Friday, May 27, 2016

2016 - Year of Rebirth

Photo taken in Alhambra, CA


I was just watching a video on art Heals hosted by Heidi Easley, it is a free series that is really good.  Today Lucy Chen was interviewed and what she had to say was phenomenal.  I am going to listen to her interview again.

She said that 2016 is a year of rebirth and that resonated with me. I realized that at the end of June, the first half of this year will be complete.  The thought occurred to me that I still have time to continue on my journey toward discovering who I really am.  But, I need to get busy and get back on program with purging "things" that clutter my space.  I need to set up my easel and commit to painting on that 30x30 canvas.

Art does heal and I have been trying to wrap my head around how I translate my feelings to the art journal or canvas.  I have kept so many deeply hidden, that I do not necessarily want to talk about, but need to be releases, so my goal for the rest of this year is to learn how to use art as a means of self expression, not a regurgitation of art class lessons.  Hmmm, this could prove to be really interesting.

See you soon, pilgrim.

3 comments:

Von said...

I understand this on many levels including those issues I don't want to share either. I wish you the very best as you try to express yourself and those feelings thru your art. I'll be in your cheering section!! (((hugs)))

Michele R. Unger said...

Great post, Glenda. I want to think of you standing at your easel, painting something big and heartfelt on that 30 x 30 canvas! XO

Pilgrim said...

I have this idea that I am going to put of the canvas and periodically make marks on it, something everyday and see how it morphs into a painting, it should be both fun and enlightening. Thanks Von and Shelly for the kind words.