Comments on: Emotional Catharsis Through Intuitive Art

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:35:21 +0000

In reply to Lynne Braga (Louisa Ellingham). Thank you, Lynne, I can certainly relate!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:34:09 +0000

In reply to Suzi. Thank you for your comment, Suzi, I think it raises an important point: we often start creating because we want the aesthetics and fantasy rather than honest expression, but the more we create the more we can integrate the two. I think it's just now the time for you to start integrating!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:31:47 +0000

In reply to Cheryl. Thank you, Cheryl, your comment expands the post beautifully! I think the dark side is often safer to handle with images and other material we haven't produced right from the beginning. It has taken years for me to be brave enough to let it out when painting.

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:29:40 +0000

In reply to CARLA. Thanks, Carla!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:29:05 +0000

In reply to Wendy Holmgren. Thanks, Wendy! I would love to play a leading role in that!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:28:22 +0000

In reply to Melissa Crider Andrea. Thank you, Melissa!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:28:11 +0000

In reply to Carol Light. Thanks for being a long time follower!!!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:27:48 +0000

In reply to Jt. Thanks! All you need is a lively imagination and love for art!

By: Lynne Braga (Louisa Ellingham)

Lynne Braga (Louisa Ellingham) — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:46:16 +0000

Dear Päivi!
What an adventurous spirit you have and what a triumph in this unleashing of your unconscious! There is so much emotional abandon and yet also awareness of meaningful life events expressed: youth, money, grief, poverty, death! Facing and releasing the Shadow (the dark side) must always be terrifying yet purifying. Jung was convinced it is the only way we can become whole. My understanding (Jungian style) of being consumed –in your case, a lion–is showing us the need to overcome and transcend the weak aspects of ourselves. I wonder if you can relate to that? And as for the “futility of pleasure” and “the certainty of death”–both of these we must all most decidedly come to terms with!
It is a wild ride with you and Kandinsky!

By: Suzi

Suzi — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 02:10:19 +0000

Oh my!
I recently have been thinking more about facing darkness.
All this time alone has made me feel selfish. Is that what I want? Or is it more a matter of realizing the need for self-care that I put aside for others for so many years. I never have been one to put my feelings into my art, but maybe now is the time. I know I am becoming bored with “pretty” and “cute”.
Loved your “darkness”!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:43:43 +0000

What a wonderful post! I used to always feel I had to make “pretty pictures”, and it became a block to my creativity. One time my husband made a painting and he asked me to look at it. It was so different from anything he’d ever done and I said, “I love it! What made you do this?” He said he was angry with his father and he just let it out. Recently I started exploring intuitive collage to express my emotions and it has freed me to include the dark side.

By: CARLA

CARLA — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:41:24 +0000

Darkness often enters my paintings. I like what you wrote here and the speaking to Wassily. Powerful lesson for those who are ready to hear. Love you.