We live wired lives these days, almost without being able to disconnect or even take a rest. We’re always checking our phones or our social networks. We’re “hooked” for hours at a time to our computers or tablets. That’s why…
These Leonardo da Vinci quotes only show us a small part of who this great man was. Today, we consider him one of the greatest geniuses of all time. He was overwhelmingly intelligent and he used his intellect in almost…
Bruce Lee’s mental exercises were everyday practices he did to maintain his abilities as a philosopher and martial arts master. Although he’s mostly known as an action film actor, Lee was much more than that. He was actually a teacher…
If you’re an art lover who gets easily overwhelmed by a beautiful work of art or get goose bumps when you walk into a museum, no worries! This is actually completely normal. However, there are certain people who can show…
When we go through a complex and painful situation, we may start to believe there’s no way out. We’ve all been in this situation at some point in our lives. Sometimes we become self-absorbed and stop seeing the world around us.…
Salvador Dalí’s quotes are just like he was: surprising and clever. And almost always powerful. There’s no other way it could have been since this man always grabbed people’s attention and caused all kinds of controversies. This Catalonian artist was born…
Art, just like all non-verbal expression, encourages the exploration, expression, and communication of things we’re not conscious of. So working on emotions through art therapy can improve people’s relationships because it focuses on the emotional side, which is a key part of…
Vincent Van Gogh explained in his letters that for him, sounds had colors and that certain colors, like yellow and blue, were like fireworks for his senses. His paintings Sunflowers and The Starry Night are still palpitating canvases endowed with…
The world mandala comes from Sanskrit, and it means “sacred circle.” Mandalas are circular symbols that are part of a lot of different cultures. Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and some indigenous tribes all use them as a kind of artistic outlet to…
If mental disorders were houses, depression would be the loneliest one. Anxiety would be a suffocating prison. Insomnia would be a home inhabited by clocks without any minute or second hands because time would stand still. At least that’s what…
Salvador Dali’s method, based on the hypnagogic state, sought to transcend the world of reason and embrace the surreal. He then made it his own and turned it into art. This genius of surrealism created what he himself called “photographs…
For Frida Kahlo, painting was a way of transforming her pain into art. It was her outlet, her refuge, her road to freedom. She refused to be a victim. She understood from an early age that life didn’t need to…
There are so many ways to express love in words. The kind of words that give us goosebumps and touch our soul. People show us love all the time and their loving acts and words often go unnoticed, but they…
A sensitive person has her own language: the language of feelings. It is a very intimate perceptive language, in which the heart is always on edge and feeling vulnerable. Nevertheless, something that sensitive people understand very well is that vulnerability…
