Gratitude Hearts. Formed and Found Part 2.
Shared Heart Art… Formed and Found.
Gratitude, expressed through heart-centered art, gently invites us to pause, notice, care, and truly appreciate. These are grounding moments that stay with us — not fleeting that simply pass us by.
A heartfelt, albeit belated, thank you to Susan Beniston, Elizabeth Needham, and Erminia Diamantopoulous, for sharing their beautiful heart-art images below — even though it’s been quite some time since I first invited contributions.
♡ Formed HeART-art • Susan’s creation for the online workshop: Intention Flags: Modern Day Prayer Flags facilitated by Barbara Fish and Elizabeth Bryan-Jacobs
♡ Formed HeART-art • milestone celebration painting by Elizabeth
“This is a painting I made for a friend’s son who was expecting his first baby—acrylic paint and cut out painted hearts inspired by kite strings.”
♡ Formed HeART-art • Erminia’s moment to pause and reflect on her blessings during a morning stroll
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
“There are so many ways to engage creatively and mindfully with the heart image around the theme of love and gratitude. This organic form can weave layers of process and contemplation, prompt further mindful curation of gathered nature finds, inspire simple mark making or expressive gestures captured quickly with found and discovered materials, or encourage noticing of existing lines and heart shapes in our surroundings. ”
♡ Formed HeART • ‘the intersections of gratitude and chaos’
♡ gratitude for a moment to decompress in nature
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.”
♡ Formed HeART • ‘elevated by care’
♡ gratitude for my dear friend Heather’s support in 2023
“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”
♡ noticing… a single heart leaf landing in Roxy’s garden water bowl
♡ gratitude for a beautiful summer morning in my garden
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
♡ emerging hearts in Susan’s Nuite Blanche ‘Breath’ Installation
♡ gratitude for a beautiful creative collaboration and community art experience with my dear friend Susan
“The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.”
♡ glowing hearts in the water droplets
♡ gratitude for time and some refreshing garden moments after the rain
“May you be strengthened by yesterday’s rain, walk straight in tomorrow’s wind and cherish each moment of the sun today.”
♡ the colour and lines of a heart-shaped leaf transforming
♡ gratitude for my favourite season - enjoying autumn
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.”
♡ heart-shaped nibbles noticed during a garden visit
♡ gratitude for the whimsy and discovery in nature
“I think wonder is the cousin of gratitude: to marvel at something is to deeply appreciate it.”
♡ glimmering fragmented heart appearing in this hot chocolate creation
♡ gratitude for this delivered holiday treat in the pandemic from dear friends, Lynn and John
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
GRATITUDE.
Article/Blog Post • Thankfulness: How Gratitude Can Help Your Health • Retrieved from the American Heart Association from their series Mental Health and Wellbeing - providing nightly journalling prompts to encourage gratitude reflections. 2020.
“Gratitude is good medicine,” says Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis and author of The Little Book of Gratitude. Clinical trials indicate that the practice of gratitude can have dramatic and lasting effects in a person’s life. It can lower blood pressure and improve immune function. ... .”
Article/Blog Post • How gratitude can help your heart. • Retrieved from www.vcuhealth.org - connecting gratitude and the impact on heart-health. 2021
“The idea is to focus on small things that you are grateful for. Maybe a twenty-minute walk through the park, happy to be surrounded by fall colors or sunshine. The point is to set aside the time to actively think about what makes each day such a gift for you. Not only will this lift your spirits up, but your heart will thank you too!.”
✿ GRATITUDE • Golden Autumn Moments in My Garden Sanctuary. 〰 APRIL • an autumn eco-art and gratitude story
✿ GRATITUDE • Lisa’s Gratitude Journal + Loving Kindness 〰 LISA GIGNAC • journalling & self-care
✿ HEARTS & GRATITUDE • Gratitude Hearts. Andrea. 〰 ANDREA NEUFELD • STORY • found heart-art
✿ HEART ART • Expressive Heart-Art. 〰 collective art post
✿ HEART ART • Gratitude Hearts. Formed and Found 〰 collective art post 2022
✿ HEART ART • HeartArt. Jill. 〰 JILL HEWLETT • STORY • art
