Artistic Healing
Art is a messenger, a pathway to the Divine. She tells us to take time, sit awhile and enjoy the beauty; find our own mirror in that space of time-the proverbial window to our soul.
Who amongst us has not found inspiration, clarity of vision and serenity from the idle hours spent immersed in the interplay of color, light and shadow? Be it a watercolor falling onto the artist’s canvas or an oil painting mixing metaphor for all to interpret, art in all its many forms offers an appealing array of healing auras to soothe, heal and bring us back to our present moment.
Much as the poet translates an inner world into a nuanced language to reveal the triumph of climbing the mountain and meeting our very own mystic master, the artist brings the vision from nature right to our own two eyes. Each of us is familiar with nature’s call to Stop, to Remember!
The artist uses her brush or palette as an awakened instrument to stroke a new reality for us to see and figuratively touch, resulting in a painting or sculpture to endure and emote awe for the ages.
Whether through many current forms of spiritual art including Animal-People Spirit Totems, Mandalas and Resonant Energy Field depictions, many artists are literally channeling Spirit onto their particular art form be it watercolor or oil paintings.
Each of has sacred objects that remind us of who we really are and why we came here to Earth this time. There are advanced craftspeople who indelibly call their beadwork and jewelry creations into being. These too find their way to our meditation altar to hold our attention, to call us toward the upward spiral.
Art both finds us where we are and transports us to another dimension.
