Air

Recently I received my latest Art assignment to turn in after winter break, and I've got to say I'm just thrilled :)

Nandu (the art teacher) asked us to choose one element from the five classical elements (earth, water, fire, air, and aether) and to research on the depiction of it in different periods of time and cultures. Then we have to choose three paintings or works of art and compare them. Finally, we have to come up with ideas to represent those in future projects.

So I went a little bit in the research alley to choose one that I really liked, since I feel identified with all of them by different reasons... and I found Air is what I like. It is free, restless, powerful, healing, changing, invisible, yet present. :)

But, rather than the artistic side of what I'm doing... it got me thinking again of this place, and what it has done to me, or what I've done to myself by deciding to come. I feel much more comfortable with myself, I feel different, I feel... free. And I want to express that through my art.

Also I think it suits with the carefree, disregarded side of me that is growing (to a healthy size I mean) .

It gets me wonder... how careful was I before? To the extent that it even held thoughts that were not even helping, they were just there, making me worry, like a ticking clock telling you that time is passing, and you have to prepare for the future. As if I had spent my (short) life preparing for whatever milestone was in front, always looking ahead, never stopping and looking.

And Air, for whatever it matters, represents freedom, but it represents something else: breathing. Letting go and not holding my breath always, but knowing when to stop.

The clock is ticking for me now, but I'm not only thinking what to do to make me future better, I'm living every second to the fullest.