Improving Art Through Meditation

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If you enjoy the design theory aspect of art, my upcoming (Oct-Nov 2023) class is heavily focused on letting you explore this stuff with a fun online class setting.

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#art #artschool #meditation

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:01 Ideas behind this topic
20:22 Guided Meditation
36:40 Summation and Mental Frameworks

[stillchrisfasho]

"the man who loves the journey is better than the man who loves the destination"

[Yithmir]

I have a suggestion for how to draw AND meditate sort of mindfully as an exercise.

There was a proko video that gathered tips for good art habits etc and I pull this from there, but it's quite helpful.

So you draw from life how you normally would. You find an object or subject to draw, but- rather than looking back and forth between your page- you focus on the feeling of your pen. How it feels on the page, where it's position is and so on.

You draw blind effectively. And it can be done with closed eyes also.

But you try and visualise where the pen is from how it's feeling, (without looking) and you conciously determine where each stroke should go.

It's very helpful for pen control and spacial awareness too.

[aapomottonen]

I had an "artblock" for a big part of life, and part of that was that i was uncomfortable being aware. I could only do it if i reached a flowstate, so i naturally gravitated towards activities i could do while unaware. Meditation actually helped me be okay being aware, so naturally my desire to draw came back because i didn't need to be in a flowstate anymore to be comfortable drawing

[jakeplesheart]

Hey man, was great to meet you at Lightbox. Loved the sprouts, they were everywhere!

[kasatkeen]

The most unexpected thing I expected to see here XD
Thank you for what you do

[ironhead]

This is one of your best videos, I usually don't comment much here on youtube but felt like doing the exercise and coming here at the end to wish you a great joyful practice in your art making. I've been learning a lot from all your videos after re-watching most of them recently. This discussion also confirms some of the things that I had going in the back of my head after coming back to art with a much more positive mindset, after taking a break for almost a year. Thank you for re-uploading it to your channel because I think it will be of so much help to a lot of people, today, tomorrow and for the rest of the future. To anyone else reading this, I wish you a great day and may you make the art that you love!

[frog_glasses_extra]

This is the most useful art talk that hardly talks about art, sinix always highlights the interdisciplinary-ness of art

I always think every aspect of life can be seen through the passion of art if you will it to be, i think sinix might feel the same.

probably why I've been watching for so long

[ZainZebun]

Guided meditation by Sinix is the best video I've seen in a while.

[rocknroll]

money is not a resource I usually have to spare, but you are the only one on the internet I've been gladly contributing to through patreon as I believe you are such a gem to the internet and this world, thank you from the bottom of my heart and I hope you continue doing what you do best

[learningforever]

I expected to learn something about art with this talk.
I have learned about art and life.
Love you Sinix, is always interesting to listen to you, what a great person you are.

[zaydlokhandwala]

I cant breathe anymore :_( thank you so much sinix

[royahk]

I need to rewatch your video each month at least. It really helped me out to overcome my stress, I didn't notice how untrustful I am towards my subconscious. Thank you Sinix <3 <3 <3

[ChantelleArts]

Whilst I dont meditate, I always do my morning pages which act as the same resource for me, its a game changer ❤❤❤

[klausineliebtpeter]

i only started drawing at almost 30. i had a horrible childhood. one good memory is the -maybe- only time i reached flow state (besides when i read books). i had taken a huge stack of paper from my dads printer and phantasized about making a princess dress out of it and draw scenes from my favorite grimms fairytales on every part of it. i was like 10 or something. i dont even know how much of it is phantasy and what i actually did, i was straight up in trance. when my dad came home and i showed it to him he was angry because i wasted his paper. everytime i drew it was like "dont waste my paper". yeah, good looks lol. i wonder how you could transfer that to writing what you say in your speech. i write too but i always struggle with the heartbreak of having to decide for one of the two. with writing, i feel like i have a natural gift for it, cant really explain. with drawing not so much but i cant stop somehow. theres this weird need to be good at it. but i never lose that inferiority feeling of "oh its just not for me" whenever i dont like what i did. very depressing at times. also, with drawing i crave to do something uniquely my own but often find myself reproducing generic stuff. i did a course of yours and i cant thank you enough because it was the first time i felt lifted up and not put down by a teacher. i learned more than in years combined. when i catch myself kicking myself when im down i think of your statement that theres a way to bring my very own, unique vision that only i have out of me. still, i feel like its buried in a lot of seen-before clutter. any idea how to overcome that?

[YashSharma-uryt]

i was going through very dull days lately and now your talks make feel very happy so thank you so much🥰

[so_lodolo]

Didn't expect to do a guided meditation from this video, glad I did😊😊

[vladi]

This was a really great talk! It helped me a lot with focusing on art and not worrying too much about the end result. Thanks!

[lucassoares]

Some people are mentioning drugs in various ways. While it can be, sometimes, interesting, relieving even eye opening or simply enjoyable. I am a bit disappointed some of us instinctually turn to that aspect in the face of concepts explored in this talk.
I am partially to blame to choose to comment this, so hey, I guess i am part of the problem too... YES sometimes I hit the za za too!
But i kinda feel it is a disrespectful endeavor not only to the amazing talk, to the subject, and honestly to ourselves.
I am not here to tell anyone what to do, or what to feel bad about (we all know there's enough things inside and outside to feel bad about) i simply want to emphasize the powerful tools residing in this talk. For me, exercising compassion and gratefulness to ourselves and to other artists was the greatest take way! I will reenforce what Sinix said, and invite you to wish upon a fellow artist you know, the grace of effortless and enjoyable creation.
So if you're reading this, go ahead and enjoy yourself, marvel at your own creations with caring and childlike enthusiasm, you deserve it... We all deserve it!

Lastly, thank you Sinix for the courage and vulnerability! Throughout the years, unbeknownst to both of us, you have shaped my artistic worldviews in a very positive and proactive way. Thank you for creating the way you do.

And thank you to everyone who read this! English not first language 😖

[stinkingooze]

Thabkyou for this talk, its been really rejuvinating ro hear such optimism within this art journey.

[AlejandroSilva-mryy]

I just find it lovely how as your art progressed on an exponential level and you've approached the level of classical masters, now godlike entities, you've gained enlightenment in the process

This feels like a legend in the making
(I am high)