Expressing soul through art
In reply to Express the soul through art by Vimal
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Hi Vimal, That's a really nice painting and your trees came out great. Doing trees ( and also mountains) has caused me to get tight many times but yours look like they just flowed onto the canvas without effort.
Regarding your inquiry about how not to get attached to an outcome so the creative juices keep flowing, have you considered listening to different types of music when creating art, to see if they help you get in the flow? I find different types of music seem to open up the flow in different ways. There's a lot of different music posted on this site and just listening to some of it seems to take me away.
Before I knew about breathing techniques to open the chakras, when I wanted to paint, I'd sit with the blank canvas for a while just breathing calmly. If I was going to paint from something in a painting book, I would start out thinking I'd follow the steps but then find once I was into it, the brush kind of developed it's own movements in how it wanted to go. That's how I can best describe it, something would change and if I stayed relaxed and allowed the brush to guide, then a masterpiece would result. But it's definitely easy to want the outcome to go a certain way. I'm sure each of us finds our soul's unique expression and that's what makes it all so neat. I have to admit I do have a few partially done art on canvas things that started out in the flow and seemed to stagnate so I put them away until something creative speaks to me again.
I've used different techniques like thinning the paint and then using a toothbrush and my thumb to kind of spray the paint onto the canvas. I'm intrigued by the splatter techniques and want to just fling the brush with paint going however it wants to go. Might be a good experiment if one needs to release desire for a certain outcome or just to be wild. lol But definitely an outdoor project! ![]()
I used to write music and poetry long ago but not so much lately. I look forward to hearing your next creations, you do have a gift with your video work and how you express in it. Your sharing of your creativity here. along with others too, gives me the desire to create something new. My soul wants to flow more than I give it time for lately. I've been in a lazy stage... Spring came a month ago on the calendar but Winter has hung on forever and still more Winter weather coming. Maybe I need to do a snow scene... haha
Keep enjoying and experimenting and the flow will flow. This I know.
Much love ![]()
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