The aging process that I've been moving through these past couple years has been challenging for me in many ways. The pandemic intensified & expedited the process as well. As I integrate these past couple years, and vision forward into this now time of my life, I am wanting to better befriend the aging process. It's happening whether I like it or not...and I prefer to be in good standing & relationship with it.
Here’s an art journaling page I recently created to honor my entrance into the autumn of my life. Some of the truths I was able to sink deeper into as I created this page are:
I have less time now then I used to have to live my life.
The story of my life is shorter looking forward.
The past vibrancy of my life is getting further away.
The end is getting nearer.
I’m going to continue getting older until I die. End Game. Boom.
As this piece found its way into creation, I was able to find some nuggets of inspiration. I was able to name & claim that I am not all the way dead yet. I still have some foliage on my Tree of Life. I still have some leaves to sing alive in the world. Everyone gets to be young. Not everyone gets to be old. So how can I laugh & love along the way.
Creating art is powerful & fun way to explore & express various aspects of my inner and outer life. I've been enjoying art journaling these past couple of years & it's exciting to see how this form of creative expression is evolving with me as I age.
Here's a link to a 30 min video highlighting the layers & learnings that showed up throughout the creation of this page. What a journey this was!! May this video share inspire your creation of soul infused art and also support you in your aging process as well.