{"id":19268,"date":"2015-12-22T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/the-guilty-pleasure-thats-key-to-my-painting-success-2"},"modified":"2024-03-05T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:43:35","slug":"feeling-the-need-to-speed-up-try-slowing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/feeling-the-need-to-speed-up-try-slowing-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling the need to speed up? Try slowing down."},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Busyness’ is the enemy of sitting down to paint.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which is ironic, because painting can actually neutralise the feelings of being hurried:<\/p>\n

\u201cArt is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste\u201d Theodore Roethke<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Especially my detailed, realistic style of painting that just can’t be rushed.<\/p>\n

To inspire you to make some space to slow down and paint, I wanted to share with you the remarkable talk \u2018When you feel the need to speed up, slow down\u2019 by Kimi Werner.<\/p>\n

Kimi\u2019s a free-diver who had an encounter with a great white, which turned into a beautiful, experience of a lifetime, purely because she was able to SLOW right down instead of panicking and speeding right up!<\/p>\n

Though it feels counter-intuitive, rejecting the \u2018speed-up\u2019 impulse is a great skill to develop.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ columns_type=”default” section=”” full_screen=”” vertical_centering=”” background=”” bg_color_info=”” img=”” parallax_bg_width=”110″ parallax_reverse=”” video=””][vc_column text_color=”” animate=”” animate_delay=””][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The talk is quite long but the amazing shark incident is shown after only about 5 mins:<\/p>\n

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