This drawing was started while waiting in the doctor’s office. The appointment didn’t’ go that well and I found myself way back in times past.
Drawing details: The woman’s face is split right down the middle. She’s divided in time and space. One part of her holds 2 houses and a giant tree which springs from her hair (her glory). The other side of the face is scared and red. Purple sky spills over into her bruises as well as the house on top of her head. I explained to my therapist that the houses I draw have to do with me attempting to process my past in today’s terms. It’s hard to make sense of. The house holds past experiences and new tapes. Somehow I’m suppose to thrive with them both, make a safe and calm place inside my mind with both there. I struggle to do that.
I’m uncertain how to grow tall when my shoulders feel so heavy and my mind is bogged down by unwanted visitors. I don’t know how to do it.
The second house on her shoulders is drawn in yellow. I use yellow to symbolize fear and cowardly behaviors. I’m not sure whose cowardly behavior I drew but I find it interesting that it’s on her shoulder.
In my typical fashion I’ve thrown color all around the paper and covered the page edge to edge leaving no spaces. I’m full and overwhelmed; this is often reflected in my drawings.
While drawing this I was as nervous as all get out. After finishing it I still felt nervous but a bit relieved that I was able to release some of what happened the other day at the doctor’s office.
Here’s my color code and symbolic ruler
Red: Strength as well as fear
Purple: Self worth or self esteem (positive or negative)
Blue: Natural right to life
Green: Youth and innocence
Yellow: Cowardly behaviors
Black and white usually have no significance at all.
Trees: Growth
Houses: The combination of the past and present all in one spot
Swirls and movement in color: Confusion, anxiety
Flowers: Strong emotion I’m too fearful to state in words. In this instance the flowers are dripping from the roots of the tree/hair as well as onto her shirt.
fma
Is this always your color code? For me red is almost always anger. Black means negative stuff like death and evil. Most other colors I have no idea what significance they hold. Though I suspect they do hold some significance.
I love all your drawings and paintings. They are a motivation to me. I was on a roll with doing them myself for several months, but have slowed down significantly lately. Seeing yours gives me a little extra motivation and I hope that someday soon I’ll start up again!
Paul
Hey there,
Usually my color code is the same. I’m not certain how the code got started but I sort of picked up on how I use colors. Hardly ever do I put the color yellow on a person’s face but I will mix red and yellow for orange and put it on the face as a symbol of strength with ambivalence. I hesitate to say my color meaning just sort of happened but at this time I don’t know when the so called code got started.
I’d encourage you to draw and release some of your emotions. Hopefully you and your therapist can go over them and process things out.
Smiles to you and yours,
Faith