Melissa Harris is an internationally published artist and author, and offers a unique combination of highly experienced artistic technique with a strong intuitive capability. Her book,99 Keys to a Creative Life,combines creativity with …
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“I like to interview artists who intentionally create art that has an uplifting message. I call this kind of art Healing Art. I believe art can be healing in 2 ways- through the creative process before it is finished or from meditating on the message of the finished piece.”
Interviews with My Favorite Artists
Interview with Melissa Harris
Interview with Freydoon Rassouli
Freydoon Rassouli is a mystic who expresses his inner revelations through painting, writing, sculpting, discoursing and architectural designing. He writes and paints from the currents of love flowing through him, resounding from the beginning of …
Interview with Bruce Harman
Based in Santa Cruz, CA, Bruce Harman has been painting his meditation-inspired images for over 30 years. A self-taught painter, he spends many months crafting his detailed images. Trained as a printmaker, he creates archival prints from each …
Lessons in Unconditional Self Love
Obstacles of self-love #3: The false belief that we are nothing
The false believe that we are nothing blocks the flow of unconditional self-love. But if we could see that the reason why we think that we are nothing is because unhealthy people from our past convinced us of this, by the way they spoke to us and …
Obstacle of self-love #2: Depression
I have experienced frequent bouts of depression all through my life. When it has gotten really bad, I have asked myself, “What does my life matter? Why bother?” After decades of asking myself this question, I have finally found my answer. My Life …
Obstacles of self-love #1: The belief that self-love is selfish & wrong
The believe that self-love is selfish and wrong blocks the flow of self-love. I think one reason why people hold onto this believe is because they’re not aware that there are two kinds of self-love. There is ego-based self-love which is a …
“Inspiration to paint my art comes from the desire to look at life differently. When I am faced with a problem, I search my spiritual studies and my collected wisdom for advice. Once I realize the advice that I need to take, I think of the symbolism to convey that message and that is what I paint.”
I'm Rita Loyd. The inspiration to paint healing art came to me in 1996 as a way to cope with chronic fatigue syndrome.
When I first began to paint nurturing art, I didn’t know that my art was going to be about self-love.
I now feel that I know the “recipe” for unconditional self-love and when I apply that recipe to my life I am able to shift from a place of negativity and defeat to a place of healing and empowerment.
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