Connect your dots - The thought.

The thought was born during conversations about personal growth. These conversations were dissection parties for bad habits and learned behaviours. De-cluttering the mind in a way.

The art was born during the practice. 

I have always created as a means to express ideas that I’m unable to articulate with words. The brain, the eye and the foot were not painted on blank canvases. Originally, they were incredibly ugly dust collectors (in my opinion). Just like holding on to emotional clutter, it was time to reframe... 

Why dots? Because it’s painful. Holding breaths to keep a steady hand, extinguishing the urge to start again when a dot doesn’t look like the way it “should”... It takes time, persistence and patience. Taking the time to address the issues that linger in the back of our minds may not seem worth the effort because we can’t fully rid the scars. But we can control the light they shine under and benefit from a more pleasant view. The dots on the paintings represent the nudging discomforts and the dots we need to connect to be able to re-define what peace means for us. The dots shine on their own, but brighter as a collective and only as a collective do they make sense. Connect your dots, define your peace and live it.

Owe it to yourself to paint over the clutter and use the newfound space and time for something more enjoyable.