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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:16 am
I am going through a difficult time right now.
My room mate did things she called vent art. They were pieces she drew in order to portray her frustration or her sadness at a given issue. Since the focus was personal therapy rather than a fine composition or stellar execution, the art pieces that came out of the practice were usually so-so.
What are your thoughts on vent art? Do you do it? Why? Do you feel like you are more or less creative doing vent art? More or less motivated? Do you revisit them to refine into something greater once you're over it?
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:23 am
I don't really draw when i'm upset. My hands tend to shake a lot so it's kinda hard...
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:52 pm
Hmmmm I think there's only been one instance where I did something like vent art. I was really depressed and stressed from being unemployed with bills piling up and essentially couldn't sleep because of it.
Rather than lying in bed endlessly one night, I got up and decided to do something practical by drawing.
I ended up doing a sketch of something I called 'Hope'. Working on it really helped calm me down and I went back to it a few times over the next couple of days to try and finish it but at the same time I feel like it accomplished what I needed it to do so it's not what I would call 100% complete. I suppose while I was working on it, it was a frantic sort of motivation because I felt compelled to bring back some 'light' into my otherwise gloomy thoughts.
That's the only one I've got that was a 'proper' illustration.
The other times I've been frustrated I generally sing something or grab a piece of paper and do some VERY big and random scribbles. There can be something therapeutic about just grabbing a big old marker and letting it have it's way with the paper. Or maybe it's the marker fumes. I dunno.
I hope things take a turn for the better with you, Rockabuddy heart
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:47 am
Thank you very much.
I destroyed it after I was done and felt better, but, basically after weathering through this situation without a tear in front of anybody I started to draw, essentially, the sound of my mother inconsolable in her fear and pain. In all honesty doing that made me cry like you do for the dead you are close to, with your entirety. But I didn't need to cry anymore after it was done so it was good.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:25 pm
Rockabuddy Thank you very much. I destroyed it after I was done and felt better, but, basically after weathering through this situation without a tear in front of anybody I started to draw, essentially, the sound of my mother inconsolable in her fear and pain. In all honesty doing that made me cry like you do for the dead you are close to, with your entirety. But I didn't need to cry anymore after it was done so it was good. I'm glad it was able to help you release something that was pent up inside you ^_^ Sometimes you do need to just let those feels out in whatever way you can because keeping it in is just too much pressure. Once you've let it out, it can be like a weight lifting from you and allow you to try and see things more clearly or to move on a bit more.
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 4:56 pm
vent art is art and all art is practice
also your recklessness may push you to do something you don't normally do and that's always a good thing
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