“Creativity is the door that opens my heart and listens to my soul’s whispers” – Suzie Cheel
My creativity has become a daily part of my self-love healing process. My current form of creativity is my intuitive painting. I painted several series since the universe gave me a GIANT wake up call back in July last year. The major one of these was The Intuitive Heart Series where I have painted and drawn 45 hearts and I am now in the process of writing a message to go with each heart.This will become a book and a set of cardsthat you can draw daily inspiration from. Then I created a left handed series after fracturing my humerus in January- another wake up call from the universe 🙂
Last week I created a new Creative Wellness Journal and most days I paint when I first get up, after doing a meditation. I never have a plan, I walk into my studio and allow myself to be drawn to a color and then I am guided to either start with paint or to use watercolor or oil crayons and start with a drawing. I always have my brushes at hand along with many tools, found objects I collect. Sometimes I find what I have painted is in sync with something a friend might have written on a blog post or shared on facebook. Below is the cover of my current journal. I usually set an intent to give my journals a cover before I start a new journal. Here I have taken one of my rainbow paintings and over painted the words and added in my photo
I like having my paintings in one place in the journal rather than individual sheets of paper. these are often scattered around the studio:) Sometimes I might write and collage the pages, so far I have still been writing in another journal. Writing this gave me the idea to sit with the painting after I have finished it and listen for my soul’s whispers. Who know this maybe another series. 🙂
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Always a colour explosion, Suzie. So vibrant and just speaks fun, fun, fun! I particularly liked your heart series. Keep playing.
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Hi Ruth,
Thanks for dropping by, your comments are always uplifting and love that you got the fun element- so important i am discovering and is also one of my empowerment needs.
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Inspiring post. I’ve wished I could do art journaling, and have even tried in the past, but it’s just not my natural medium, and I inevitably going back to words :-)) But whenever I look at pretty art journals, longing temporarily returns.
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Hi Dolly,
Welcome to my blog ♡ I like you Kaizen too
I word journal as well as paint- I almost always journal with words every day and I did paint every day for 21 days a while back. I was inspired to start This Creative Journal as way to maybe have more flow- will let you know how that goes. 🙂
Your comment has also given me an idea- not that I need even one more idea right now!
Yes … Let the paintings whisper the words …. Love It! 😀
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Thanks Ellie,
it will give me more just being time 🙂
thanks for dropping by ♡ and Big Hugs back to you
Ah – so inspiring. Here yet again, art and color are nibbling at the edges of my awareness, beckoning me to experiment. I don’t have any paints or materials – but I do have colored pencils. You’ve got me inspired to bust them out and just play. It’s easy to just turn to all those activities that are more familiar, where I feel more comfortable. But lately I’m getting it – the point is not how perfect or beautiful the creation is, it’s to listen to what your inner self is saying through the colors and the shapes.
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Hi Sarah,
You make my heart sing, I just love it when I inspire you to explore your creative side. Just playing is so special, please share when you feel you want to. Being perfect is not at all important- just acknowledge how you feel and as you say liosten to what your inner self is saying.
I am excited to see what transpires for you
“Writing this gave me the idea to sit with the painting after I have finished it and listen for my soul’s whispers.”
I love the idea of sitting and just listening to the painting!
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Hi Lori,
Wonderful to see you here and welcome. Thanks for you feedback