Finding New ‘ME’
Having been an optimist since childhood, I’ve had my fair share of ups and downs in life. I’ve touched my lows and have bounced back to face life with renewed hope. What couldn’t break me definitely made me stronger as each new day came with a new challenge. Life hasn’t been a bed of roses and I’m sure many of you can relate with me atleast in this aspect. I have shed innumerable tears, been through heartache and had fallen face first a few times in the so-called field of life. I have been through crippling pains and saw my medical file being transferred from one specialist to another for years just to hear that the pain was in my head. Two surgeries and medications that made me feel like a zombie sent fears down my spine as I raised two young children with my husband by my side. But when life couldn’t break me, it misunderstood me and I found myself in a deep black hole with no ray of hope. It was then that I turned towards expressing myself through art.
Holding a brush was very painful due to physical pains my body just couldn’t endure but something in me kept that warrior spirit alive. I turned towards some techniques learnt during high school and started creating my own texture paste to slather on the canvas with palette knives to create interesting textures which had their own bumps just like my life had at that moment in time. Soon I developed my own style and kept experimenting with different kinds of textures made from things that were readily available around my house. There was spark in my eyes and I had found a way to express my soul. Colours started to speak to me and I found myself being attracted to the metallics and sparkles. I had found new ‘ME’ and I started spreading the sparkles through my artwork. Every artwork of mine had a little sparkle of my new found self giving ‘HOPE’ to people who would connect with my artwork. This brought immense joy and peace to my heart. Life was not the same as something had changed within me; something that gave me hope and courage to look beyond my pains while giving me a platform to safely express my deepest feelings and emotions.
I mindfully chose to let go of my given name and not associate it with my artwork, hiding behind the name ‘Mindful Intuitions’ and stepping into the world of transformation and deep healing.. This was my first step in an uncharted territory but my determination and willingness to trust the process had a snowball effect and slowly I found myself managing my physical pains without the prescription drugs. Slowly, I weaned myself off the over the counter painkillers as I started practicing mindfulness and learnt to live in the moment.
Life was different and interesting at the same time as I was thinking outside the box, painting my ‘Mindful Intuitions’ and expressing them in words as well. Each artwork that I created carried an inspirational message and I started writing that message to spread the sparkles not just through my art but also through uplifting words for whosoever needed a little inspiration to pull through ‘LIFE’. This burning desire to spread inspiration through my art and make it affordable at the same time, inspired me to use my graphic design skills to create inspirational art cards of my original artwork and I’ve never looked back since then. These inspirational art cards have brought joy to many wonderful souls in turn bringing immense joy and peace to my soul. Today, I have a collection of such inspirational art cards which are spreading their sparkles around and uplifting souls.
Art, mindful living and my burning desire to spread some sparkles around has lit up my path and I can confidently say, ‘THE JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN’…
Namaste!
Note: The featured artwork is titled ‘Ongoing Journey of Life’ and is one of the artwork that I created when I thought that the journey of ‘Mindful Intuitions’ had just begun… Years later, the spark in my eyes still exists, I grew and transformed, learnt how to harness my soul power not just with intuitive mindful art but also with the art of energy healing; and again I can confidently say, ‘THE JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN’…
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