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Permission to get lost [be engrossed, rapt, off-course, wandering, bewildered, uncertain, spacey, out-of-date, adrift, woolgathering, dazzled] 2950,00 € 2016, 160x160cm, mixed media on linen canvas. -- I painted this one after a magical trip to Edinburgh, where I allowed myself to repeatedly get lost, be bewildered and sit in silence and not beat myself up inwardly for it. What would happen if we could allow ourselves to not know the answers, not know our way, to be slow and floundering - and behold it all with compassion? Ourselves and each other. . . . #art #artist #abstractart #skinofselfcompassion #mariemikkonen #selfcompassion #hsp #empath #taide #konst #kunst #contemporaryartists #paintingsforsale #interior #interiordesign #homeowners #home https://www.instagram.com/p/BnlNNByBDWv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4dpd8zn7s0xt

If there is one reason I have for making art, it is days like these. They make every intense moment and every heart break worth it. In the picture you see me with a magical wordsmith Annamari, we're having a writing workshop with wonderful people at the gallery today. In the morning I had a long discussion about the tender opening of hearts with a ninety year old gentleman and the beautiful gallerist @taidesalonki_piirto is taking care of everything with a gentle touch. A small swirl of compassion and kindness has begun in the heart of Helsinki and I hope it gathers strength as the days go by. I wish you kindness, gentleness and compassion with your tender heart today. . . . #taidesalonkipiirto #art #artist #gallery #sanataide #sanataidekoulu #mariemikkonen #crealife #taide #konst #lifeasart #artexhibition #contemporaryartist

Some days making art is the only thing that makes any sense. These days art is a necessity, a way to contain what is happening in our world, the violence and the suffering. A way to move energy, express the incomprehensible, root ourselves in what our hearts can feel and express. There is space for that, there is always space for that. . . . #art #artist #ripening #mariemikkonen #crealife

After the party, integration. After integration - work. . . . #art #artist #creativity #warofart #stevenpressfield #mariemikkonen #empath #mixedmediaartist #workinprogress #maturation #sustenanceseries

I love this photo. This beautiful lady painted in the open art studio on Wednesday and filled the space with Life&Color. ☀️ . . . #art #artist #artiststudio #powerofart #creativity #mariemikkonen #artteacher