A Different Way

Splatter painting.  A different way.  Yesterday I went on an art field trip with a couple of our kids.  They have been learning about the artist, Jackson Pollock, and went to an art studio to splatter paint. I was inspired.

Pollock says that his painting is energy and motion made visible.  He allows the paint to have a life of its own.   He lets people have their own feelings about his work, whether it be anger, happiness, joy or frustration.  He continues to splatter.  Sometimes he notices that roots block the line of his art.  He waits and then continues as the roots dissolve.

Some people may not consider this way of painting true painting.  It may be thought of as second rate art.  I was inspired because it is different, and in the difference there is beauty and possibility and hope.  It speaks to me of allowing.  Allowing a unique way.  Allowing the paint to express.

We are all different and unique.  Many of our children are very different.  Not all of them have the possibility of fitting in or of doing things the way most of us do.  Some cannot compete or even get started in our very competitive and fast moving world where often there seems to be just one "right" way of doing things.  I want to grow in being able to allow my children and myself to have a life of our own.  To express ourselves in unique ways of possibility that in their own way are beautiful.  I want to have eyes and ears to be open to the differences and to see the beauty where others may only see the mess and disorganization.

Splatter painting makes art accessible to us all.  Open the doors of your heart to be creative and to dissolve the roots that bind and keep us on one path.  Allow and accept the differences and be creative in seeing the possibilities with the beauty inherent in those.  There are many ways to express ourselves through paint.  Similarly, our very beings can be expressed in many different ways.  Allow and welcome those different ways.