Make Art Not War 🎨
This April 15th on World Art Day, we honour the fine balance between the scientific process & the artful approach in which massage therapists can interpret a healing connection to the canvas that is your human body.
UK Artist, Amber Griffiths has blown my mind with her anatomically minded approach to the classically traditional, textile craft of embroidery. Simply gorgeous. Find her instagram here.
Art nurtures our creativity & innovation & is what inspires us on the daily to keep kinesthetically exploring the layers of tissues enveloped by patterns of tension that disrupt & yet also, serve purpose.
Maria Doering is a local, multidisciplinary fine artist and printmaker with an intense focus on the human body. The piece above, entitled ‘cell soul & personalities’ stems from a curiosity of the body & soul, the intangible mind & the physical vessel of our bodies. Together they make us who we are. If we could visualize both, what would they look like? What would we find if we viewed our personalities, minds and souls through a microscope? What does confidence, ambition or courage look like on a cellular level? What is the cellular make up of a soul?
We share this kinetic, ‘hands-on’ art form with our community of clients whether that’s on a blog, social media post or of course, in the treatment room. This allows us to share knowledge & engage with your curiousity about how you move, how you feel & how you posture yourself in the world.
While art has the ability to reveal layers of awe & understanding, it can also lighten our minds’ perspective. We’ve thought very carefully about the art work on display in our clinic.
One of our colleagues & clients’ favourite pieces is this popsicle print by Teo Zirinis who has such a light-hearted, illustration approach that we couldn’t help but tuck it into this series.
The links between artistry & society help us find commonality, bridging connection despite differences in a world that perpetually divides. There is a quiet exploration of artistic freedom that plugs us a little closer to a peaceful world & we want to help fuel the drive to that destination.
Raija Jokinen is a Finnish artist whose work is focused on the everyday feelings, situations & thoughts we all have as well as the observation of the emotional & physical surrounding, including the body & mind. Incredibly dimensional & poetic. See more on their website.
While not a formally trained artist, maker Ali Harrison from Light + Paper (Toronto) has a flare for intricate paper cutting designs & we find her anatomy inspired line absolutely adorable.
The mysterious work of Kit Paulson forms impossibly fragile objects from glass. There’s an intricacy of glasswork here that just boggles the mind. See her Etsy account here.
It’s with this spirit in mind that we share a small, curation of pieces in the realm of the human mind, body & spirit. We' hope you’ve enjoyed this small selection of art work from around the world & that it’s inspired a quiet moment of contemplation & appreciation for being alive, being in community as well as simply & sweetly being in the present moment.