Thierry B Fine Art: Art Therapy
People often describe me as very social, but those who know me well, know that one of my mantras is silence is golden. After my morning workout, I love a beautiful golden buddha pot of tea and some well earnt silence before the business of the day starts. Maybe I should title today Mindful Monday for the first day of Winter sets in?
What is it which motivates me to make and then find homes for the paintings I and others create? It is all about the art of healing. As humans, our senses are stimulated by what we see, feel and hear. There has been much documented over centuries to value that which aesthetics play in our daily lives. Awe, wonder and beauty promote lowest levels of the cytokine Interleukin 6 - a marker of inflammation which can ward off infection and depression.
Our emotional relationship with our environment, be it work or home, can affect us profoundly. Spending extended time in a hospital, a space dedicated to healing all ills, is all to often bereft of colour, texture and form - all necessary ingredients to feel uplifted and a-live! Why I often think to myself is the case ?! By engaging and involving ourselves in our space informs how we, in turn, feel about ourselves and each other throughout our lightening busy weeks. Give your neurotransmitters a chance to fire up and feel inspired!
A fellow French painter Robert Delauney once said "l'œil est le plus raffiné de nos sens , celui qui communique le plus directement avec notre esprit, notre conscience". Translated into English is the less sexy: "the eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness". When did we forget how to see and remember how to start looking again? My diagnosis of others' malaise has always been what are they failing to see?
Thierry B xx
