Artist, Jennifer Carmack
Fort Collins, Colorado
My journey as an artist like most artists has been a reflection of my experience of this world I exist in. I have worked as a yoga teacher and energy healer for over 20 years. I have had conversations with people about trauma, healing, energy systems and how the mind and body are reflections of all these aspects of ourself. And I feel like my art reflects that.
Whether I am inspired to spend time in a portrait or a mandala, work in acrylic or work in collage, I am drawn to look for the underlying layer. What each line in a face communicates, the road map for each symbol in a mandala that takes your into the experience of what is real and not just a hope for perfection. Every piece I make is an exploration of parts of myself, and the more I do that work the more I realize how universal it is. It’s like the more specific and vulnerable, the more connection we feel. When I create I like to practice opening up to what wants to come thru the portal of the canvas. From that space, inspiration and communication with the energy of this wild world comes through.
Interoception
What’s underneath
Your skin
The clinch
The hold
The sadness
How does it feel to live
With the signals that direct us towards Truth
Are we brave enough to acknowledge
Who we are
What we want
Are we brave enough to acknowledge instead of numb or call it something else
Put it in a box
Make it go away
Until it never does
Because it’s there,
for us to acknowledge
To feel the edges of
And breathe with
Curiously watch how our energy moves around it