Nobody was supposed to see this painting...

[Music] nobody was supposed to see this painting nobody was supposed to discover its symbols it had to stay in my private collection [Music] indefinitely [Music] it all started when at the end of my world travels I was at a crossroad in my life and I travelled thousands of miles to one remote place to rest and paint [Music] but something unforeseen happened during the move our family was driving to our new country home with all of our belongings when without any warning the home was offered to someone else we had no time to spare driving from one town to the next we looked for any available place to stay in the vicinity for at least a few seasons but absolutely nothing was available after a week of intense search we decided to turn around and leave the area [Music] but just as we were leaving one foreigner a lawyer recognized me for my films and offered his home to us the new location spawned new ideas and I got busy sketchy I was given a rare opportunity to hear life-changing stories from around the world right in my own studio [Music] yet even with all the inspirations surrounding me for some reason I couldn't create anything so I started searching for something else but soon realized that what I was looking for I could not even define [Music] one week I decided to study nothing else than children from different cultures unfortunately each time I was about to sketch a face a child would just run off to play only one boy did not mind sitting for me out of June my next-door neighbor actually he did not sit for me he was busy doing what he loved the most [Music] dreaming creating and exploring [Music] whenever I got a glimpse of him he was always intensely focused and profound contemplation as I was studying him I noticed something unusual I could see his every emotion and every thought at the same time I really wanted to paint him but I couldn't because I had to move again this time just a short distance away I immediately became involved with different obligations that occupied all of my time [Music] one evening I heard someone knock on my door I could not believe my eyes [Music] it was out of June and his older brother they had persuaded their parents to let them stay at my new studio and spend the whole summer with our family after out of June's summer vacation was over I understood why I had to come to this far away place the boys spirit helped me define what I wanted to share for so long the story that at first glimpse would appear simple and serene but at a closer look would reveal time-released messages of our true essence and purpose and to do that I had to condense not only all possible thoughts feelings and emotions on one in the same canvas but also the landscapes and seasons [Music] I had to compress cumulative experiences so I could dive deeper and deeper into the most complex depths of a human soul I kept on bringing different people and animals on to the fields to show the power and influence of the environment in our lives as part of the rhythm of nature the rising tide would sink the shore grasses again and again [Music] I spent months trying to depict the most delicate nuances of the mind and the most intricate mazes of the spirit my intention finally came to life but my excitement was short-lived because of my misunderstanding the boys culture and his family's principles I could not reveal this painting it had to stay in my private collection I packed the original and tried to forget I had ever painted it [Music] a few months later I decided to open the crate again the more I looked at the story the more I felt I just had to do something there was only one an only possible way to show this painting if I changed the face but when I was just about to paint over the eyes I couldn't hold on to my brush every fiber in my body resisted touching the canvas I did not know what to do the best I could think of was to put the original away and wait possibly many more years maybe a lifetime there was nothing else I could do it was out of my hands [Music] eight months passed one morning I woke up from a vivid dream there I had seen that even though my painting was finished it was actually still incomplete the story needed one last detail that would draw even more attention to the eyes so I added a shawl as I was weaving the last cotton thread I received a letter [Music] a permission to show my painting right then and there I recognized the significance of such an unusually long delay for this artwork because this is the story of Dharma [Music] [Laughter] [Music] the awareness of our moral duty and responsibilities [Music] and the harmony between the spiritual purpose and the freedom to live our dreams Dharma is not complete without the journey we take through it and that journey cannot be rushed shortened or simplified it has to be experienced [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music]

Channel: Akiane Kramarik

Views: 774,124

Rating: 4.8584967 out of 5

Keywords: art, dharma, paints, akaine, akiane kramarik, inspiration, life, painting

Id: zNwVraX_JKg

Length: 13min 20sec (800 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 24 2019