I will call this one naïveté

Expressive drawing

Expressive drawing. Why do it? The question is .. why not do it. Sometimes, words don’t come easy. They reignite the pain, or anger or whatever feeling you are feeling, whatever you are confronted with in a particular moment in time. Of course you can start your expressive drawing journey at any time and don’t need any particular reason to do it. Maybe you want to relax, to stop scrolling on your phone or iPad, or watching mindlessly yet another Netflix TV series. This is a good moment to pick up a journal, a pen or a bunch of pens and start moving your hand without forcing anything. Sometimes the only thing you can do is draw lines, or circles, or dots … sometimes an image appears out of nowhere.

Looks who is talking you might say while reading these words. Yes I am watching Bosch at the moment and enjoying it big time.

Some years ago words were pouring out of me, rivers of feelings and metaphors, one after the other. And then words were replaced by images. Sometimes painted one, sometimes drawings , lots and lots of drawings filling in hundreds of pages. A part of me keeps thinking what was the point? What is the point? But then I am thinking … why this need to justify everything in life? What if I simply want to download whatever comes on the page without analysing, splitting the hair into 4, 8, 12 parts and more?

What do you feel at the end of a short and furious expressive drawing session I’ve been asked?

What do I feel? Different feelings depending on the day. A sense of emptiness, vindication, connection with the source, more. Each drawing showcases a part of ourselves, each one tells part of our story. Sometimes, we speak through symbols, sometimes third parties speak on our behalf, sometimes we dissociate from our reality and allow an object to channel and process our experiences. Grab a pen! Express yourself!