It isn't always pretty
But maybe that's the point?
I tend to share with you the drawings I do that keep me sane and focused…the ones that remind me that things can be lovely even when they are dark, if you look with the right eyes. And this week’s drawing is no exception:
But I also feel a little like a hypocrite, because sometimes the strange things I draw are not lovely at all and I don’t usually share those.
But I think they are just as important when it comes to using art as a sort of therapy.
Sometimes I have to draw the darkness out (literally) and capture my recurring nightmares onto paper so that I can trap them there…to make them less real…to make them less dangerous…to take control over them at least a little, so that perhaps they will have less control over me.
It isn’t always pretty.
But maybe that’s the point.
I think it’s always important to share both the dark and the light, so people can relate to either thing. You share so much of yourself through your art…but you should share whatever you are most comfortable with, and speaking for myself, I appreciate whatever you do.
I really appreciate your art. The grays on your darker piece are sublime. Also, I hope getting those voices out and onto a page does them get them out. Maybe they weren't all yours to begin with? Sometimes the darkness is just passing through...