Klimting

Oh MY! I just had a major head rush.

I could feel it coming on several weeks ago.

It all started around Christmas when my niece, Hollie, mentioned an artist of whom she had been inspired while in art school named Gustav Klimt. I didn't recognize his name right off although I would have recognized his art, especially "The Kiss" which is one of his most famous paintings.

(click the image to see the cool manipulated techniques)
Anyway, I go home and look him up - my heart starts beating a little faster when I recognized the artist and that he has always had a way into my head that I can't explain - and apparently my niece had felt the same. What is it about certain art and artist that connects a person cerebrally?

I ordered a used book so I can wallow in this particular art. (Okay, my non-artist friends - there are people out there that are totally getting this? Surely it relates to any other total crush you've had on something!) SO THEN, I devour the book, mostly the art first, like a starving man, knowing that later there will be hours of exploration.

AND THEN, THEN... I take my own art to Flickr and start manipulating it to look like a Klimt of sorts. Now this is not Klimt -ish - he would have left the facial features in tact but used symbolism to get the rest of the painting. But I can see it and a new paradigm shift occurs for me, and that's all that matters.

I know it's a small thing in the game of life - but to have a real delicious morsel that you give yourself that awakens that sleeping giant heart within you, a mysterious new pathway that leaves you holding your breath as you rush forward, a breakthrough while on the edge of your chair, that lets you play like a child in your own little playhouse, that sets you free from every other care ..... just for minutes.... isn't a great life, in part, measured by those creative moments??? I hope you found one of those moments for yourself today!