Between black and white
The truth! Nothing but the truth
Anyone who works artistically quickly realizes that there are countless perspectives, not just one truth. Depending on how we look and what we allow, new possibilities open up. This is exactly what makes March so exciting: transitions rarely offer clear answers, and creative processes only unfold when we remain open to multiple possibilities. Sometimes the most exciting discoveries are right under our noses, just when we think we are completely in the dark.
For me, this month is the color of the earth: brown – the soil that has processed the past and turned it into compost. The earthy brown connects, is the basis for many things and holds space for everything that can come.
On a journey of discovery with materials
Every material, every technique has its own story. Whether paper, paint, wood, clay or found objects – the decisive factor is the interplay of form, color and structure, which creates something surprising. Some things seem strange or challenging. Ideas sometimes rustle like something suspicious in the undergrowth and only reveal themselves with the next step as an invitation to go further, try out new things and explore their own paths.
The white leaf looks like a field in March: minimally prepared, open, ready for something new. It demands no heroic deeds, only attention. If you get involved, you enter your own terrain with twists and turns, dead ends, clearings and surprising sources. A dash of humor helps you find your way through the jungle of ideas, as does courage.
The Sacred Point of View
March brings us back to a fundamental insight: everything begins with your own perspective. Before anything new can grow, it is worth clarifying your point of view. Which convictions do I hold? Which ones have I adopted without examining them? Which perspectives have I overlooked so far?
Knowing your motives gives your own ideas support and orientation.
Nature shows us how it’s done: Only when the soil is prepared does life germinate. Those who explore themselves create the ground for their own development. Perhaps this is why March is a month for clarity, for questions that help you move forward and for perspectives that you defend, consider, discard and renew.
Courage to look at yourself
Every time has its own artistic coloring. March reminds us that our own perspective remains the starting point for everything else. Those who take their own point of view seriously have already taken the decisive step: looking at themselves. Those who know their motivations can experiment, explore and develop new paths.
Nature and art require attention, patience and curiosity. Those who look for perfection too soon often overlook the most exciting sources that bubble up right under their noses. A little courage, a dash of humor and the willingness to explore your own terrain are enough to discover new nuances that no one else would have seen.
The Mirror of Art
Each work holds a mirror up to us that suggests more than it explains, and this is precisely where the opportunity to move forward lies. Over time, orientation grows, inner direction becomes a compass. Art thus becomes a space in which diversity is a matter of course and every way of realizing something has its justification. Perhaps this is where diversity begins: in the courage to allow one’s own personality to grow – while leaving room for everything else in the common picture.
Art has a demand on us: it requires a willingness to grow and change. This demand sends us on our own journey of discovery.
Every era has its artistic facets.
And here are the natural impulses that each month brings with it:
Art is diversity. It’s time for art
With best wishes
Magdalena Hohlweg
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