Ellimid
Art by Chloe Elliott Schmid
for people who feel the extraordinary in ordinary life
My Art is for people that
know that our inner lives matter more than we ever knew before and are finding pieces of themselves reflected to them in the world around them
who see things differently
who keep treasures from their walks in the woods or beaches
who secretly talk to other things, living or not (yes I tell the stone I found its pretty!)
who know there is more to life
who treasure the quiet moments
who re-read their favourite books to feel it all over again
who could spend hours staring at the beauty of a moment - your child's eyelashes, the sun's dappled patterns on shady ground
who believe in magic
who feel something inexplicable when they look at it
who want something a bit more than to match their sofa
who want to stuff normal - give me MAGIC!
True Art has always been about feeling and connection.
ART has always been about an artist having a feeling about an experience and processing that feeling through painting it (*other mediums available*)
Artists feel deeply and intensely and creating art helps to complete the processing loop for that emotion, what comes out is an expression of that deeply human moment.
Feeling is one thing so human, so intricate to Who We Are, that cannot be manufactured, produced and packaged and sold to you - as hard as corporations try. I do believe in the power of feeling emotion, to create experience, to shape your perspective and in that, to create your reality.
This is exactly why art is so subjective, such marmite- love it or hate it. We all approach the art from a different perspective and feeling state. Not every piece is for every one - and wouldn't it be such a sad place to be if it was! Where would the excitement be?
We look for ourselves in art. We look to see our experiences, our unfinished emotional loops, recognition of who we are and what we have been, validation, healing - to be seen by other and by ourselves. Art provides this. It connects us. Unifies us. Raises us. Helps us. It makes us feel. Somehow speaks to the soul of us. Changes us.
It's not always big fireworks, it's often mostly subtle, a painting you saw that stuck in your mind years later. And sometimes there is fireworks - there's one that struck a deep emotional cord in you and you cried, even though you cannot explain why. Profound. (Speaking from experience here!) Wow. That is something else. That's a spiritual experience.
Art is deeply Human and deeply Spiritual.
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