How do you tap into ‘spiritual subconscious’ an ethereal type quality that you have within yourself, to aid your creativity and Pyrography work?
It can be quite difficult to step out of the hustle and bustle that surrounds and influences us in everyday life. We need to allow ourselves time to contemplate and access the deeper spiritual side that lies within us. This means finding a peaceful place on our own where we will not be interrupted.
Some of you may know how to use meditation to clear your mind of all thoughts and to allow your spiritual light to shine from within. If you can do this it will be easier for you to convey your thoughts and emotions into shapes and colours straight onto paper or whatever you choose as a material for your creative expression.
If this is something that you have not done before, then just allow yourself to be in a peaceful place and empty your mind and relax. Create an environment perhaps with appropriate music i.e. natural earth sounds, Pans pipes or spiritual melodies of your choice to help you to open up the pathway to releasing your thoughts freely from within.
If you still find this difficult then try this simple exercise which is similar to the one that Jenny Mather Artist and Therapist of Blackberry Barn, Bamford, Derbyshire used at a workshop day that I attended. It helped me to lift the block of always having to draw recognisable shapes.
This little exercise will help you to use symbols to represent how you feel. After the exercise you can think how to use some of your own inner thoughts in the same way to create patterns and images for your Pyrography.
Have some coloured pencils to hand and reading through your paired words quickly draw (don’t think too hard just do it) the symbols that represent your pair of words e.g. (Peaceful may come out as a straight blue line and angry may be red dots or black scribbles) draw whatever appears from your fingertips using the coloured pencil of your choice!
If you wish, then use the word pair examples below or use your own pairs of words.
Happy - Sad: Land - Sea: Light - Dark:
Peaceful - Angry: Home - Away: Black - White:
Big - Small: Hot - Cold: Beautiful - Ugly:
Sun - Moon: Young - Old: Liquid - Solid:
Day - Night: Loud - Quiet: Long - Short:
Laugh - Cry: Love - Hate: Mountain - Valley:
I think you will find the results very stimulating!
Bye for now - I hope you enjoy creating your own 'special place' where you can explore safely what lies within and make a creation unique to you!
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