Time Warp is a reflection on the theme of shedding layers for the purpose of renewal. My Reiki Healer guided me through an acceptance of decisions regarding personal relationships and communication that I have been wavering about. At the start of my session, my Throat and Root Chakra’s were strained. My Solar Plexus Chakra had been rifled by my internal struggles. Determined to face this issue, I used my breath to force a clearing that I visualized as very golden. Imagery of thick, dark bold lines shifted from impenetrable to sticky and flexible, opening into bright yellows, that left me destressed from my own darkness. By the end of this healing journey, the intensity of red pulsating behind my closed eyelids slowed with my breath, just as the oval pool of warm red tones sits grounded below the horizon in Time Warp . This painting’s title, from Rocky Horror Picture Show’s powerful song, empowered me as I felt a courageous outpouring of eccentric self-compassion. This painting started out with the intention to change my compositions, which feels recycled as I view them in a portfolio format, starting with the center rather than the edges. In many ways, this Time Warp transcends what I have been producing thus far. Not only was I intentionally applying artistic “rules” and skills for creative growth, I found peace in beginning the process of connecting the diasporic aspects of myself.
