The radical art of releasing
Again?! I have to do this…again? Just when I think I’m “done” releasing, more comes to the surface. More stuff. More things to work through.
This most recent lesson culminated in a massive painting over - a weeding out - of a woman in one of my paintings. I had worked it nearly to death, and was at my wits end. She had been staring at me from the canvas for a few weeks. I was desperate; bound and determined to keep her in!
But as you can see in this video, I did NOT!
tap into your super-power
Just as an artist paints on canvas, we paint the canvas of our lives everyday with our choices and actions. What is life, really, other than a series of decisions and consequences, made one after the other? What if we were all tapped into the practice of deliberate discernment, choosing from a space of knowing and alignment to what matters to us? To our truth?
Embracing the contrast
When I reclaimed my Truth, that I am an Artist, that I am one-of-a-kind, that I am the only Margaret Heather Hanson who will ever exist, I was able to go full bore on embracing my quirks, my penchant for saying hello to the butterflies, my love of bright color and Star Trek.
In essence: I learned to wholeheartedly accept my contrast with the world, allowing the miracle of my individuality to unfold, creating a joyful life and wondrous art.
Let’s break it down, and you will see how what attracts you to a piece of art - the use of divergence in design, value and color - is what pulls you in, makes you gasp with wonder, shed tears of joy, and breathe a sigh of relief that you are truly, fully seen.