How do you express yourself?
Recently I took part in the SCBWI Carolinas Annual Art Contest. The illustration prompt this year was to express yourself by choosing a feeling and communicate that feeling in an illustration. The emotion choices were boredom, sadness, happiness, fear or love.
This is my entry expressing B-O-R-E-D-O-M.
It got me thinking. What emotion do I express most days? How does that emotion effect me, my family, my relationships?
I was not very good in geometry class but I do remember the transitive theorem that states:
If A=B and B=C then A=C.
If you apply the same theorem to expressing yourself, you could assume that
A= The stuff you feed your brain.
B= Transforms your heart.
C= Determines how you Express Yourself.
Think of all the stuff your brain gets fed in a day. I’m not talking broccoli and lean meats. (Although I’m a true believer in Whole 30 eating-check it out.) I’m talking about feeding your eyes and ears with good stuff, wholesome images and truth. What are you watching on T.V, listening to on a podcast, reading before bed? Is it feeding your brain or attacking it?
Whatever you are feeding your brain, transforms your heart. Are you feeling nourished and energized or is the life being sucked out of you?
Your heart is the generator that determines how you express yourself. Whatever your brain takes in, your heart expresses.
So, given our theorem:
if A=B and B=C then A=C
If the stuff you feed your brain transforms your heart and the transformation of your heart determines how you express yourself.
then
The stuff you feed your brain will determine how you express yourself.
Lots to think about so you won’t get B-O-R-E-D!
PS I just did a Google search about the transitive theorem. Apparently, it’s not really a theorem but a postulate.
I’m rolling my eyes,
Guess what emotion I’m expressing now?
Smiles,
Wendy