Rachel Hannah
Social anxiety has been a part of my life, in certain crowds and situations, all my life. When I am really anxious I like to picture everyone in the room, without a body. You probably thought I was going to say naked didn’t you? The latter was recommended to me, and I have heard that it is a good way to relieve social anxiety while speaking in front of a crowd, but it never worked for me.
What does work for me is picturing everyone as a spirit dancing around, no body language or facial expressions to try and read. I suppose it is more complicated than picturing everyone naked because I don’t know what a spirit looks like, much less what it looks like dancing. The visualization process distracts from my anxiety enough that I am able to relax and even have some fun in the crowd.
Presenting The Spirit Dance Collection: Inspired by my personal method for coping with social anxiety.
The original painting “Spirit Dance” is a 16×20, pearlescent and metallic acrylic, on canvas. All other images were created from a photograph of the original painting using photo-manipulation.
“Spirit Dance”
“Spirit Ballet”
“Spirit Odissi”
“Spirit Moonwalk”
“Spirit Merengue”
“Spirit Tango”
“Spirit Disco”
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing
Thank you Benedict!
They are so wonderful.. Colors group, texture, and the nuance.. besides, you catch my spirit therre too.. and trap in them.. O’o..
Thank you Albert I appreciate your words so much!
Beautiful
Thank you Olga!
I think the story behind the series of paintings was a very interesting read.
Thank you so much!
I’ll have to show this to my younger son as he is painting as well. 🙂
That is wonderful, wish him well for me!
Awesome!
Thank you Gina!
If I pictured everyone naked I would to hide for a while ?
Exactly, haha!
Rachel there so beautiful! Such a good way to express your anxiety.
Thank you Kathy!
Love these… the texture and palette are great! Well done. BTW pretending everyone is naked never worked for me either. Instead, I would single out two or three people and focus on them during my talk.
Thank you Dennis, that is probably a good idea. I have gotten a lot better at speaking in groups, but it took me a long time.
Thank you so much!
Beautiful
Thank you!
I love seeing your artwork dear. So lovely!
Thank you Brenda!
This is a wonderful way of seeing things. The paintings are beautiful.
Thank you Andria!
Cool and beautiful colors! 🙂
Thank you very much Aries!
They are all great, lovely work
Thank you!
How beautiful. The pastel colors are so calming.
Thank you Carol!
The first one is the one I like the most
Thank you very much!
They are beautiful… love all the colours!
Thank you ac Khoo