GUEST EDITOR /
I close my eyes. In my hand is a Japanese black ink pen and on a beautiful piece of paper I start to draw a line, following my intuition, until it tells me to stop….
(To see more of my ink drawings from the past few months, click here)
I open my eyes and I look at the page. I am drawn to fill in the shapes that are already there and as I do emotions come up and this is often where words or a title comes into my mind. I write this down. These words inspire the rest of the drawing.
I am an artist but I had been unable to create as a result of a concussion and the physical pain I was experiencing following an accident and surgery. I committed to doing this simple drawing exercise daily as a replacement for meditation to ease the feeling of anxiety and depression. I committed to 10 days.
At first I kept this exercise from 5 to15 minutes maximum. What I found after the first time was that a story was unfolding through the drawing that started a healing process within me. Immediately words came to me and the words were often messages that I needed to follow. I started to feel lighter, uplifted and empowered by my creative efforts and this in turn gave me a break from my feelings of self doubt and created space within me.
The purpose of this editorial is to share a small part of my journey and remind you that it only takes 5 minutes a day to reconnect to your essence, your intuition, your spirit and ultimately your healing. To see more of my ink drawings from the past few months, click here. Pour accéder à d'autres de mes dessins à l'encre, cliquez ici.
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