creative session 111723
Hey y'all, welcome to my first art blog.
I struggle calling myself an artist, I didn't follow the typical art school path, the art scene seems intimidating 😬, and I started late, (on top of that I had that little inner critic trying to convince me that I'm not good enough)!
I was into art as a child, but you know, trauma! my artistic inner child was tucked away, and I my creativity was used to help me survive!
My creative spirit was reignited and I released my artistic inner child in 2015 during my "fun" mental health field trip, my first attempt of cleaning my trauma lenses, if you know you know. This journey has been filled with self-doubt and fear, I still struggle with those, but what's stronger is my will to tell a story, my story...my way.
Some of the monsters you see in my work are representative of emotions that have turned into monsters. Manifesting them on a canvas helps me make sense of these emotions and they tend to not be that scary after all. They give me clues on what I need to address internally.
This is my safe space.
And its a BIG deal that I'm sharing this with you (I'm sensitive about my ish!), I do so hoping that I can help others realize that emotions are part of the human experience and we must confront them in order to interrupt the cycle of harm. Meeting those emotional monsters head on and fusing with them instead of allowing them to lead us in those dark moments.
Does the title of the blog fit the video? I'm kinda on the fence, it perfectly describes the materials used, but the emotion I'm channeling here is rage. We live in a fucked up world, with one revelation after the other the rage builds...plus this place is truly feeling like the Hunger Games lately!
Thank you for being here,
anna