Painting Again

Welcome to an evening in my art studio!

Last week I spent two days organising and tidying up my art studio. During the Winter I didn't have much inspiration to spend time in there. Mostly because it was too cold to work upstairs. Now that it's Summer, my art studio has become such an inviting place to be.

This evening I felt the courage to start painting again. I grieve all the years where my perfectionism mindset held me back from something that brings me joy and freedom. I remember this joy so well when I was a child.

Tonight, I gave my inner child the paint brush and asked her to show me the way. As an adult, I've become so results driven that I forgot how to simply enjoy the creative process. To just paint for the love of it, not for how it should or must look like.

It became almost like a sacred initiation ceremony. I lit a candle and set the intention to create without an end goal in mind. I told myself repeatedly, "it doesn't need to be perfect," "it doesn't need to be planned", "it doesn't need to look like anything." I just wanted my soul to express what it wanted in the moment. I wanted to create art not to sell, but to be. It was a gift to myself.

I allowed all my senses to awaken during the creative process. And that's when my inner child took over and I was in a flow state.

I painted with colours I never imagined I would choose. And it actually turned out to be a freeing and fun process.

Little Ylva always reminding me the power of play and presence

Beautiful June nights. Summer solstice is just around the corner...