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e for me arises out of my gut and is tied to this physical need to paint.</p><p id="c5fc">I’m the happiest when I’m painting. As a kid, I was a sword fighter and fenced with a foil.</p><p id="2f01">I notice I wield my paint brushes in a similar manner.</p><p id="9649">I’m caught in a fierce battle in front of a canvas. Paint brushes flying like fencing foils, as I stab and dob paint in a hyper-focused and meditative way.</p><p id="98c2">Never does a day go by without painting.</p><h2 id="90f0">I ponder my husbands word: Painting is your salvation. And I know he’s right.</h2><p id="91a6">When I got my PhD, a cazillion years ago, no one could have told me I’d be jumping out of bed to paint day after day!</p><p id="5ad2">I would say I’m a psychologist — a nerdy one at that!</p><p id="e8c9">But truth is, I’m a painter, just like my grandmother.</p><p id="ac4e">Oil painting was my grandmother’s passion and painting of all kinds is my passion.</p><p id="ca07">Since January, I’ve been painting acrylic paintings and I love it as much as oils.</p><p id="5abb">I lost my dear friend and mentor — who was a gem of a painter, and a blazing jewel in my back pocket — in 2021.</p><p id="518b">He

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and I set out to change the conversation around painting several years ago. We were passionate about combining our two skills — painting principles and perceptual research — to create a dynamite painting course.</p><p id="1ff6">And we did!!</p><p id="0bb3">I’m grateful to have those years with him.</p><p id="2e16">Now I find that blazing jewel growing bigger and brighter in my very own art studio.</p><p id="5816">Tears well up as I write these words. Without painting I’m not sure who I would be? It holds me together.</p><h2 id="ad17">Finding what you’re most passionate about gives you purpose.</h2><p id="1697">No matter what is going on in life, you are saved by your incredible passion.</p><h2 id="054b">Second, being passionate allows you to fully live.</h2><p id="cf5c">Self doubt and worry fall away as I continue to accept and reinforce my unique ways to create. This applies to anything you are crazy about.</p><h2 id="1e66">And, lastly, finding your passion sets you on a path that emphasizes the journey rather than the destiny.</h2><p id="2565">Being on a journey set me free. And, I’m convinced, being passionate about something, like painting, is liberating.</p></article></body>

I’m Crazy about Painting ‘be’cause It Saved My Life

How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything.

I started painting 15 years ago. And coming back from a full day of painting my husband would say: “Painting is your salvation.” At the time, I wasn’t sure what he meant?

But a decade later, no truer words were said.

Painting continues to burn like a glowing amber in my heart.

Its the fuel that bounces me out of bed at 4 or 5 in the morning. Every morning! And it captures my full attention. Totally.

Every emotion is tangled up with my experience of painting — mostly love.

I used to think love was something you did. You loved someone deeply.

You loved a good hot delicious meal.

But love for me arises out of my gut and is tied to this physical need to paint.

I’m the happiest when I’m painting. As a kid, I was a sword fighter and fenced with a foil.

I notice I wield my paint brushes in a similar manner.

I’m caught in a fierce battle in front of a canvas. Paint brushes flying like fencing foils, as I stab and dob paint in a hyper-focused and meditative way.

Never does a day go by without painting.

I ponder my husbands word: Painting is your salvation. And I know he’s right.

When I got my PhD, a cazillion years ago, no one could have told me I’d be jumping out of bed to paint day after day!

I would say I’m a psychologist — a nerdy one at that!

But truth is, I’m a painter, just like my grandmother.

Oil painting was my grandmother’s passion and painting of all kinds is my passion.

Since January, I’ve been painting acrylic paintings and I love it as much as oils.

I lost my dear friend and mentor — who was a gem of a painter, and a blazing jewel in my back pocket — in 2021.

He and I set out to change the conversation around painting several years ago. We were passionate about combining our two skills — painting principles and perceptual research — to create a dynamite painting course.

And we did!!

I’m grateful to have those years with him.

Now I find that blazing jewel growing bigger and brighter in my very own art studio.

Tears well up as I write these words. Without painting I’m not sure who I would be? It holds me together.

Finding what you’re most passionate about gives you purpose.

No matter what is going on in life, you are saved by your incredible passion.

Second, being passionate allows you to fully live.

Self doubt and worry fall away as I continue to accept and reinforce my unique ways to create. This applies to anything you are crazy about.

And, lastly, finding your passion sets you on a path that emphasizes the journey rather than the destiny.

Being on a journey set me free. And, I’m convinced, being passionate about something, like painting, is liberating.