Art as a Self-Transformation Tool

Some days, everything just feels like too much, right? Your body is here, but your mind is far away — elsewhere.Maybe you’ve felt that before.Your heart feels heavy, but there’s no clear reason. It’s like something is stuck in your throat, and life flows through you with an energy that’s hard to hold, hard to understand — and all you want is to feel at peace.

On days like that, I create. Not out of inspiration or joy, but out of necessity. Sometimes I don’t even know what’s going on inside, but I feel the need to let it out. When everything feels confusing inside, creating becomes an outlet — a place for all that feeling to go. It’s through creating that I find shelter.

Artistic expression is, many times, a space for listening. My therapist. A place where I can simply exist without having to explain myself. It’s a gesture of care toward what I feel, even when I don’t have the words for it.

We’ve all felt like this at some point. Anxiety tightens. Doubt and fear freeze you. Sadness quiets everything. And for many reasons, we’ve been taught to cover it all up with smiles and distractions — even though we know that often, the feeling just builds up.

So, if you’re going through something like this — or when it happens someday — I invite you to create. Anything.Write what you feel on a piece of paper (no one has to see it). Draw (if you feel like drawing). Paint (if you feel like painting).But create — or dance, sing.Just express yourself in some way to let all that feeling out. I’m certain it’ll help ease, or even lift, that weight in your chest.

To express yourself through creation is one way to remind yourself that you are here. That your existence matters.That your voice, your gestures, your emotions — they all have value. And in that process, we begin to transform pain: By letting it out, we create space for something new to grow.

In the end, you’ll realize that what heals us is almost never the result — but the process.The care in stopping, listening to yourself, expressing, knowing yourself — and transforming.

So if one day you find yourself in a moment like this, honor it. Don’t ignore the invitation that comes from within, asking you to visit your soul. And may your way of creating — whatever it looks like — bring you back home. To your home. #afonsoul #muralism #streetart #graffiti