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Empathetic listening is a skill that can be an inborn gift in most highly sensitive people.
We tend to know the exact words and phrases to soothe others.
However, too much listening can be draining. Psychotherapist Isle Sand shares that highly sensitive people can hold their emotions and not make themselves heard. This could happen due to feeling the need to listen more than express oneself.
She advises that highly sensitive people can benefit from expressing themselves through journaling, art, and music.
[Sand, Ilse. Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World: How to Create a Happy Life
(p. 58)]
As I have grown to understand my highly sensitive gifts, I've consciously started searching for opportunities to express myself, rather than not.
I remind myself that my voice is equally important.
I have found that it is easier to rely on abstract art, as it reduces the pressure in me to be heard by other highly sensitive people.
(P.S. - Here, I don't mean to discourage sensitives from expressing themselves. Rather, I am sharing my view about the realistic waiting time between expressive conversations for highly sensitive people.)
I assure you. Abstract art listens to us when we express ourselves.
This morning, I painted to hear myself express emotions about my weekend. I felt like I might have gone overboard with listening to someone during my weekend.
As I began painting, I started painting the head of a snail with its antennae prominently trying to listen to me.
It felt like that was something I needed to hear from my canvas sheet. If my canvas sheet could speak to me, I am sure it would have said the following to me:
'Yes, Pranita, please paint your emotions. I am listening to you.'
It's an enriching experience to combine one's listening skills and abstract art skills. On the one hand, one is listening to themselves by processing their emotions through abstract art. On the other hand, the canvas is supporting the artist by being a good listener.
It's a win-win situation. One creates an artwork, processes their emotions, feels heard, and expresses their voice through abstract art.
So, dear highly sensitive soul, buckle up!
If you are inspired to paint an abstract artwork, I am sure a canvas/canvas sheet is ready to listen to you :).
-3, 2, 1, Cheers,
Pranita
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