Inward Journey to Wellness blog

INWARD JOURNEY ARTS 2000

 Hi there! My name is Tushar. This is true there are many stories on the market, and I am very pleased that I can join this beautiful and an interesting part of it. I have recently created a project known as the Inward Journey in which I shall focus on illustrating my mind and development. I enjoy creation thus, I wish to know myself better through this project to create what is inside of me. 

The purpose of this project is to reflect behind the mask and unveil the ‘self’. Painting is a type of art that I will be making is painting and drawing that depict things such as my identity, some feeling that I have, and how I approach life issues. But the point of making art is not just to make art but it is the process through which I attempt to progress and gain ground. 

Why is this important? I believe most of us are always occupied, concerned with things going on around us, but we rarely remind ourselves to ask, ‘How are you doing?’ This project will be useful in making me take some time off and focus on what is happening within me. I meant for people at least to feel that they want to spot their own creativity and emotions as I have done with this work.

Entry 1: Introduction and Intentions

Title: The Aesthetics of Self Disclosing through Art

Hi there! This is my path to self realisations! Here, I want to find out more about myself; the feelings that I possess and personal development within the scope of art. Painting and drawing are something I have always enjoyed, yet in this case, it is not the goal of producing the art. It is the process of seeking to know myself and wanting to look deeper and find the hidden side.

This week, I started with a simple exercise: sketching my hand. It was symbolic because now my hands will be the devices that will steer me through this process. Here’s my first sketch that I have drawn below – this is only the start and I have much to look forward to!

Entry 2: Painting Emotions

Title: Colors of My Mood

This week, I painted the painting based on the feelings that I have at the moment. I used such colours as reds and oranges for energy and used blue for a cool effect. The process of mixing these colors taught me how emotions are most of the time intertwined and one can experience many at one time.

As I painted, I thought how many times do I ignore some feeling as I tend to the next what should be done. This exercise helped me to accept all my feelings with no shaming. Here is the painting below which I’ve named Harmony of Chaos.

Entry 3: On the Correlation Between Identity, Personhood and Portraiture

Title: Looking in the Mirror

This week I tried to do a self-portrait. It was not the goal to look realistic but rather mimic how I look myself from the mind’s eye. The outcome caused me to pay attention to what I considered were the significant aspects I focused on; for example, the eyes which symbolize looking and reflecting.

As an outcome of this activity, I was able to think about how I may begin to view myself in comparison to how others view me. The best part was that it was possible to meet such thoughts head on and though it was tough, it was also liberating. See below for my self-portrait – it is unedited, and that’s okay because I am also unedited.

Entry 4: Practice-based Visual Arts as a Pedagogy for Expanding Understandings of Practical Prolem Solving  

**Title: But now let me draw faith, hope and love in drawings.  

This week I looked at how art can tell values that make the world a better place to live See Also: [8] Using my artistic abilities, I decided to caricature common vegetables and beside each picture I imposed the words faith, hope and love.  

Writing these words beside the drawings enhanced the drawings; they acted as a sort of daily mantra, or, at least, a constant reminder of what is important during the difficult days. Not only were these rather playful images fun to create but they also gave a moment of thought and inspiration.  

This exercise showed that even small, physical activities can be used to remind people of focus and the virtues of living life to the fullest.

Entry 5: Revisiting the Past

Title: Painting My Memories

This week I engaged in writing a describing of a childhood memory of a time when the child was feeling free and artistically inspired. I painted a scene from that memory: me sitting under a tree and sketching in a notebook.

During the creation of this piece I have seen how much I missed that part of me that can be so reckless. It made me realize how much I need to get back to trusting myself and find the child within me. posting this painting below: It’s called Roots of Joy.

Entry 6: Overcoming Creative Fear

Title: Perfection and the cycle of having to be perfect all the time

This week, I struggled to be creative because fear of making a mistake paralyzed me. I kept complaining in my head and worrying that the work was insufficiently good. To break through, I tried a new approach: blind contour drawing. Using only one line of sight, I drew an object on a piece of paper with my pen.

The bureaucratisation of social informalisation was uncoordinated but emancipating. It made me realize that art doesn’t have to be well-done to convey a message. Here is my blind contour drawing below; it represents surrendering.

Entry 7: Art as Meditation

Title: The Power of Patterns

This week I decided to continue learning new ways to incorporate art as a form of meditation: mandalas. This caused a need for concentration and, as a result, still my thoughts. When I was going through each section of the design I was able to add more and more details until I became at peace with the design.

This exercise showed me that art can help one to be mindful. Here is my completed mandala below, I have to say this is one of the best that I have done.

Entry 8: Reflection and Looking Ahead

Title: What I’ve Learned Through Art

Coming to a end of this creative project I have said and designed a lot, but in essence what art is to me now is a reflection of my feelings, struggles and achievements. I have realized some aspects I hadn’t discover before through painting and drawing.

From this journey I have learned to be okay with mediocrity, not being overcritical with myself, and that the journey is beautiful too. As for the future activities, I want to make art in order to remain connected with myself. Here are some of my aesthetic choices from this journey, which I wanted to share below—it’s a win-win.