Welcome to season 3! We're doing things a bit differently and having interesting conversations with GUESTS! Our first guest is Caylee Grey, and we had a positively mind-blowing conversation about art and the body.

Caylee Grey is a South African artist who fills her journals with loads of mediocre art. Imperfect, heart-led, gloriously mediocre art. Caylee's the Fairy Artmother of Get Messy Art, the kindest art journaling community on the internet, and author of the book by the same name.

Find & follow Caylee:

@cayleegrey | @getmessyartjournal

https://getmessyart.com

Body of Art class

Other artists mentioned:

Demi Demi - Tough Times Never last

Key Takeaways

1. Society tells us all the ways in which our body is too much or not enough. We can reclaim our connection and relationship to our bodies through art. Give it permission to be art itself, to see it as an artist, to live in it as an artist. 
2. We can look at the details of our body, both outside and inside, as a way of starting a dialogue and connection with our body and appreciating it. 
3. Combining art and the body can help bring awareness to the parts of ourselves that we’ve buried or covered over.
4. When we have negative feelings about our body it can be helpful to try and identify whose idea it is. Is it yours, or is it an echo of society or a company that profits when you feel insecure or not enough? 
5. Art provides a playground where there are no rules, but you might still encounter rules that you internalized and carry with you that aren’t actually your own. If you’d like a reframe, try using the word ‘filter’ instead of rules and explore that. 
6. Use all the things you’re saving for a special day. The perfect project is the one that’s happening right now. 
7. When you feel good, you can use that energy to put strategies in place to pre-emptively take care of yourself for when you’re not feeling good. 
8. The hack to mental health stability is to feel your feelings. Whether you feel them now or later, you’re going to feel them
9. If you’d like a reframe for taking a lesson, think of it as an invitation instead
10. When we show up vulnerable or in a messy way, we give others permission to be vulnerable with themselves. 
11. It’s about showing up with ease. When you show up the way that is easiest for you, you can bring your best self.

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