art
Art of an introspective nature; a look at artwork that reveals the artist's psyche and comments on the inner workings of a chaotic mind.
Cyanic
A word is such a vague way of defining oneself, is it not? I am often asked what word I would use if I could only pick one with which to describe myself. Therefore, I muse to myself, what’s in a word that I may use one to accurately describe me? Does it limit me in any capacity if I use only one word? I like to think there are several dynamics and dimensions that compose the complex issue of who I really am, so would one word truly suffice?
By Cindy Calder5 years ago in Psyche
ADHD'S Art
I have always been an artist; whether we are talking about visual arts, audio arts, up to performance arts, I loved it and would always receive high grades or compliments in that area. I think it is important to add that as a child, schooling was never my strong point. Although I have attended more schools than I could count on one hand, I think elementary takes one by itself: this is a whole other story; the importance to take away is that I would always have high grades when it came to art. I have drawn photos teachers asked to keep, I have made oil paintings teachers asked to keep. I even wrote short stories in elementary and high school. On two occasions, my teachers highly complimented the stories. I was also huge in performance arts; unlike dance class, I was the student everyone wanted on their team. I even graduated from an adult school that provided audio and video editing courses; in that course, my teacher used my idea for the entire class. Oh yes, we needed to submit our idea, and from that idea, he created a voice-over, company introduction, and closing summary with his video and audio recording company. The teacher would also often tell the class to pay attention when my work would go onto the screen. Especially for my Tupac- dear mama, music video. Now, of course, we all have our strong and weaker points in arts: I needed a Pencil, Pencil crayons, scissors, cords, scissors, Pens, Paintbrushes, textbook, or canvas boards and sheets, and a stage with a toy mic or my written script. But watch me having to redirect back to the story. In this article, I will discuss how I have tackled most aspects of art and how my, I mean Jessica’s life, took an exciting turn.
By Jessica A. Fox5 years ago in Psyche
The Beauty of Quilling. Top Story - May 2021.
Quilling is an art form utilizing strips of paper to create designs. Artwork can vary from minimalistic to highly intricate. While at first glance, quilling may seem complicated - with a little patience and practice - anyone can learn this art medium.
By Jennifer Parr5 years ago in Psyche
A Balloon A Day
I'm a freelance artist, mostly just trying to make my way in the world, but also desperately wanting to help change the way people perceive the world around us. A couple years ago, I started a project dear and near to my heart, "A Balloon A Day."
By L. M. Williams5 years ago in Psyche
Dissociative Identity Disorder Art Analysis
Digital Art Analysis Within this piece, all the personalities are connected through tiny colorful lines, similar to chromosomes. In the center of the broken pieces is a child crying, representing the emotional effects of repeated sexual trauma. DID rises from repeated sexual abuse over childhood from ages 4-9. DID cannot develop later in life, for an individual's personality to fracture the abuse must be during early childhood. In this diagram all alters are represented as human but in the majority of cases, systems can include non-human alters. The sentence in the piece states “We are more than our pieces, but together we make a whole”, which is the basis for DID. Alters initially appear because of “an elaborate form of denial [do to trauma] so that the child believes the event to be happening to someone else”(Gillig, 3); so the mind fractures to protect itself, developing alters who can endure the trauma. For example if an individual was abused by being treated like a dog, a dog or dog-like alter may appear to face the abuse (Alters in Dissociative…). Through fracturing the mind creates a systems of alters who each have their own role to protect the body, without one the rest could not function so together they make a whole. However, while the alters are not represented as non-human in this piece, the personalities are illustrated with different ethnicities, ages, and gender. Alters can develop as any ethnicity, gender, or age depending on the trauma and how the brain attempts to protect itself.
By Dakota Shadow5 years ago in Psyche
An Analysis: Salvador Dali’s “The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory”
To thoroughly understand the brilliance of Salvador Dalí and “The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory”, we must first briefly touch on the life of the artist himself, the thoughts or methods behind Surrealism, and develop an understanding of “The Persistence of Memory” (1931, oil on canvas, 9’5” x 1’1”), a work which really birthed “The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory” (1954, oil on canvas, 25.4 cm x 33 cm).
By Real Monsters 5 years ago in Psyche
Art Therapy, Relaxation and Mindful Living
The concept of mindfulness originated from early Buddhist practices, an historically encouraged and enlightened meditation with emphases on awareness of one’s emotions, sensations, and consciousness (Hinchey, 2018). Art Therapy today practices mindfulness to help an awareness of self and a capacity to reflect. Mindfulness, meditation and behavioural therapy in the expression of art therapy, creates mindfulness through art (Goguen- Hughes, 2010). Mindful relaxation techniques are used in mindful based art therapy to reduce damaging effects of stress by activating the body’s natural relaxation response, through practises of mindfulness relaxation techniques and mindful meditation. Mindfulness is based on meditation principles without judgment, paying attention to experiences and emotions in the present moment. Artistic expression for mindful living, relaxation and meditation have the same fundamental principles of Art in the mental health profession in that it is a creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of people. Jensen, (2016) offers the creative process of artistic self-expression helps people to resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behaviour, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight. Art therapy is a creative method of expression with therapeutic techniques to gain mindfulness, relaxation and meditation. Whereby, art therapy as a profession used in the health care system assists in treating patients with mental health disorders and psychological problems.
By Shanie Walker5 years ago in Psyche
Art Therapy and Personal Aspirations
Art therapy is influenced by the disciplines of art and psychology, which uses the creative process and pieces of art created in therapy. A person using art for creative expression uses several types of art media, to help explore the person’s innermost emotions and thoughts, reconcile conflicts, manage stress and anxiety, develop self-awareness, manage addictions and self-deprecating behaviours, and an increased sense of self-esteem. Artwork in treatment can develop self-awareness, explore emotions, address unresolved emotional conflicts, improve social skills, and raise self-esteem. In pursuit of attaining personal goals of improved quality of life, wellness and becoming an accredited practitioner of choice. The integration of art therapy, primarily aims to help with experiencing emotional and psychological challenges to achieve personal well-being and improved cognitive functioning. As a psychologist, my career aspirations include art therapy to combine CBT treatments for my patients (GoodTherapy, 2007-2019).
By Shanie Walker5 years ago in Psyche
Meditative Art
After a series of unfortunate events, I had a rapid spiritual awakening forced upon me back in the fall of 2020. I didn’t realize what was happening to me, and went through the whole fuckin’ thing by myself which resulted in me losing all my friends due to scaring the shit out of them, dropped 15 pounds from anorexia, got escorted to the psych ward where I would have been diagnosed with all kinds of fancy psychosis labels had I gone (I chose not to), and I got exiled from my family for a hot second. I trained wrecked my entire life in roughly three months in every single aspect of my life. Quit my job, maxed out all my credit cards, my love life got incinerated, the whole nine. I call it my mental health holiday. It all sounds absolutely terrible, and it was half magical and half wretched at the same time. The wretched part was having every single trauma I’ve ever suffered come roaring to the surface which basically was like a mirror shattering event for me. It felt like I went through all kinds of fun deaths, had a ton of out of body experiences, and I blasted open all of my chakras which had my ass hallucinating and searching through every crack and crevice trying to find the answer to the meaning of life. FYI: I highly recommend following instructions and unblocking the root chakra first and not your third eye and crown chakras. Trust me. The ground is your friend. I learned this after becoming one with the clouds for an extended period of time. It took a long time to balance them all (there’s 7 chakras), and I’m honestly still working at it since I have to pick up all of those broken pieces, and put them back together now that I’ve come back down to the land of the living. Now, the good stuff that came from this was the kundalini awakening that I unknowingly activated which caused me to get in touch with my higher self and allow my light body to turn on. It turned me into an overnight artist amongst other things. It really feels like all the muses came to grace me with gifts. I suddenly began dancing with absolute grace and rhythm when I’ve always been on the clumsy side, I could sing better, and I started writing poetry when I’ve never been a poet in my life. But drawing is where I seem to be interested in the most. I could barely draw a goddamn stick figure before my crown chakra got blown up. I noticed I draw half of things, in an extremely abstract format, and everybody sees something different in my drawings. For a little while there I was asking people what they saw, and whatever answer I’d get I would look up the spiritual meaning behind it. Made for a pretty cool psychological game that gave others insight to themselves if they were willing to listen to the message. When I draw, I put on meditative music and my hand just flows, I never think, my mind genuinely goes blank. I quite literally become absolutely silent within, and it’s the most cathartic, peaceful thing I’ve ever gifted myself with. I started with crayons, moved up to colored pens, and now I’m onto watercolor. I never draw the same thing, but I feel like I draw a lot of the same symbols in different sequences. I got curious one day, and started mirroring my drawings to each other, and I noticed something pretty interesting. They not only make a whole different picture when the other half is there, but when I merge them together in different aspects, the picture keeps changing. Sometimes I feel like I have a little alien inside me, and I get reminded of movies like Men In Black, Independence Day, and Transformers. I know I’m drawing and utilizing the concept of universal oneness which is definitely something I think everybody should look into. The world would be a lot kinder of a place if people understood just how connected we are to everything and everyone we come into contact with. My curiosity had me digging into ancient cultures because when I opened up myself to spirit, I was extremely drawn to look into the past, and I noticed patterns everywhere. History repeats itself. People repeat patterns. Everything is just one big giant loop. And everything has a meaning. Literally everything, which can honestly be a very overwhelming concept. Anyways, after tons of research in all kinds of different directions, I found that spirituality helps with mental health, and in my opinion, is deeply linked with mental health disorders to begin with. The one thing that truly saved me, and brought out a world of creativity hidden inside me, is meditation. I put on the Solfeggio frequencies, disconnect from reality, and I let the universe move me. It’s something I recommend others should try too. The key is to trust your body to make something uniquely yours, and it will be beautiful if you don’t resist or let your ego interject. Even if you’re not drawing, just sleeping to the solfeggio frequencies helps you lighten your energetic load, and it eases anxiety and stress. Meditation gets you into the state of flow, and that right there is where magic lies. Below are a couple more of my drawings and some of the different aspects that go with each one. And if you see something, especially if it’s a repeating something that you see multiple times as you look through them, you should look up the meaning behind it. Could be your subconscious trying to tell you something 😉
By Rachel willette 5 years ago in Psyche
