All is art

What begins in the mind and then is made real is art. 

This goes for a complicated thing like a spacecraft, or a simple thing like a drawing. 

It goes for a cheesecake and a planter box and a fine art painting.

This is what artists do: they take an abstract idea in their mind and make it real.

Eatable, tangible, seeable.

Helena Bonham Carter: 

I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art. 

Proverb : I am the artwork.

You laugh but that shit works

Write it down. 

Everything.

Few things make me feel lighter than when I dump my brain on the page. I’ve been doing this since high school after a camp counselor recommended the practice to me. It’s so helpful. 

The page listens. The page doesn’t judge. You can be your honest, ugly, petty, vulnerable self with the page. 

And then you can move on. Close the journal. Leave it there. Never read what you wrote. Never think about it again. 

There’s another magical thing about the page.  

Writing down goals, hopes, dreams puts them into motion.

Putting these things on paper is a powerful act of focus. It tells your subconscious mind and also alerts the Universe of where to take action. 

Vision boards work like this, too. 

I was talking to a friend the other day who is wanting to make some changes in his life. 

“Make a vision board,” I said.

He laughed.

You laugh but that shit works.

Proverb: Imagination is everything.