I was in a discussion about Art and its healing qualities, and it came to me why Art is so crucial, Art or any creative activity is done in this moment of time.
It requires you to be here focused on what is at hand, bringing your attention to this second of your life, it wipes away the past for a while, and blocks the future, it becomes an island of safety in an otherwise troubled time.
An island that isn’t asking questions or requiring you to make hard choices, it is an oasis of freedom to let your life’s troubles go and you come to play.
Like recess.
It is a playground where you can leave your worries or stresses behind.
While playing with colors and designs, you are reconnecting to what you love.
Art has to be an exercise for the soul…
It isn’t an intelligent process at all; it doesn’t require the mind to show up, what happens is that instinct leads the way.
In my darkest moments, I played with the brightest fabrics, and was drawn to creating feelings and emotions that I didn’t have access to in my life.
Art held for me these emotions, until slowly they seeped back into my own life.
Art was a place to put my love, peace and joy, until it was safe to return it to the world around me. It was a place I could trust, when all else seemed unfaithful.
Perhaps we learn to trust our selves by doing Art, or find what we love, what we want, and the freedom to be ourselves.
I had little fear in Art when there was so much to fear in life, I became fearless in trying new things for I had nothing left to lose.
I think we all hide or escape to playgrounds when life becomes unmanageable, but the key isn’t to stay there, but to take what you learn from Art and create an Artful life.
I have learned that by letting go and not trying to force things to happen, answers arrive. To just move things around until they click or to walk away for a while an come back, to ask the Universe for answers and then pay attention, you will be surprised who brings you the perfect technique that you need.
To not expect that you should know where to go, what it will eventually look like, but to live in the space of surprise and unknowing.
Try new things, go new places, or go back to old places but look for new things…life is an interactive play, and you hop and interact.
Art can heal a life that isn’t Artful or one that is missing your spirit.
Art is expressing your soul. If you can’t do it in your life, begin by allowing it to express itself in an art form.
It matters not what kind of Art you do, what matters is that you listen to the voice inside of you, to feel its passion, to feel its excitement…to feel life.
Art and life echo each other.
I M Perfect lady 