easier jiff and a more open heart if I give myself over to it.
I could begin critiquing and criticizing my images for perfectionism'southward sake, but I'd be disrespecting the tender fine art pieces who have decided to show up for me. And I know too that I'll accept an opportunity to dress them upwardly, farther reveal their secrets and their dazzler, when I take my gel and paint pens to the page.
That'southward why fine art is a sacred practice for me. I feel as if I'm swallowed upward in a different world, a dissimilar fourth dimension – where the mountains are tall, the rivers run deep, and I am engaged in an aboriginal exercise of discovery and renewal. I can feel the Great Mother wrapping her artillery around me. Home in my imagination – or the Unknown, is a balm to my soul. I feel a function of something bigger, and therefore, I am more whole. The tightness in my chest eases, my lungs open, and I'grand but where I need to be.
Within each of us is a wellspring of healing energy, if but nosotros are willing to let it touch us.
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This art practice is like building an inner sanctuary. The skills are the same equally taking care of myself in life:
Stand up back. Observe, have in the whole scene. Formulate a plan. Execute the program, but with flexibility, so I don't miss good opportunities along the way. When I get stuck, I focus on something pocket-sized that I know well what to do with. And so return to observing: trying to learn from the water, flowing around the difficult objects that stand in the manner.
Through Mindful Fine art Studio, I have the opportunity to share the gifts I've been given for finding meaning in my art. Part of what gives me the about joy in this piece of work is seeing you dive deeper into your own practise. I'll be doing a free, live workshop this Friday, December 15th at 6pm EST on Mindful Fine art Studio'due south FB page: Fluid Painting – Make it the Menstruum.
Y'all can RSVP here whether you can get in at that time or not, as I'll have a 48-hour replay available for you. Click here to download my PDF fluid painting tips and supply listing. And, if you can't wait for Fri to permit loose with your fluid paints, y'all tin upgrade to The Fluid Painting Workbook with lots of great tips and fun ideas for fluid painting for just $9.
I'one thousand looking forwards to diving deep with you Friday.
Creatively Yours,
Amy
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