"That's not the point"

This week we have been battling a sick bug.

Even when I'm sick though I still cannot shut off my mind...and I get really aggravated that I cannot do anything while I'm sick. Yesterday evening I finally decided to sit down with some tea and just create something...anything!

 

Ronnie walked by looked at it and "Oh cool!" I said "It's not very pretty...but it's neat I guess."

He replied with "That's not the point"

 

BINGO. That's not the point. Having a "Pretty" image or painting does not always mean art. When I was in school I remember watching a documentary about an artist and I wish that I could remember who it was on but I will always remember them saying "If you feel something, it's art" Even if it's uneasy, uncomfortable, or if your confused. You're thinking and feel something...right?!

 

While I was painting this I started out with modge podgeing patches of old looking news paper from a giftbag I got from a vintage store. After I just layered it with thick red paint and it looked rather angry and it felt really good to just get some mental tension away. I then added some spots of yellow and painted random blue lotus. After painting the lotus I felt really enlightened and it was all very therapeutic. The creative process in this through emotions was really interesting.

 

In the end, it's not the most attractive painting but it's art. It gave me some artistic therapy and a lot of aggravation came out in the process of creating it.