My Observation Heart

A comforting way to label your feelings through art.

Recently, I took a Skillshare class by

Mari Andrew

which talked about many interesting ways of discovering yourself and your values in this world where external stimulation is extensive. She talks about building a life that is creative by exploring the vastness of our mind through art. 

What fascinated me was a concept called “An Observation Heart”.  An observation heart is your heart for any season or time of the year, divided into sections reflecting on how you felt in that season of your life. 

I decided to make one myself. It’s called “My October Heart”. I want to share it in today’s newsletter, hoping that it encourages you to slow down and reflect on some important seasons of your life every once in a while. Through this, I also want to ask you to consider being a little more welcoming towards your feelings and understand how they impact your life experiences. 

Here’s a snapshot of My October Heart. 

Before you judge: Even though I don’t call myself an artsy person, I find art to be one of the best ways to express complex emotions that can’t always be put into words. :)

Over-joyous wanderers returning from far-off lands

Most people in their early 20s leave their hometowns and step into the real world: an ocean where life seems easy when you learn how to swim, but there are frequent storms with waves higher than you were prepared to swim through.  

This month, however, is the time when these wanderers finally swim back to the shore.

There is familiarity. 

There is love. 

There is home.

“Festive” smell in the air

Home + celebration + musky-sweet smell of the leaves.

 

Constant race with time as days feel like SECONDS!!

I particularly struggle with productivity during this time of the year, as the weather initiates its slow transition into winter. Sometimes, I start and end my day trying to strike just one item off my to-do list. In times like these, I am reminded of the beauty of slowing down amidst the chaos.

 

Warning: sinusitis triggers all around

Excess pollution in the air!!

 

A never-ending loop of reflecting on the past and hoping for future

October is the month when most of the year has passed, and we are inching closer to the new year: a fresh start. I find this time to be extremely odd as I struggle with being in the present. My mind is full of complex thoughts like,

“What is the most important thing I learned this year?”

“I started with a list of new year's resolutions, where did those go?”

“How can I make the most of the remaining couple months of this year?”

“How can I make the next year better?”

 

Inclination to things that feel 'Cozy'

Hot coffee, light full sleeves sweaters, warm yellow fairy lights, roads half-covered with shade from trees and half with sunlight, comfort movies, spring cleaning, cute indoor cafes. 

What does your October Heart look like?

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