My mood before creating this piece:
My thoughts were everywhere. I wanted to create something as special as the person that I was creating this for. An incredibly special friend who had lost a loved one. An incredibly special friend who was torn at the soul. I had never met the person that she lost, but I did meet the profundity of her sorrow. I wanted to create something that could help her heal…. even if it was diminutive. Being out in nature and using nature to crate this piece helped lighten the heaviness of the sadness. Nature calms and speaks to me in a special way.
During the Artwork
While creating this, my head was filled with thoughts of grief. What grief is and who it affects. The loss of someone special. It helped me realise that there are different kinds of grief. There is the passing of someone, but also the grief you feel when others grieve. The grief of losing a relationship, or the grief of losing a friend that is still alive. The grief of losing a pet, or even the grief of losing a limb or a home. I was reminded of how imperative kindness, helping others heal and prayer is for me. Grief is not only found where death resides.
After the Artwork
After making this piece, I felt reassured. Thankful. Calmed. Comforted. A space of content and happiness. A space that only the arts elate in me.
What do you think the work shows about you?
I channel many feelings into my artwork, and create not only an art piece, but an inner energy of elation within my inner self. I feel my art shows the conveyance of that energy. Some will see it…. Others will feel it.
Why did I choose to create this particular piece?
Nature is a therapist of mine. Always there for me. To talk to, to touch, to see, to feel and to encourage me when I create. Our existence was birthed from the creation of nature. Nature calms souls, and I wanted to use nature to calm a very special soul in need of healing.
All Because Of Art