I usually just walk around the bubble and avoid confrontation. Unfortunately it's like a virus, you find it in every discipline and profession. Robie Benve (author) from Ohio on May 17, 2012: Robie Benve (author) from Ohio on May 19, 2012: I had no idea that looking at art triggered the same part of the brain as falling in love, but next time I go to the museum I'm taking my husband and some good chocolate!
I can smell the loam and feel the breeze rustling in the branches. The trees, the fall colored leaves, the puddles of sunlight, all of it is transporting me into the woods. :)īesarien from South Florida on August 23, 2017: Robie Benve (author) from Ohio on August 28, 2017:Īrt, romance, and chocolate sounds like a winning date plan to me! Thanks for you delightful comment Besarien.
Advice how one can start one in the country side. Museums and art galleries are inadequate. They have made creative arts meaningless in schools by making it non examinable subject. However, Kenyan leaders don't have this facts. Thanks madam Robie I totally agree with you that the feeling that one gets when viewing an artwork is exactly the same feeling that one gets when he/she falls in love. This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional. If you have to take away something from reading this article, may it be this: “Live in the moment, spend time appreciating beauty, and do all the things you love.” I experienced first-hand the old advice to take the time to enjoy life, stop and smell the roses. I thought I would be sad when we moved to a new state and I had to leave my beloved full-time job, but surprisingly I feel thankful every day because now I have the time to enjoy art and my life is much more fulfilling. I’ve been an art lover all my life, but art making has brought a new balance and a new joy into my life. I have to set the timer to make sure I don’t miss important responsibilities, like picking up the children from school, or meeting a friend. When I paint I feel like I’m temporarily in a different dimension, my connections to reality are very thin, and the sense of time is annihilated. Having sources of inspiration and pleasure in your own house, or workplace will make your life more pleasurable.
Once you know better your sources of pleasure, make sure you surround yourself with things that make you smile, and feel good. Look at your favorite especially, why do you like them so much? Notice What Pleases YouĮach collection is a way to get to know your own personal esthetic. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it speaks to you. You will end up with a collection of things that touch you at some level, and looking at the collection ask yourself: what do they have in common? It could be color, or a style, or texture, or design. You can fill a box with small things like buttons, cute sticks, stones, or anything that is interesting because of color, shape or texture. Pinterest provides a wonderful tool to do this digitally. Collect appealing magazine clippings and photos, and organize them by category, like furnishing ideas, artistic, crafts, etc.