"Art is something you do, that no one can take away" Terry Crews
Hearing those words on a podcast today, made me emotional. I felt their truth.
Art truly is something no one can take away.
It is personal, and part of us that no one can remove.
Which is why my fiber art meant so much in the early years after discovering I was abused.
Learning about my abuse, I felt abused all over again. That the perfect part of me was taken, that I was somehow cheated on being an innocent.
Creating Art somehow restored the specialness inside of me.
It was a part of me that will remain untouched.
This makes me love Art and its process even more!
Art restores the soul and that cannot be removed.
Art therapy, has to know this.
On a different podcast, I heard this. "To take something to a different level, you have to go too far, to create a new paradigm." JD Roth
Meaning, in order to create a new pattern, you have to be "way out there". I LOVE this too.
It affirms what I have felt.
In changing the legacy of abuse, your life will have to be so different in order to really make the change into a new paradigm. It can't be sorta different, but way out there.
And, the good news, for me, is that I have been accused of this. Of taking things too far, of being so different.
I know we all know this. Yet, we don't want to really know this, for it will mean doing things completely different. If you want to shift into a new paradigm, you will have to be way out there when it comes to doing your every day life. Different doesn't mean kinda sorta the same. And, you will often be alone, in order to rise to a new level.
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over expecting different results." Einstein.
What I believe so many struggle with, is wanting things to change, but not wanting to go so far away from what they are used to doing. Or for the change to upset or disturb their worlds.
And, to be seen as going too far!
Most just want to have things magically rise to a new level without having to travel too far off the beaten path.
I love days when I hear things that affirm my journey.
These quotes feel true to me.
I love that my actions and life choices are too far away from my old ways of being.
It is good to know that I have gone too far and that my art cannot be taken away from me!
Also, on the podcast it mentioned that Art often is the most expressive after a turmoil or an upheaval, when things appear to be falling apart. Artist rise and give balance to darkness.
I know this was true for me.
My art balanced out my life.
Art is quite a healer on so many levels.
The process of doing art for me; is a life stabilizer, where I find joy, love and peace, where I express my unexpressed emotions, where life makes sense, when life doesn't make sense,and where I found myself, and where my soul felt its worth.
Doing Art really is a therapy session for me!
While it is silent; it speaks.
Through color, design, and motion or emotion - art and I dance to the beat of my heart.
I learned in art to do things I love, what makes me feel alive, what brings a smile, where joy is seen. And, my life is me imitating my Art - and sometimes, my art imitates my life.
(The quilt I created after falling down many times racing in the Great Bear Chase 10K)
My journey going too far, certainly has been much kinder to me, with my Art.
My art often is the entry point and breaks the silence of abuse.
What a journey we have been on; My Lady, my Art and I.
