Art | M. Aziz-van Keulen

Five Helpers to Remain Calm

Posted on October 19, 2019 Leave a Comment

“How do you manage to remain calm?” asked a colleague the other day. I have various tools for coping with what challenges me. I write about them here so you may find ideas for strengthening your ability to remain calm when challenged, too.

A drawing a day keeps the doctor away

Posted on June 26, 2017 1 Comment

Professionally caring for the well-being of others, I consciously have to action caring for myself. Early this month I began a little project: for my own well-being, I make a drawing a day. I relax when I draw. For thirty minutes to an hour, I focus on shape and colour; on emptiness and space. Drawing […]

Creativity Heals My Starving Soul

Posted on May 22, 2016 2 Comments

I’ve had the dream again. “I am to finish school. I am preparing for all subjects. Suddenly it dawns on me that I haven’t finished one single painting. I have to have at least twelve artworks ready. I have not even thought about painting. I have no plan, no ideas – I am to fail […]

My Perfect Sunday

Posted on October 25, 2015 Leave a Comment

Spaciousness How can I convey the peace and quiet of a well spent Sunday to a Blog post? I need letters, words and filled space to try to share with you some kind of emptiness in and on which there are no letters and words, and where there’s only a sense of spaciousness.