Day 203 ~ Innate Wisdom

On Sunday, I began my painting adventure with Dirty Footprints Studio called Inner Breath! It has been awhile since I have painted...too long actually, so I was super excited (and a wee bit nervous) to get started.

We are learning to trust our creative source - our innate wisdom. I must admit this is the most free flowing painting I have done...didn't stress about it being "perfect" - just let it flow & speak. After looking at her for a couple days, I know what I want to add - some words and a couple other things - excited to see what comes. So, I will post later this week a second painting. :-)

Here is my first attempt at this week's lesson...

Art is what we call the thing an artist does.

It’s not the medium or the oil or the price

Or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it.

What matters, what make it art,

Is that the person who made it

Overcame the resistance,

Ignored the voice of doubt &

Made something worth making.

Something risky.

Something human.

Art is not in the eye of the beholder…

It’s in the soul of the artist.

~Seth Godin

After I finished the painting, I realized how much it actually speaks of where I am at in my life now. The "drips" spilling from my heart become the ground and are growing & blossoming. I felt this was so perfect - as I have been trying to listen to & live from my heart...not my head!