May 23, 2023

So, new art in my Print Store… 💚💙💚💙

The dream part is I want my own Heart-Art (red/orange/blue/green/pink) to expand outwards, beyond limiting thoughts or beliefs of how design “should be”. I love that the wave of Blues and Greens expand out of my other colors, in motion even within the stills.

The other day I found a @TED post about a photographer Tony Luciani @ynotphoto256 who started using his camera to create photography about his 91 year old mother who had dementia. Over the course of 4 years they made art together. The art shows his frustration too. Two of my favorite quotes:

“Mom loved the process, the acting. She felt worthy again, she felt wanted and needed.”

“Dependents want to feel a part of something, anything. Give them a voice of interaction, participation, and a feeling of belonging. Make the time meaningful.”

I’m so grateful for this art-story because it’s through the Art that there is Meaning and Connection. And the hardest part - taking the Pain and creating Beauty, Joy, Meaning.

This is what my art is for me, out of the loss, creating meaning, purpose and connection for myself, knowing that someone is out there manifesting me and my Art. Staying connected to my Inner World and believing enough in it to bring it outwards.

It’s what I wish for with my art, a kind of healing, truth, and new way of expressing ourselves, because we are so blocked - this goes for me too. Fear at every turn, and Tests of courage which push me to ask if I want to keep doing this. And by “this”, I mean being authentic, knowing how much of my younger years I sold my authenticity out for some kind of temporary comfort.

Love,

Anne

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