Play arty games, noticing the feelings as you view the art of Arna Baartz Artist

Under The Tree….How Does it Feel?

5/25/2014

Study this picture for a while…..how does it feel to you emotionally/physically/spiritually? Where do you feel the feelings that the art generates? What is it about the art, in your opinion that makes you feel this way?

Put your response in the comment box, all answers go into the draw for a little envelope of love. :)
Thanks for playing

40 Comments

billgncs link

5/25/2014 11:56:55 am

I think that the colors are peaceful, and the shapes draw the eye to the center where her face and the gold light combine. It leaves a pleasant, happy feeling, that resulted in a smile.

Arna

5/25/2014 07:46:02 pm

That's beautiful I felt peace as I drew this :) thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Doris link

5/25/2014 12:06:55 pm

It made me feel beautiful, the rays speak to me..they told me to let go and shine. the Spirals to me are... a Circle moving forward. She is looking up, to me this is divine source. Very nice work!

Arna

5/25/2014 07:47:02 pm

Ooooh let go! thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Asa

5/25/2014 12:18:41 pm

Sitting under this tree there is a warmth that is almost heat pouring down on me. As I sit quietly allowing the warmth to wash over me, I feel a peaceful exhilaration in my mind and my heart. When I look at this piece, I see a wonderful energy emanating from it. I want to spend the whole day lounging under this tree :)

Arna

5/25/2014 07:47:43 pm

Being a dream tree , you can :)

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Jane Gilgun link

5/25/2014 12:39:09 pm

I am happy in my heart and feel peaceful throughout my body. I feel this as I imagine myself standing under the tree about where the figure is and I'm looking up and seeing beautiful colors that look like bubbles or balloons. My body wants to stretch up its arms toward the colors, not to touch them, but to reach for them. I feel my body stretching, even yearning toward beauty.

Arna

5/25/2014 07:48:34 pm

I think it's that same yearning that drives me to make art.....

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Charlie Martin link

5/25/2014 12:57:12 pm

Had a sense of the blossoming of ideas...a feeling of fulfillment...filling the mind to overflowing...art touches the mind & soul.

Arna

5/25/2014 07:50:16 pm

I agree, art is a whole being,experience...

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Nina

5/25/2014 01:17:45 pm

A women finding herself for the first time... Hidden desires .. Of her own pleasures ...of extrodinary bounds... Safe... Freedom...flight...a song...that is heard for the first time...wings🌈

Arna

5/25/2014 07:50:53 pm

Truly beautiful

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Jessica

5/25/2014 01:37:36 pm

When I look at this I feel it in my third eye, it feels like it opens it up. I think the tree top and the burst of yellow color are doing it. U feek the swirly things on her dress in my heart. It feels awakening but in a calm and gentle way :)

Jessica

5/25/2014 01:38:57 pm

Oops the last sentence is supposed to say "I feel" not U feek lol!

Arna

5/25/2014 07:52:38 pm

Mistakes are fine around here!

Awesome response, very specific , I like that, helpful to me, I feel very similarly :)
thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Kathy

5/25/2014 02:09:16 pm

It makes me feel that this is where heaven meets earth. At first I felt a grounding sensation coming up through my feet, then a showering of energy coming through my head. A very nice feeling indeed. I love your artwork. I find the colors and random subject matter fascinating ♥

Arna

5/25/2014 07:53:46 pm

Thanks Kathy :)
I like that there was grounding then the showering... That's really good feels good to me.

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Kent Oldhøj

5/25/2014 03:43:32 pm

When something speaks to me, it becomes art. I don't care if it was meant to be art or not in the first place. I once looked into a trash can and what I saw just spoke to my heart and gave me warm fuzzy feelings.

This piece didn't speak to me initially. Once looked upon closer, that changed. It spoke to my current mood or state of mind, which is probably why I see it somewhat darker than most. The more I looked at it the more I connected.

It hits a bit too close to home to share in a forum like this, but the tree top is a dark cloud to me that is finally blowing away, showing a distant warm light, promising better things ahead. All I have to do is pass under the dark cloud... courage. It takes courage.

Arna

5/25/2014 07:56:25 pm

Intriguing, and I know exactly what you mean... Beauty/art is found anywhere, it's all about us.
Yes.
thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Janet

5/25/2014 06:04:57 pm

The girl in the picture grounds herself in nature. She's alone but not lonely knowing that everything in life is divine and as it should be and, for me, seems to radiate love, hope and inspiration which is infectious. Love this picture...makes me feel positive, peaceful, happy :-)

Arna

5/25/2014 07:58:14 pm

Yes... My little characters are mostly imbued with a sense of knowing ...probably because knowing is a state of being that I love and seek out so it's good to know that she is sharing hers with you

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Anya Ward

5/25/2014 06:05:14 pm

Energetic abundance, harmony, synthesis. Noticed my heart beating. Woman finally taking rest...conflict stopped. Allowing, accepting, receiving. Being nature.

Arna

5/25/2014 08:00:33 pm

Mmmm beautiful response.. Feels meditative , noticing the heartbeat is a wonderful thing.. We are fascinating creatures aren't we

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Daniela Sofia

5/25/2014 08:21:08 pm

feel light & empty,
no thoughts, just beauty seen...
the heart expands & "suspira" (don't know how to write it in english...)
thanks for the experience, very nice & sweet!
kiss form Portugal

Arna

5/26/2014 06:48:22 am

Oh Daniela, that is a freshly wonderful feeling response!

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Narelle

5/25/2014 10:23:45 pm

It's feels very positive. As if she's in a really good and happy place in her life and is enjoying the moment, standing under that beautiful tree with the sunlight on her face.

Arna

5/26/2014 06:49:31 am

I am glad the sunlight fall in that way for you, and you can sense her happiness :)

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Lisa Cox

5/26/2014 03:26:57 am

I didn't have as good a reaction to it as the others did. Her smile seems stretched too thin. Also it is as if she is under a sand clock - you know where the sand is running out. I feel like all those colored circles are about to come crashing down on her. The colors are nice but at the bottom it is as if the color ran out and turned to a drip. I have similar reactions to other water color works where they let it end in drips down the page. I feel like they didn't know how to finish it so they let it just drip. That is a personal preference. My dreams were unsettled last night, so that is probably why I can't see it as dreamy or beautiful.

Arna

5/26/2014 06:51:57 am

I love all the responses, it all interests me. It doesn't matter if they are 'negative' or 'positive' I don't take it personally , it's art and we are wonderful humans with such eclectic tastes and responses! I appreciate your emotional reaction. Really interesting!

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Violeta Bocage

5/26/2014 10:55:37 am

Hi Arna!!! Wonderful work!!!

So what did I feel... I felt that your painting was multidimensional, like I was seeing a being coming towards me from another dimension, a world of light, slowly appearing, becoming bigger and more defined. And as she walks, she sends her energy before her. That energy is a bit chaotic, but in a good way - positive, loving, happy... as if a million thoughts are running through her head on how she can help, love, nurture ... At the same time, I see a tiny bit of sorrow. But I'm not sure... It's very faint, maybe hiding well behind the burst of vibrant positive energies being emitted.

As I'm writing this, I'm feeling sucker punched in my 3rd eye and heart chakra... mostly in my 3rd eye... I just felt a wooziness in my 3rd eye. Interesting. At first I felt nothing, but now... ooee... hahaha, amazing! :D

Arna

5/26/2014 12:10:39 pm

Thanks Violeta,
That's wonderfully comprehensive. Interesting that you felt it in your third eye, someone else mentioned that too. I think that it is very personal, our response to art but at the same time there is a certain intention that I do bring to my work and it is really interesting for me to notice when it is received and even when it reveals more to me than I consciously realised I was exploring at the time... If you get my drift :) really cool thanks so much

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Alan Blender

5/28/2014 11:24:51 am

Reminds me of Shel Silverstein's giving tree, a friend for life

Arna

5/28/2014 12:59:43 pm

Thanks Alan, thats lovely :))

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here next Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Shelli link

5/29/2014 11:26:24 pm

The colors are beautiful. I felt like someone who looks stunning, put together, carefree to the world but inside is off balance, carrying a load of expectations that aren't being fulfilled.

Arna

5/30/2014 07:24:22 am

hat is extremely perspicacious of you Shelli..as i was drawing this one I was intending peace love serenity, and wish fulfilment but at the same time I was contemplating that we only wish for things when we don't have them so there was a kind of acknowledgement of the unfulfilled nature of life!

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

Jenna

5/30/2014 10:55:04 am

I was instantly drawn to the colors in this picture...they are beautiful as is your work. I felt warmth, happiness, and joy. The movement is wonderful. Drawings of the circles forming the circular image at the top is brilliant. It makes me feel uplifted. At first glance the first thought that came to my mind was a tree that the girl was relaxing beneath. Yet the more I looked at it something for me clicked. The joy, happiness, and uplifted feeling I first felt made me reliaze that this was a picture defining that beauty is not just on the outside but really does come from within! A small girl whose inner beauty explodes and spreads as you look up. Inner beauty makes people feel joy and uplifted and this girl's is spreading for everyone around her to feel!

Arna

5/30/2014 12:32:49 pm

THAT is an excellent thought! the definition of beauty in the metaphor of a blossoming tree…love it

thanks so much for playing I will draw the winner and publish ithe name here Monday. I will also let the winner know here in reply's.

arna

6/1/2014 01:02:50 pm

JENNA! you are the winner
can you please give me a postal address so I can send your little envelope
lots of love Arna x

Deb

6/1/2014 08:57:06 pm

hopeful

Arna

6/2/2014 06:55:31 am

Thanks Deb for your contribution :)

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