The Economy of Nightstand Dreams
"The Economy of Nightstand Dreams" aka Amor Fati 😉, mixed media on canvas (acrylic, ink, permanent marker, chalk pastel, tinted charcoal, liquid chalk, colored pencil, dryerase crayon, and a tiny bit of washi tape). I painted this two weeks ago (seems so much longer than that!) when I thought it would take me several more weeks before I could walk outdoors by myself again. I was going through my menu of ways to cope with stress that did not require more use of my (cognitive) brain, and art was one of them 🥳 This was my first time to paint after having started the self-mastery work . Instead of just relieving mental stress, I was so happy to discover that the process of making art was also a great way to explore my feelings of (aesthetic) discomfort, and to practice just feeling them rather than try to make them go away. For example, I don't particularly like geometric art (much less create it!). But I decided to follow the lead of my subconscious--as well as whichever...