Art is an exchange of ideas. Something I love about art is that its message can evolve and grow as the art is passed down from the creator. When I first began to write, I used to be offended when people misunderstood my work. Then, I came to realize that the evolution of thought isContinue reading ““Art In My World””
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Your Art Expands Our Consciousness
According to Allen Combs a professor of Consciousness Studies, “[poet and cultural historian Jean] Gebser’s explorations of art and history [began] with a sudden recognition that art at the fin de siècle represented a new kind of consciousness, a new way of seeing and experiencing reality.” In Combs article he goes on to explain how art andContinue reading “Your Art Expands Our Consciousness”
Stop Fighting to Write
Stop fighting to do what you love. Are you getting tired of fighting for your writing? Does it seem like it takes more energy to create right now then you can muster? Good! That means you’re fighting for the things you want in life. That push back when you go to step away from theContinue reading “Stop Fighting to Write”
Trust Your Art
As artists, it’s important to value the process but it’s trusting in your art that helps deliver it to world. When I find myself doubting my art, it’s brings me down. I get writers block. I can get overly frustrated while I’m creating so I can’t get it finished. And that’s when creating isn’t funContinue reading “Trust Your Art”
An Entanglement With Yourself
Are you tired of giving more than you getting? Are you straight up miserable in your life? It might be time to cheat on your lovers with yourself. Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash There comes a time in your life where you have to step back and look at the bigger picture. What is the bigger pictureContinue reading “An Entanglement With Yourself”
Paul Gauguin On Solitude
Paul Gauguin was a painter who was praised as the leader of the symbolist artists in 1891. This style of painting was inspired by the symbolist writers of the time. In a letter to symbolist poet, critic, and editor of litarary journals Charles Morice, Gauguin says, …[ There are] two kinds of beauty: oneContinue reading “Paul Gauguin On Solitude”
Co Dependency Cheat Sheet
I have copy and pasted some different viewpoints on Codependency. Codependency looks normal in a society that sweeps mental health under the carpet. Makes me want to print this out and tape it to my wall for when I feel a bout of reactivity taking over my brain space. Accodring to Wikipedia, “Codependency is aContinue reading “Co Dependency Cheat Sheet”
I Don’t Want My Love For Everyone
I Don’t Want My Love For Everyone But that’s a limiting mindset Photo by Adrian Fernández on Unsplash Unconditional love is an act worth living and dying for. -Saschia Johnson Yesterday, I posted something on Instagram but archived it because I wrote, my love is only for those who can face me with the truth. That is such a falseContinue reading “I Don’t Want My Love For Everyone”
Conversation is a Dance
and why it’s important to know that. There are things that should be handled directly. And then there are things like flirting, that have a casual build up. I think it’s ok to be indirect with a sweet smile when you’re flirting. Because most times it takes so many words in order to really processContinue reading “Conversation is a Dance”
My Abandonment Issues
I grew up as a dreamer in a single-family home. I wasn’t that different from my peers. However, most TV shows depicted two parent families or co-parenting which involved parents that were separated but did whatever they had to do to make it work out. The sad thoughts that come with the idea that someone thatContinue reading “My Abandonment Issues”
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