ART AS A WAY FOR PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION.

Art, to be more precise , painting can be a helpful modality

for healing,

Beyond the fact that painting can be a healthy escape from this sometimes cruel world the colors and subjects the creator uses often reflects their desires, the traumas , their hopes for resolution and often their secret story.

During the creative act, judgement often arises, this is often our ego wanting to hold us back and it looks like procrastination, the desire of wanting things to be perfect or a fear that others wouldn't approve of our creations. This alone is a practIce in learning how to un apologetically speak your truth, or in this insists paint your truth.

Subjectivity often speaks about the story the artist want to tell and it is often a refection of what currently possess the artists mind, Artist are often captivated by particular muses for a specific reason. A burning question, A spiritual quality that they themselves may want to embody or A dream for the future or a particular state of mind.

The muse chose you for a reason and maybe you are the only one that can deliver it in a particular way, by bring that imaginative substances along with the tools you have at hand you can bring forth something in the invisible world to reality.

lets go a bit deeper

lets talk about color for a moment and the effects that they have on our nervous system and what it means for the artist

blue

blue, depending on the shade an texture can elicit a specific response

sky blue often speaks about clarity, cleanliness and openness, the artist is often expressing it or desiring it in their life. this is like the notion of opposites attract. Of course the color blue has many different shades and each of them due convey different sensations in the body.

A royal blue for example have both historic meaning and biological value to it and there can show the influence the meaning and the way that color can effect us.

Art helps us articulate our wants , needs and desires in a healthy way.

it is in the witnessing of these desires that starts the process of bringing wounds back together again.

Rumi was right when he said to stand naked in the light of the moon, only true love heals all wounds.

Exposing what is under the surface lends the opportunity for resolve to unfold.

Art open the door to the soul, it cant be hidden, especially when it's honest, open and raw.

Love is never leaving, even in the darkness it is there, and the darkness has the potential to bring fruit.

thats all for now guys, hope to see you soon.