As I was painting this, negative thoughts popped up. I kept zooming in and out of rumination while I worked.
Then, in a moment of coming back to the present, I had an epiphany: I was ruminating, and the thoughts were making me feel worse as time went on. I could feel it as an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach.
So I started to observe my thoughts, noticing how I was telling the stories. Wait a minute, they weren't even true. I had just added more details to make myself feel worse.
I felt so much better, like waking up from a nightmare. I was back to safety again.
It holds that energy: clear sky after a passing storm of thoughts.
Original painting on wood panel · 15 × 15 cm · 2026 · One of a kind
As I was painting this, negative thoughts popped up. I kept zooming in and out of rumination while I worked.
Then, in a moment of coming back to the present, I had an epiphany: I was ruminating, and the thoughts were making me feel worse as time went on. I could feel it as an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach.
So I started to observe my thoughts, noticing how I was telling the stories. Wait a minute, they weren't even true. I had just added more details to make myself feel worse.
I felt so much better, like waking up from a nightmare. I was back to safety again.
It holds that energy: clear sky after a passing storm of thoughts.
Original painting on wood panel · 15 × 15 cm · 2026 · One of a kind
