heartspace

i took up courage to do art again, after many years of procrastination...much of it scarred by my bad experience of tackling the subject at o-levels and failing miserably at it...st mary's has been running an art class for adults for a year now...Heartspace led by trained art therapist jo who was patient enough to guide us back into the process again...it helps that the entire class comprises of non-practitioners...we just tapped into silence, prayed our own ways and allowed our heart to speak...

p/s: pics were uncropped..i kinda liked the trees that stood beyond the glass room where we had our lessons...



a. firesky
10 may 2008



i woke up with images of death and anguish splashed on the front pages of papers. brought with me images of the cyclone & quake and its destructive impact on life. difficult images to meditate on, says jo. the first 45 mins was spent in aimless splattering of angry red juxtaposed against a deep & dark sky...frames of black were added later to contain the pain...the flowers are in ascension, beyond the transcendental white that separates 2 planes of existence...a sign of souls lifted upward, transfigured by the land's horrifying wounds. their colours are somewhat the same...not having forgotten what it is like, to suffer pain.

b. marsh
24 may 2008

i didn't see the significance of this piece till days later when a friend inverted it for me...from marsh to sky...jo said my colour schemes are still the same. i remember not having any concept or idea in mind when i painted this. she said to keep trying until some discernable pattern can be sensed from what was offered by the hand...