I sometimes think of myself as a Lunatic.
My mood goes up and down and up and down again. It is exhausting. And even if I try to stop it, all I can do is go with the flow. I don’t know if it is linked with my fibromyalgia or not, and honestly I don’t even care.
It feels like I am absolutely not in control of my feelings. Which actually may be just a truth admist other truths, no ?
Just so you know, despite the fact I was born under the stellar sign of the Virgo, I am not that much of a control freak. I am a lot of things but not that. Or not for everything (just have a look at my home mwahahah).
Today, something HIT me in the face. I was wondering why this week was so hard for me creatively speaking. How come none of the paintings I started brought a«WOOOOOW I so love this one» like it happened almost everytime this year. And then… I realized that this weird flower-headed creature that emerged today holds the key to my answers: she is different. In everything I do, she is different. The painting, my process, her.
And then I asked myself some more: but why does this feel so damn hard ? this is not the first time I do something different.
Yes. But before, I was the one chosing to step outside of my comfort zone, to explore things. Since «Fierce», I have this weird sensation to be more of a channel than anything else. I don’t know what will decide to show up in the painting until it’s actually there (it’s like that for my Nixies as well, though). I’m okay when it’s a Nixie, no matter what she looks like, but then I see it and freak out. WHAT’s THAAAAAAAAAAAAAT (you see the famous painting «the scream» by Munch… yep that is what I look like heee).
I realize that the reason why I am afraid when I discover it is a weird non-sense creature that is on my painting instead of my usual Nixie is because it is not something I am expecting. If that makes sense.
But I remind one of the biggest lesson I’ve learn in this lifetime: ACCEPTANCE IS THE KEY.
I learn to let go of my expectations.
I learn not to be afraid.
I learn to accept to be a channel.
I learn to love what I create, no matter what it is.
I learn to love the downs as much as the ups. Because this is what Life is made of.
Coucou Nolwenn,
Je lis ton post…
Ce qui me frappe c’est que oui j’ai bien le lotus avant de lire tes mots, mais aussi il m’apparait que cela ressemble à un masque….
Ce n’est que ma vision personnelle mais peut être que si ça te parle, tu pourras te poser d’autres questions, comme à quoi sert un masque ? (se cacher, ne pas montrer certaines choses)….
Mais peut être est ce à mille lieues de ce que tu ressens en regardant ta peinture…
Il me tarde de la voir terminée cette peinture !
A bientôt
Muriel