Self expression is the most obvious way anyone is able to feel free. It took me a long time to discover that one of the ways I get to express myself best is through oil painting. It is soothing and I find the brush strokes to be highly therapeutic.
Today I paint over a canvas that I used as a photo collage for my 21st birthday. I held onto it for so long not really knowing what to do with it. I don't recognize myself in any of those photos. That girl was the result of false beliefs and conditioning from society. A girl who lived up to everyone's expectations but her own. So today I paint a canvas and portray something meaningful in my life knowing that I am no longer that lost girl that spent 28 years finding her purpose, instead I am a free artist, a healer, a nature loving explorer, a vegan and someone who accepts people with love and kindness. I don't always get this right but I am aware of it now and alter my learned behaviour patterns when I do slip up.
Dare to dream, dare to be the you that you want to be, dare to paint
It is an empowering sensation to feel free. Like you I love to paint and it awesome when I allow myself to let go.
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STOPBoth lovely :)We have a couple of other enthusiastic painters in Adelaide. @stuffing and @wildflowerjessi.