Painting art that improves life quality.

What can a sheet of paper or a piece of fabric with a layer of paint change?

After all, in fact, a painting is just paint and foundation under it, but how many feelings and emotions painting evokes in a person.

Let's look at this issue from different angles.

Aspect one. Admiring a piece of art, you want to fall in love.

Science proves that admiring works of art, in particular paintings by great artists, increases vitality.

According to professor Semir Zeki, a neuroscientist at London University College, when you look at beautiful works of art, your brain builds its reactions just like when you're in love. During such moments we produce dopamine — a hormone of motivation, joy and pleasure.

A person feels the same desire and joy when falling in love, and the brain releasing dopamine.

Our brain experiences the same pleasant feelings when we look at painting, sculpture, music, dance, culinary art masterpieces and other beautiful things created by human hands or nature.

Although, in my opinion, things made by human hands can also be attributed to nature.

"Love for beauty is taste, creating beauty is art"

A phrase by thinker and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Aspect two. Creating art is a form of therapy and healing.

Self-expression through painting and other forms of creativity has been used by humans throughout history, but only recently such a profession as an art therapist appeared.

Throughout recent decades, humanity has rediscovered the power of art for personal growth, self-expression, recovery from crises and depression, health and well-being. Art therapy is now recognized as a form of treatment in the field of health and medicine.

Due to creative use of artistic materials, techniques and ways of using them are limitless and inexhaustible, we can discover and follow the true images and ideas. Thus, we know ourselves, our essence, our nature.

Painting calms down and reduces stress — it is also a source of self-expression and satisfaction. Remember, what activity from daily routine influences your mental state as well?

Talent is not a key factor for art therapy. It does not matter what you think about your talent, whether you have it or not.

Postulates of art therapy pursue a concept that states that creative processes exist within each person. Children are an excellent proof of this. When a child is 2-3 years old, he/she takes pencils or paints it does not matter for him/her of what quality the drawing will be and whether it will be approved by others or not. There are only tools with which kids try to express themselves. They do it with pleasure, without wasting a second to think and search for arguments.

Each person has creativity gift, it is the disclosure of this gift that will lead to internal healing and personal development. Creative way is unique for each person, as well as a person is. Do not stop yourself from this unforgettable journey. Open up yourself again and again.

Aspect three. Surrounding yourself with your favorite things brings happiness.

Joy means surrounding ourselves with what we love.

Each person grows in a house, in the design and decor of which he was not engaged. He absorbed the concept of beauty and harmony from his family and teachers without even realizing this fact. Growing up, we all think we know what we like and what we don't. But is it so? Do we always intuitively choose things for our home, shapes and colours that make us happy?

How many things that fill our home were really chosen by us from a deep understanding of ourselves, and not under the influence of public opinion.

Things we like give us the warmth and love of a creator who made them. Fill your home with things, colour and shape of which give you aesthetic pleasure. Choose the things that give you pleasure. This improves life quality a lot.

Thank you for your attention to the article!

I wish you to enjoy expressing yourself through different kinds of creativity. Fill yourself and your home with what you like and enjoy! Be happy.

Your artist Ekaterina Golikova.

The article was illustrated by artist Kim Jacobs.