by Alex's Heart founder Dariya Dobreva
Today's project is a bit more emotional. Expressing yourself through art can sometimes be challenging: how to pick one emotion only? So I choose to put all my emotions in one place. My choice of art is a bottle and it perfectly serves my goal: it’s round and I can put more than one thing. Like every person, I have more than one emotion. Now the challenge is how to express my inner self on the bottle. I grab acrylic paint and close my eyes. I take a deep breath in and out. I focus on a few things: what makes me happy; what makes me sad; and how do I feel about my life? In the first couple of minutes I had an empty mind, but as I continued to breathe, colors started appearing. Soft yellow and pink, remembering my happy times with my family; some dark blue and black, with memories of people I have lost. And on my little bottle a beautiful picture of my dreams starts showing up. Dreams of being with the people I love, dreams of always remembering the people I’ve lost, and dreams of who I've become because of all I've been through. When I looked at my bottle, I realized I have a colorful tree in front of me: I have my family, my roots deep in the ground holding me and supporting me. I have my life choice in my trunk, strong and determined; and I have my branches with colorful leaves with all the people I’ve met. My dream bottle is not just a dream - it’s my reality, it’s my emotions, it’s me. Who is a bit crazy at times but ready for the world.
A scary project at first turned to be one of the best projects, full of smiles, tears and heart melting memories!