 "The stories of our mind, become the stories of our lives." I'll never forget this saying; from the CEO of a company, I was involved with a few years back. What we feed ourselves comes out in our skin, hair, nails and our figure. Yes, let me tell you, I have a sweet tooth and know if I give in to the chocolate cravings, the scales find out very quickly.
So too is what we feed our brain. You know, the little nasty conversations we have with ourselves. Those snippets of useless information such as, I'm not good enough, no one will like this, I have no talent, I'm a fraud, I'm useless at this. Toxic conversations we have with ourselves. We would never talk to our best friend, family member or neighbour this way, yet we allow ourselves to participate in this one-way hurtful conversation. What if we turned the conversation on ourselves and spoke as though we were speaking to our nearest and dearest, replacing admonishment with praise? Hurt for joy, negative for positive, sadness for happiness? Imagine how we would feel about what we do in life. It doesn't matter if we're talking about creating art, gardening, writing or any matter of hobbies or tasks. Being kind to others starts with being kind to ourselves. Next time you are about to have a nasty conversation with yourself, take a breath and replace the negative chitty-chatter with a healthy dose of positivity and praise. You know you can change your story, it might just change your life. Do you have positive conversations with yourself? How do you stop negative self talk? Let us know in the comments below.
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 There are two phrases I love to use when creating. In the wise words of Bob Ross " making happy little accidents" and "Joy Fahey "now that's interesting".
My artwork is quite loose and that is what I love to create. Loose works for me. Sometimes, what I see in my head is not necessarily what I create on the canvas. Instead of berating myself or going into the negative self talk I remember these two sayings. I may look at something I have just laid down and think now that's interesting. I can look at it, see if I can do something with it or paint over it. Or, I can look at it and think, now that is a happy little accident, I am so glad it happened. Often, art can bring up emotions which, in turn, become negative self talk. It can also take us back to a time when we weren't 'perfect' or we didn't do something the same as another person. It could even take you back to a time when you did art at school. It is different for everyone. What if we replaced negative self talk with these two phrases to look at our creative project or artwork with a different set of eyes? Now, that's interesting gives us so much scope to work with than, that's horrible. That's interesting opens up a world of possibilities to explore. Looking at a process faux par as a happy little accident changes it from a negative to a positive with an array of ideas and opportunities. It got me thinking what would it do to our outlook if expand these two fabulous phrases into our everyday life? Would it open up magical and exciting opportunities everywhere not just on the canvas? Do you like these phrases or do you have your own to change the dynamics of a situation? |
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