What is the Quality of your Heart?
Cultivating a creative life will connect you with your heart!
I've been thinking about art's capacity to expand and open the heart.
February is, after all, the month to express our love. Fode Drame expresses it beautifully in his book "The Rejuvenation of the Soul":
"The capacity of an entity does not come from the size of its body, nor does its force come from its hardness....The capacity of a particular entity depends on the quality of its heart. Its speed, its force, its capacity and its luminosity all depend on the expansiveness of its heart."
Pursuing a creative practice can get you out of your mind and in touch with your heart. More and more I realise that is the home of our true selves. When you're stuck for ideas or when you find your larger paintings too much to tackle, create something smaller. For this month's creative practice, I decided to turn a small box of chocolates into a little art work. It took me only 10 minutes to make but during this time, my mind was stilled and I simply enjoyed being in the moment. Happy upcoming Valentines and happy art making everyone!
Sara xo
Quote of the month
"Surely in the breasts of humanity is a lump flesh, if sound then the whole body is sound, and if corrupt then the whole body is corrupt. Is it not the heart?"
(Prophet Muhammad ﷺ)
In Search of Green
I've been experimenting with colour to find the right shade of green. The hue I was searching for emerged spontaneously while mixing phthalo green with yellow cadmium medium. For me, the green tint in my painting below, represents the heart chakra, Anahata in Sanskrit.
New Painting in Shop
Collaboration
My dear friend Louisa, founder of B Bag Designs, asked me to paint on her beautiful bespoke handmade bags, allowing me free rein to paint what inspires. Loving the result!
3 Creative Tips
Make a miniature artwork. I chose a heart-shaped chocolate box for my creative activity.
Try your hand at collage.
Add some paint & print a mantra using stamps & ink pad.
