Zen Art

Recently I went to St Paul, Minnesota and when I returned I had adopted a calmer attitude.  I'm not sure if visiting St Paul's Cathedral had any thing to do with it but it might have. It felt so good to be in a holy place and take time to commune with God and feel connected to humanity again after so much separation and fear. I submitted to my faith and for an hour let go and simply was in the moment. I am trying to do this in my art. Trying to create without coveting isn't easy. I have gotten so upset when a painting didn't come out right or when a piece was accidentally ruined. I was torn up for days mourning the loss of a piece of art I thought was my best work. I know what I experienced was a lesson, painful and poignant. I can't put myself through that again. So, I am trying to create in the moment and then let it go. Again let me tell you it isn't easy. I no longer have the original of this piece. Luckily, I snapped a picture. The art really is in creating the painting and watching it come to life. When a painting is wet it is truly alive and breathing! It moves, it grows and changes becoming apart of life until it drys and essentially dies in its static state. I mourn its death but rejoice at its legacy. I do get attached to the art but the new calmer me is going to try to create in the moment, accept what is and if the work makes it to the wall, hallelujah!

All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.” – Eckhart Tolle