Does Art Heal Us? ♡ Let's Chat and Paint
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
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A little candid chat about how art heals me and how it can heal you, too ❤️
Let's chat and paint this FANCY PANTS
Materials: acrylic gouache by Holbein on Clay Board.
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Thank you for this. Feeling a bit lost and not knowing how to make it feel better. You reminded me to get my sketchbook out and just play. I can't thank you enough! It's been so long since I did that. Feel soooo much better. So lots of gratitude and a little hi from Gaby in Sweden.
I'm so glad! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ Lots love to you Gaby!
I think you are very articulate. I love the way you talk about your thoughts and ideas, it truly resonates with me. ☘️
Thank you! 😊❤
I loooove your mindset about art! Playing and experimenting is the best!
It really is!!!!
cuuuuuuuute! yes - absolutely, art heals me. whether it be photography, painting, scribbling, writing, MUSIC MAKING... it's all art, isn't it. : ) and it all heals me in different ways. maybe that's a good way to approach the creative process - what do i need today? do i need what photography gives me? or what painting gives me? etc. maybe that's something i'll try out this year. instead of PRESSURE PRESSURE ALL THE TIME! hahaha. beautiful video, sophie. and beautiful conversation. we could honestly talk about this for hours!
well, if you want a podcast guest and subject, I'm here! hehehe ❤
Yes, since making this video the though "is this healing?" keeps popping into my head, and it works, it makes me feel less pressure!
art therapy can bo so helpful for some people, can be such a good way to express feelings and memories (which can be so hard).art can also help create human connections besides just being something we love doing🙂
Yeahhh totally ❤
Agh, I love this video and its sentiment so much! It's something I always say to people when they say 'oh I can't do art' or 'I wish I could draw/paint' etc, is that I feel like art/painting/scribbling is the only thing that ALL humans are always initially drawn to doing. We all draw or mess as babies, we all 'craft' stuff out of other stuff; it's such a natural compulsion of humans to want to create, that even from infancy we all do it automatically. That to me speaks volumes about our inherent imagination, how as a species, we are born to create things. Most people grow out of it or lose the interest as they get older, but I almost think that's irrelevant. The point is that the original spark of creativity is literally born in everyone, and anyone can revive it if they want to. Like you said, it doesn't matter if it's 'good or bad'. Art is about expression, fun, mindfulness, and really just exploration of being human. It just seems so obviously good for us that it's such a shame so many people look down on art as if it's 'childish' or 'not a real job'.
Anyway. XD I really love this painting so much; she really captures everything your were talking about. She's so fun and loose and colourful! Once again, your way of painting just looks so delicious, like icing!
Absolutely!! adults are often so afraid to make a mess! or they were told off as kids that making a mess is a bad thing. But that can be unlearned :) because like you said "spark of creativity" is there, always!!!
Thank you xoxoox
I just love the way you think, its so healing to hear your view on art. And i love the looseness in your pieces 💚💚💚
Thank youuu ❤ ❤
You’re so good at color! I just don’t have an eye for it yet
What you said about meditation really resonated with me. I've always found meditation to be annoying and only found it truly relaxing if I did walking meditation (i.e., I had something more then my breath to focus on). Knitting and art, on the other hand, is the bees freaking knees if I want to tune out and just chill.
HECK YEAH!!! ❤
Love hanging out with you while you paint, Sophie 💛 I have also drawn and painted my whole life, but also had a break after school because my art teacher picked my art apart so much I thought I was no good at it. I can't imagine not doing art pretty much every day, I just don't feel whole without it. I think what's healing for me is the fact that I don't have to explain myself to a blank sheet of paper. I can also withdraw from a world that I've always struggled to fit into. Thanks for sharing 😊
ah some teachers really do damage without realising a lot of the time (or maybe they do realise, who knows!) sorry that happened to you - I know the feeling all too well.
I love that: not having to explain yourself to a blank sheet of paper. ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ lots love to you
When you were talking about making art with music, it’s so true that your hand starts to move to the beat. During our Art Disco livestream this week one of our viewers commented that my brushstrokes were going to the music, haha! I didn’t even realize!
It really does! haha! I love that they noticed that, so fun!!!
Yes, I need to be creative in my life. Whenever I get that blah, draggy feeling, I must remind myself to make time for myself. It might’ve just been a trip to the library for a big pile of picture books about home, gardening, crafts. Or I’d sign up for a class (photography, basket weaving, floral design). I now enjoy looking at art. I just watched you. I looked at the art journal of Ulrike Hirsch and felt every page. Sophie, my brain talks to me if I’m not consumed by something. I like to hear what I have to say. I much prefer it to ear worms, and I have to debate my ideas to get to my truths. I’m happy. I’m made happy by little things every day. We’re so lucky not to be dumb as rocks. If that’s ADHD, so be it! 🐄 moo
heheh moo!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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That was so great. Thank you 😊❤️🥰
Glad you enjoyed it!
yes! im right there with you. regular meditation doesnt work for me, i just get more anxious lol. i need the drawing to get a break. the checking out vs checking in is very accurate. im also guilty of using scrolling to check out, but i try not to feel guilty about it bc that doesnt help me necessarily, but i do try to be conscious of what im trying to avoid and why. if i identify that, thats a step to handling it more constructively i think. but i can be wrong lol.
anyway, i love this piece - painting on a used palette is such a fun idea!! the wave shapes you often use are so pleasant to look at.
Thank you so much 💗💗💗 Yes! I tend to beat myself up over getting into a scroll session, or when I have days where I pick up my phone 10000- times, but you're so right, I shouldn't make myself feel bad. It is an addiction and it's literally sucking us in over and over to get hit after hit of that sweet serotonin ! Being mindfull of it is important though :) 💗💗💗
Watching this pretty late. Lol
But hello✨
Fellow artist here - was drawing before I ever wrote any words. 💕
Still don't know what it is that makes me like it so much, but it definitely heals me.
Thanks so much for this video. 💕💕
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You are a wonderful pudding !!❤ 🍮🍨
hehehhe ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤