What You Resist Persists! 2 New Paintings

Have you heard the expression “What you resist persists”?

Basically, it’s a reminder that you’re attracting whatever you focus on (even if it’s what you don’t want).

I totally resonated with what Mother Theresa said on the subject:

 “I will never attend an anti-war rally.If you have a peace rally, invite me.”

This reminds me of one of the lessons from the Universal Law of Polarity.

There’s a whole continuum of existence between polar opposites.When you focus on the opposite of what you don’t want, you start moving along the continuum towards what you want.

Where attention goes, energy flows.

There are many ways to achieve a resist technique in art, depending on the mediums you’re using.

In the 2 paintings below, I used a very glossy clear tar gel by Golden Artist Colours (developed for use in the Oscar-winning movie Pollock).

As I then painted the whole with a wash of watery zinc white paint, the colour slid off the glossy textured design, leaving the colours underneath to shine through.

This is one case of when “What you resist persists” isn’t such a bad thing!

I kept the attention on the details I wanted to keep and the next layer simply flowed off of them.

Which of these two 11″ x 14″ paintings speaks to you the most?

The birch forest painting “Spirit Walkers” highlights the flow of spirit that extends from one tree to the next, as shown through the washes of colours under the raised clear bark.

Together they stand, rooted in the earth, yet together they walk the surface of the planet gifting us with Life Force, with strength, with flexibility and with a never-ending invitation to walk among them to connect to Spirit.

The black obsidian is naturally formed volcanic glass that helps keep you grounded in a good life, protected from negative energy.

Like a breath of fresh air, the simplicity of this painting helps you let go of resistance to what is in order to appreciate the very flow of the Life Force that connects you to Spirit, to your intuition.

The soothing heart chakra colours of nature also give you more space to breathe.