Art Archives - Page 4 of 5 - Miranda van den Heuvel

Unique

Miranda2022-12-31T12:23:48+02:00December 8th, 2022|

Day 8 of #artjournaladvent2022 Every day, I receive a prompt to create a page in my advent art journal. Today's prompt was UNIQUE I’ve always loved originality, creativity and quirkiness in myself and in others. However, when you start school those unique characteristics seem not to be wanted. Uniqueness and creativity get stifled as you are supposed to fit the mould! You start to be ashamed of your unique character traits or preferences and hide them. The thing is though, WE ARE ALL UNIQUE and [...]

Your value

Miranda2022-12-31T12:22:11+02:00December 7th, 2022|

Day 7 of #artjournaladvent2022 Every day, I receive a prompt to create a page in my advent art journal. Today's prompt was YOUR VALUE I’ve had a few busy days at work and with social events (it is December after all) so I’m doing day 7 on day 10 😂🥰 And that’s ok. I value every day. On some days that is harder than on others. When I am stressed or tired and feel a bit under the weather, the day seems less than perfect. Yes, it is what it is. And I am the one who gives value to it. So every day i [...]

Over the moon excited

Miranda2022-12-31T12:20:04+02:00December 6th, 2022|

Day 6 of #artjournaladvent2022 Every day, I receive a prompt to create a page in my advent art journal. Today's prompt was OVER THE MOON EXCITED The moon has popped up quite a bit this year. In sleepless nights at full moon. In craving water like the moon moves oceans. In poetry written for a writing retreat. In symbols, friends' conversations and songs. I can't say I'm over the moon excited by the impactful planetary movement this year...😂 but it has led me to pay more attention to the bigger [...]

Nature

Miranda2022-12-31T12:17:22+02:00December 5th, 2022|

Day 5 of #artjournaladvent2022 Every day, I receive a prompt to create a page in my advent art journal. Today's prompt was NATURE Nature doesn't hurry and yet everything is accomplished - Lao Tze Since I was a kid, nature has been my playground. Lately it has also become my refueling station. I go on walks to 🌟Breathe 🌟Clear my head 🌟Get inspiration 🌟Be amazed 🌟Get grounded 🌟Listen 🌟Realize all is well in the world 🌟Get perspective 🌟See how small I am in the big scheme of things It's refreshing [...]

What has 2022 taught you?

Miranda2022-12-31T12:17:55+02:00December 4th, 2022|

Day 4 of #artjournaladvent2022 Every day, I receive a prompt to create a page in my advent art journal. Today's prompt was WHAT HAS 2022 THAUGHT YOU? I was going to write this one big lesson about health being everything. But then there were so many little things that popped up. Lessons, aha moments and revelations. So I took my 2022 art therapy journal and leafing through it wrote down all the things that blossomed from these exercises. Wow. So much learning. So much healing. Both bodily and s [...]

Connection

Miranda2022-12-31T12:11:37+02:00December 3rd, 2022|

Day 3 of #artjournaladvent2022 Every day, I receive a prompt to create a page in my advent art journal. Today's prompt was CONNECTION I have been on a journey of inward connection for about a year now. My body has been communicating with me loudly and so I was 'forced' to listen. I crave baths, walks in the woods, creative me-time where I just make things with my hands, massages, time to read a good book and relax on my couch. My inner child, that girl with the flower dress is popping up asking [...]

View outside your window

Miranda2022-12-31T12:09:27+02:00December 2nd, 2022|

Day 2 of #artjournaladvent2022 Every day, I receive a prompt to create a page in my advent art journal. Today's prompt was VIEW OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW It's Friday and I have the day off. I love Fridays off. And looking out my window it feels like it's going to now today. I love nature and often bring in flowers, plants and sticks. I used a dried one to add to today's collage. I'm lucky to live in a village in the countryside so that I can just step outside and be in the woods or surrounded by soot [...]

Enthusiasm

Miranda2022-12-31T12:07:05+02:00December 1st, 2022|

Today is the first day of #artjournaladvent2022 Every day, I receive a prompt to create a page in my advent art journal. Today's prompt was ENTHUSIASM It immediately made me think of myself as a little girl. A time without worries, where cutting, pasting and creating was a daily activity, just for fun, no pressure, not even an expected outcome. I loved paper back then and still do. I loved creating back then and still do. I had so much ENTHUSIASM back then. And so much less nowadays. I want to [...]

Equinox

Miranda2022-11-12T23:49:49+02:00September 23rd, 2022|

When the day is as long as the night I am reminded of balance Night /Day Darkness / Light Fire / Water Sorrow / Joy Without one we would not know the other I painted this painting called Equinox around the spring Equinox in 2020 when the whole world felt suddenly unbalanced. It reminded me that even in chaos there is balance. Because without chaos there is no order either. I hope you find balance in your life as we move into Autumn season! [...]

Art teaches

Miranda2022-11-12T23:50:28+02:00September 9th, 2022|

When I create, there is always such an element of self. I can only create from within, from my feelings, my experience, my love/hate, my messages, my needs, my perceptions, my understanding, my views,... Every piece of art, every collage, every doodle, represents a little (or big) piece of me. Yet it is also not me. It is a translation. A story that needs telling. An image that needs drawing. A feeling that needs being felt. A message that needs to be heard. I always knew there was a healing el [...]