After time away from painting and struggling with new ideas I have decided to have a little idea making session.
I have an idea to plan paintings around meaningful lyrics or quotes. I came up with this idea when thinking about what to do for my upcoming 10/10 Project. I have had a hard time coming up with new ideas because I have been busy with The Auction. I decided to go back to why I paint, which is because of the connection between expression of emotions through painting and colours. I also remembered the recent connection between emotion and music I have been exploring. Putting this together to find the songs/lyrics etc to mean the most to me and creating something from them.
Here are some examples of lyrics/songs.
‘The worry cracks a fracture from your hip to you’re chest’ – Half Moon Run – Full Circle.
Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love
Damian Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
David Bowie – Moonage Daydream
I find it very hard to explain what this songs do for me as I feel uncomfortable discussing my emotions, I even find it hard to write this blog explaining the context behind what I do as it is all very personal. I also find it hard to talk about my mental health issues but they are a lot to do with my art. It is a very personal part of me that I struggle with a lot more than I like to admit. The only way I now how to express and release these emotions is to listen to music I relate to and to paint. Its a coping mechanism that I have found and it works for me. I really don’t like to talk about this but its the main reason I do what I do and that needs to be explained.
In the future I would like to look in to the stigma behind mental illness as I do feel judged as a weak person for having problems and I don’t feel that that is right I am a strong person. I would like to express that in my work some how, its something to think about.
