Emotions conveyed through art

No automatic alt text available.

Mark Rothko (1903 – 1970) – modern painter extraordinaire Here is a sample of Mark Rothko’s paintings published by the National Gallery, UK in a 2015 calendar.  Some would say that Rothko’s paintings are too simplistic and anyone could create them. While working at Christies the Art Auction House an art expert said to me, a painting is beautiful not because

of the exquisite execution of the painting by the artist, but by the emotions it evokes in the beholder of the art.  Rothko’s extraordinary achievement was the communication of tragedy and elation through forms reduced to their starkest simplicity – often times a pair of rectangles.  At a Rothko exhibition in the Tate Modern, London I could definitely feel the difference between his earlier brighter paintings and his later darker ones.  They had a whole room of his later paintings but it felt heavy and depressing.  I did not want to linger in the room. read more

First workshop – we have done it!

Finding your Soul Family through painting your Soul Map

website-image-size-20161202

We had a great day on the 27th November learning to create our soul maps.  This was the first run through of this workshop but all worked well.  The meditation was relaxing and enhanced our inspiration and creativity.  The approach to exploring our life lessons were found to be thought provoking.  Everyone found the painting enjoyable, calming and let the inner child express him/herself. 

Creativity and emotions

Creativity – an expression of the soul within us all

Art, music, poetry all play with our emotions of sadness, laughter etc. and are found in all countries and all cultures; expressed from our hearts rather than our heads, it reflects our ‘inner you’.

The Who, Hyde Park, London 2015

The Who, Hyde Park, London 2015

At a concert in Hyde Park, London, UK I was struck by the backdrops of light and images the bands had chosen. The Who in particular had a grand display of psychedelic patterns and images. Perhaps the musicians, who are highly creative and strongly connected to their ‘inner you’, have half remembered memories of life between lives. read more