Art comes a-calling
In 2020, I listened to the whispers of my heart. Like a gentle lullaby, they said…you need to create…create…create! AND just like that, everything was possible once more – happiness, love and laughter.
Art came to me in her purple robes. She took my hand, picked up my broken pieces and glued me back together with gold and glitter, colour and creativity.
Life Before Art
In a past life, I was a Primary School teacher for a whopping 18 years!
I loved my vocation. I loved seeing the children’s smiles and the magic fill their eyes.
The thing is, I gave more to my work than I gave to myself and it paid its toll in 2018 when my mum died. A series of traumatic events ensued. I lost everything – including myself. And so, by the end of 2019, I found myself alone and lonely, entrenched in unprocessed grief and immersed in deep depression that was stopping me from working.
I had to do something to change things. It was imperative that I set about finding ME!
Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the object presented to patients are an actual means of recovery.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
The Creative Calling
And so in January 2020, I actually handed in my notice at work! Crazy, huh? Even more so as this was just before the world went into lock down chaos.
But what a sense of relief! So many adventures to be had!
I’d always loved art even though my relationship with it had been uneasy. You see, I’d parked my personal art after school, plagued by perfectionism and the pressure to be original. But here it was, 30 years later, calling me again!
And so, I painted, smeared, smudged, tore, inked, sculpted and experimented my way out of a very deep and dark place.
I literally drew myself back from merely existing to a full-bodied life. Oh the magic of art
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind
PARACELSUS
Sarah Bowden Art's Mission Today
Art continues to support Sarah’s healing journey. She is a firm believer that nature’s wild instincts, animal wisdom and our traditional stories are all connected and beautifully interwoven. She believes that the magic is around us like one colourful tapestry of awe and wonder and that:
Creativity helps us see the magic in the ordinary.
Her mission is to create art that inspires and also to inspire you to create so that you can make the art that you love and reap it’s therapeutic benefits.
OUR COURAGEOUS CREATIVITY MATTERS
She is passionate that we are all born creative and we can all benefit from creativity regardless of our talent. Alongside her art collections, she also creates art courses so that you can unleash your creativity and find your unique creative expression.
The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss
DEEPAK CHOPRA, THE WAY OF THE WIZARD: TWENTY SPIRITUAL LESSONS FOR CREATING THE LIFE YOU WANT