šØ Hello!
Hello and welcome to my newly re-designed & re-launched artwork newsletter.
Thank you for being a member of my encouraging creative community. Your support over the years has made all the difference.
Iāve been embracing a new path creatively. Iām enjoying Instagram and loving the ability to pair my painting progression videos with audio from some of my favorite speakers. Itās so fun! I admit that I choose some audio about pretty deep thoughtsā¦but thatās where my mind and heart normally go.
How do we embrace a new pathā¦in our creativity, in our relationships with others, in our relationship with ourself?
Itās a constant process of evaluation and re-evaluation. Of refinement and changing direction. Itās scary. And it can be really fun, too. I have to remember that life can also be fun. I hope you also have some fun every single day.
Wherever you are in your creative journey - if you are beginning a new path, blooming where youāve been planted, or taking the next step in front of you without looking too far ahead - Iām sending love to you.
Good journey,
~Emily Lupita
šø Deep Thoughts + Painting Progression Videos
This quote from balanceofallthings on Instagram struck a deep chord in me. I loved it so much I added it to one of my drawing progression videos. Iām writing out the quote here in itās entirety. And you can also listen to it on my hummingbird video on my emilylupitaseries Instagram & below.
Letās say you spend twenty years of your life working towards a goal thatās going to solve everything. And then you finally achieve what youāve been trying to do for twenty years. Toiling away. I wonāt have any fun because Iām working for twenty years for this end.
And then you get that end. And nothing changes. Thatās when you get hopeless.
So itās not uncommon to see very successful artists who are very unhappy in life. Because theyāre working towards thisā¦the āthingā thatās going to make them feel better. And it does not make them feel better. Iām sure youāve gotten to meet very successful business people. Billionaire people. Very few of them are happy. Very few. And theyāve reached their goals.
Theyāve accomplished their dreams. And are unhappy. Because we donāt know what we want. You know, we donāt know whatās going to make us happy. Weāre trying to fill something that maybe canāt be filled through material or cultural success. Public success.
Itās something else. Itās some internal thing.
š Lupita Portrait
Iāve been receiving so many signs about wings lately. In my artist statement, I talk about how I feel the need for wings. (Read it here.) There was a time in my life when I felt so connected to my spirituality and wanted to explore every aspect of the spiritual realm. But then there were years when I just couldnāt connect to that part of myself. I had doubts. I had questions. I couldnāt find the answers I was seeking.
Iāve changed my view on how I approach spirituality. I see it now as a journey, not a destination. Iām not seeking a place or person or a higher level of existence. No. Iām just walking on my journey. Iām observing and Iām paying attention to the beautiful signs that appear along the path. One of these signs is the presence of wings. This is what Iām trying to express with my painting, āLupita Feels the Need for Wings.ā
š New Author Photos
I have a new book coming out soon. Itās the first book in my new Autism Brothers Books series. Iām filled with joy and excitement about it. I need new author photos for the new book, but Iām not excited about any picture of myself.
Iām having some trouble with this part of being a creative person - showing myself rather than my paintings only.
Iāve had to be very conscious of my self-critiques lately. The honest truth is that I donāt like the way I look. I never have. Iāve always hated my face and my body. I canāt even bare to look at pictures of myself. I now understand this is a trauma response and not a true feeling.
I canāt say that I totally love myself yet, but Iām really working on it.
And part of that self-love process is sharing photos of my face with the worldā¦and saying about these photos, āI look beautiful.ā
Ah!! This is very hard for me to do right now. But here goesā¦ šø
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I have a goal to post my new portraits and videos up on my Instagram account as they flow out. I hope to connect with you there as well. @EmilyLupitaSeries
šš¼ A Prayer
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"Oh God, let me remember the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is." - Rabbi Gelberman
Nice Emily. I especially like the prayer...