ART MIND
A couple of days ago I saw a post on Instagram where the artists showed her creative process. At the beginning, her mind was full of thoughts before she was painting, but immediately when she started painting, those thoughts were stopping.
I find this such an interesting topic.
Every artists works in a different way, some can calm their “life struggles” when they create and others immerse towards a deep universe where all their shadows are welcoming them.
Im one of the second kind. And I would love to share the last shadows I’ve been facing.
I didn’t study art at the academy, when I was a child I wanted to go to an illustration school but my father did everything what was in his hand for me not to go. I was too young and naive to act.
Therefore, many things took me the path I am in right now and fortunately I am dedicating time to explore these realms.
This weekend I will participate on a small market in Barcelona. I want to get to know the people from my city again.
I’m preparing stickers, postcards and prints to go to a market.
Furthermore, would you like to know my thoughts?
They go like this:
“You should have done this when you were 20”
“The amount of time this is taking you is not worth the outcome…”
“What would you do if you actually had to take care of a child”
…
Well, well, and slowly bigger thoughts coming… ladies, do you know this one?:
“You should have kids at this age instead of doing postcards”
Heeeeell yeah! A big one! (thank you society ;P)
Do you know what I tell my “Gremlin” (I have this name for the creature that lives inside me, causing the “Impostor syndrome” that in the end, it is simply a protection mechanism, it just wants you to be safe and don’t get out of the comfort zone) I tell him:
“You know what, I HAVEN’T BEEN HAPPIER than now, I am LOVING what I do, cutting postcards, stamping my website, creating designs for my stickers.
I do this because I can, because I love it, because makes me happy. It gets me closer to people and encourages others to make art and bring light to their lives through believing in their creativity.
This is the core of all of this.
The creative process is such a mix feeling of happiness and impostor thoughts… it is all about finding balance and take care of oneself.
I also have to share something. If I intentionally want to calm those thoughts, I focus on my breathing, focus on the textures and the colours, I can calm them. There’s another way, one can transform the feelings that come throughout those thoughts and turn them into art.
Please tell me in the comments, which is your way?
Have you ever experienced something like this?
See more of the behind the scenes on my Instagram.
