The ‘Unique’ Gremlim
L I F E L E S S O N S
Thoughts and loose ends that I took from this week and am taking into next week:
What daily acts of creation will push the dial forward?
Mind the mind
Surf reality - choose what to observe and what to absorb
Be careful of the jaded opinions of failed creatives who want to share their bitterness with you
Treasure the ones who, after spending time with, you feel like more of your true self
Caution of those who, after spending time with you, feel like less of your true self
Uniqueness is all that it takes; it is the magic pill. When someone finally embraces their whole self in their totality of individuality, people have no choice but to respond by becoming curious and magnetised. Society responds by calling that person an anomaly - they become the one that broke through and cracked their creative dream, but this is a lie. They are not the exception. ‘Lording’ someone as a star is society's way of ensuring that we don't all embrace our unique power. The ‘star’ is a star because they are them. And I am I. And you are you. Every person can radiate. In their own. Unique. Way. The irony is we are each individual.
We are each unique. And each equal
M O R N I N G S K E T C H E S
More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting candisappear. What counts is the seed.”
- Joan Miró
This week, instead of writing about just one lesson, I am choosing to share some of the thought forms that I have been untangling. As I I give these themes time to integrate and unfold, I will share some of the paintings I make daily.
I think there is something very soothing about having a tangible output of a humble painting amidst crazy life lessons and events. The modest painting - it’s always there for me through thick and thin. And that is the blessing of having a practice in art. We create not for the output, but for the joy, reassurance and grounding it gives us when we are reminded we have the power to transform our internal world and thereby alter the external.
I refound this quote this week and boy oh boy did it it.
For the Gremlins that don’t conform to the crowds - this nugget is for you.
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
Till Next week
Stay true, Karimah x
