Wish Fulfillment, 14” h. x16” w., acrylic on canvas, 2024. part of the FERN DWELLERS series.
I heard somewhere that if you believe your wishes will come true it actually rewires your brain. It sounds sort of silly with Pollyanna-like thinking but I guess people have studied our thinking related to our mindset and experience. I don’t remember the source but I’ve heard it a few times. We also have like 80,000 thoughts in a day and most of them are negative fixations. This blows my mind to consider. How can one person even have that many thoughts? You don’t have to follow them all either.
The power of positive thinking over time even in small amounts causes synapses in your brain to actually physically change in the cells and makes it easier for good thoughts to bloom.
I’m intentionally choose to try and combat a few of those negative thoughts each day by imagining all my wishes have already come true and I am fulfilled. This is the secret to life I believe. When you realize that already have everything you desire and you control your own experience with the world you reclaim your own power and abundance.
This star form is a recurring motif in my work. Inspired by the special star shaped sand that can be only found on the beaches of Japan. Link in bio to see the collection of works with this form.
Check out the collection of art works with this same form or motif here. They all have different color palettes and compositions. And another piece I have created with the star sand motif here.
I also really like that Sonic Youth song of the same name. Don’t mind if I borrow it for this painting title at all.
