Watercolour painting of the day (soul communication) / Akvarel dana (komunikacija duša)

Do you remember how only a few days ago (here) I said how I finally realized where I'm going with my paintings or rather what I'm trying to do? I realized that I'm attempting to make paintings that will look back at me. I'm not against selfies and modern photography trends as such, but I do miss the old kind of paintings and representations of women. When you had a feeling that an artist was trying to look into their souls. When there was more intimacy. When it was less about getting the perfect pose. When we looked each other in the eye. When we didn't turn ourselves and others into objects. Not that there aren't plenty of amazing photographers and artists nowadays. Don't get we wrong. I'm sure there are and I come across them often enough. What worries me are not the selfies or our desire to strike a pose. There is nothing wrong with that, with playing with the camera or figuring out our good angles. That is all fine unless it becomes an obsession. However, we shouldn't limit our communication to that. That kind of posing and selfie taking should be a fun activity rather than a way of communicating with others. We can't really communicate deeply by trying to look our prettiest.  Selfies are fine, but they are for most part very light- they seldom convey a deeper message. We need to be always aware that we were meant for more. We need to remember that we also need communication.  There is a place in our lives for both the light and the more profound kind of communication - and there should be. We need, at least sometimes, to feel that deep connection between souls. To do that, we have to get vulnerable. We need to let someone in. Well, nobody said it was easy. 

Sjećate se kako sam prije par dana (ovdje) rekla kako sam konačno shvatila kuda idem sa svojim slikama ili točnije što pokušavam postići? Shvatila sam da želim praviti slike koje će gledati u mene. Nisam protiv selfija ili modernih trendova fotografije kao takvih, ali nedostaju mi te stare slike i način predstavljanja žena. Kada si imao osjećaj da je umjetnik pokušao pogledati u njihovu dušu. Kada je bilo više intimnosti. Kada je manje naglasak bio na savršenoj pozi. Kada smo gledali jedno drugo u oči. Kada nismo pretvarali sebe i druge u objekte. Ne kažem da danas nema puno nevjerojatnih fotografa i umjetnika. Nemojte me krivo shvatiti, sigurna sam da ih ima i često naiđem na njih. Što me brine nisu selfiji ili želja da poziramo. Nema u tome ništa loše, u igri sa kamerom i pronalaženu kutova koji nam laskaju. To je u redu osim ako ne postane opsesija. No, ne bismo trebali ograničiti našu komunikaciju na to. Takva vrsta aktivnosti i poziranja samom sebi bi trebala biti zabavna aktivnost, a ne naš način komunikacije s drugima. Ne možemo postići neki dublji kontakt tako što ćemo pokušavati izgledati što bolje. Selfiji su u redu, ali oni u većini slučajeva nisu posebno duboki- ne prenose neku dublju poruku. Trebamo se uvijek sjetiti da nam je namjenjeno više. Trebamo se sjetiti da nam je potrebna komunikacija. Postoji mjesto u našem životu i za laganu i za duboku komunikaciju. Trebamo, barem ponekad, osjetiti tu dublju povezanost dušu. Da bismo to mogli, trebamo biti ranjivi. Trebamo pustiti nekoga u naš život. Nitko nije rekao da je lako. 

When I look at the old classical portrayals of women, I'm always amazed by the strength they radiate. So, many times I've caught myself thinking- those artists must have had really loved those women! Not as objects, not necessarily in a romantic way, but loved and respected them as human beings. I wrote about all this once already (here).  I don't think that the times we live in are very different from those times,  I don't think they are the worst ones, but I don't think they are the best either. I believe there was always beauty in the world, because every time period has at least one exceptionally beautiful soul. But to be able to know them, we need to look in their eyes. Their eyes, not our phones. Their eyes. Eyes are the windows of the soul. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we need more soul communication. So, here is my watercolour painting of the day. Trying to make that eye contact. 

Kada gledam stare klasične portrete žene, uvijek me oduševljava snaga kojom zrače. Toliko puta sam se uhvatila da razmišljam- ti umjetnici su sigurno morali doista voljeti te žene! Ne kao objekte, ne nužno na romantičan način, nego ih voljeli i poštovali kao ljudska duša. Pisala sam već jednom o tome (ovdje). Ne mislim da su vremena u kojima živimo puno drugačija od prijašnjih, ne mislim da su moderna vremena najgora, ali ne mislim ni da su najbolja. Vjerzjem da je uvijek bilo ljepote u svijetu, jer svaki vremenski period ima barem jednu izvaredno lijepu dušu. Ali da bismo ih mogli poznati, moramo ih pogledati u oči. U njihove oči, a ne u naše mobitele. U njihove oči. Oči su ogledalo duše. Pretpostavljam da pokušavam reći da nam treba više komunikacije između duša. Tako da evo moga akvarela dana. Pokušavam uspostaviti taj kontakt očima. 

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