Art Inspiration
Inspiration for abstract art comes a knocking on my door.
The right time to paint is something that cannot be forced. It exists for me when many environmental factors come together in the correct percentage providing a kind of balance. This balance provokes a feeling of joy and peace. It causes clearness in my mind free from everyday worrying about day to day problems, 'mind traffic.' Pleasing elements outside cause pleasing feelings inside. One influences the other whether we are aware of it or not.
I see my life's experience including my environment as a large wheel. It is unstoppable. It keeps turning and prone to changes. It is the cycle of things in my life. Balance is not a permanent achievement but individual elements that come together at the same time growing in percentage and falling away.
We all have our own unique combinations and when they are achieved we feel free enough to create.
My elements for inspiration are different from yours for example I like to live a quiet simple life with a few home comforts, be close to a church and people who have strong opinions and values, put simply. For you this blue print will be different. To be inspired is to find it's balance. Some people need excitement, sorrow, chaos, action, fame etcetera or a sudden change.
It has taken me a long time to work this out for myself. Now I try my best through God in Jesus’ name to maintain this balance. I'm sure it's allot more complicated than my personal explanation can provide but this is just a way of making any sense of it.
The next stage after the best pocket of time and the correct circumstances have been created is a kind of trigger or switch. For me it could be a number of things that make me feel like painting. Like a fire it can be all consuming, passionate, destructive and terribly wonderful. Sometimes it can be a vivid past memory, light bouncing on the water, or a number of abstract thoughts that bubble up from my subconscious that find themselves shoved together causing a new response. But normally I am inspired by experiencing the beauty of nature around me beyond anything else. There's something wild and free about being next to the sea with a strong wind caught in my hair and the sound of rushing water drowning out everything else!
My goodness I think I'm reminiscing about Scotland!
For my spiritual Inspiration read my Testiment.
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