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Whew, I've been going through a major healing wave in the last few weeks! The kind where I stop calling my friends for a while b/c I'm processing stuff. (They are used to this, bless them.) In mid-January, it was like a floodgate opened on a clogged dryriverbed. As the water has poured through, huge logs, boulders, branches, and rotten things have lifted away effortlessly, piece by piece.
In the last week it's been washing away blocks tomy creativity. Yes, I finally saw the pattern that when I start super-creative projects that are really "me", they all seem to die! Hmmm. It's time for that to stop, and I know that's why this is clearing itself up.
What Makes an Artist an Artist?
Oddly, since Tuesday I've been badly longing to see some paintings I did in 2001 after I took my very first painting class from the local recreation program. It wasn't a class as much as an artist walking around the room. My questions started with, "What do I do?" I hated the two paintings I attempted in that class.
About the same time, an astrologer told me I was so creative I should leap out of bed in the morning saying, "I am an artist! I am an artist! I am an artist!"
Feh. I was not an artist. I majored in econ with lots of math and computer courses. I worked in finance. I was logical, thank you very much.
Then again, since I was little, I've longed to paint. I remember sitting in front of blank paper, desperately wanting to paint, knowing I could, knowing the feeling of painting, but not being able to do it. Blocked.
So at my request this morning, my weekly healing mastermind focused on unlocking and healing creativity. We cleared dozens of false beliefs that had been getting in my way. Do you recognize any of these? (You also can clear them by adding "I choose to lose the concept that")
Science is superior to art.
Art is a waste of time, artsy-fartsy, something to be made fun of, something to hide.
Art is not valuable. (So you have to buy cheap materials and you certainly can't make a living out of it.)
Nobody can be good at art except the chosen special few like Monet and VanGough, definitely not me.
It's too risky to put yourself out there genuinely through your art.
I hope you can see the utter ridiculousness of these few samples!
As we worked, I finally went downstairs and dug out the paintings. I was shocked to find they were MUCH better thanI remembered. In fact, my fourth painting (an unfinished bowl of pears) triggered an almostmeditative state of Presence for me. I'll be working with that one this week!
The Secret to Art & Why It Will Always Be In Demand Always
Am I an artist? Are you? In 14 years of learning why artists are stuck and sick, I've discovered a secret about art. By observing my healing work with many high-level artists and creatives, I've concluded that creativity, intuition, and healing all come from the same place. It is a place we are each connected to and a part of.
It's notthe physical, mechanical, logical, emf side of life. Art connects us to the nonphysical, intuitive, knowing, genuine, connected, One-with-All side of the universe. Art connects both the artist and the beholder to that Other Side, that part of ourselves we have a hard time sensing, the part with all the deep Peace, Love, Wisdom,Fulfillment and Bliss we could want.We CRAVE this connection.
Intuition also comes from connecting to that place of Wisdom and Potential, of Knowing. And so does genuine transformative healing. When we connect to that part of ourselves and use that part of our consciousness, we can shift to a better way of living and being in a way that changes our lives for the better. Permanently. That's healing.
Yes, perk up, starving artists since good art connects us with that infinite, higher side of ourselves, it will ALWAYS be in demand, always.
My Challenge for You
I'm taking a look at my own art and creativity this week, with loving and accepting eyes this time. I know I'm ready to do this. I invite or even challenge you to do the same. Then share your journey and art with us in the comments. Post your blog or art links. The more we share our stories of creativity, the more we can help each other and raise the next generation to accept their Inner Artists. The more we enjoy art ourselves, the more we can heal.
Art, at its core, is a level of mastery: mastery of patterns, mastery of connections, mastery of seeing the same thing in a new way. So too is healing.
When you master life's patterns, you can create the GREATEST ART IN THE WORLD: making an art form out of LIVING YOUR LIFE and leaving the world a better place. You can make an art of living, healing and Awakening.
Are you an artist? Am I?
Yes, my friend, we sure are.
I see the innate artist in you, and I am blessed by it. Thank you for that.
