Don't Let Nothing Stop You from Doing You!

Though it may seem that most designers may find inspiration outside of themselves I have found someone who expressed their art through a personal incident. Where their paintings are hung in museums, books or maybe in people living rooms or art galleries. However, as they found inspired them they searched t find what is I within themselves that has been influenced for what on the outside.

Frida Kahlo was in an accident that had her in a full body cast where it was difficult to continue her study of medicine. She painted while she was on her bed to help her recover her pain as a way of therapy. Kahlo painted her self because she was alone and had nothing else to paint as she felt that she knew her self-best. This is something that most artists may not know, or actually anyone. It takes time for a person to actually sit down a couple of time and do a self-check. I feel like I still don’t know myself and I’m 20 years old!

Anyway, she drew things images of what was based off of her personal experiences such as her marriage, miscarriages and operations. These were most of her paintings most portray her pain, of a total of 143 paintings where 55 of them were al self-portraits. She once said, “ I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality”. Now that right there is deep. I guess you have to know and understand you self in order to move on and to grow stronger instead of having fantasies and accepting life for what it is. http://www.artquotes.net/masters/frida-kahlo/kahlo-quotes.htm

However, Kahlo was influenced by indigenous Mexican culture that brought bright colors and dramatic images that were symbolic. In most of her painting she always had a monkey, which symbolizes in Mexican culture lust, but she portrayed them as being tender and protective symbols.

It is very interesting to find how Kahlo found inspiration through her sickness and intertwined it with her culture. Also, for the fact that she was unable to do anything physical that she started painting and became a world known painter.

My final words of inspiration to you is don’t let or allow something tragic stop you from showing your talent.