@kli4d 14 April 2021 more from that month

Releasing my Emotion thru NFT Art

According to several studies, **art is a great medium for someone to release their emotion**. Also, some psychiatrists use art to diagnose if their patient is experiencing some kind of mental health problem; trauma for example.

Before we proceed, let's remember that art has different forms; **painting, sculpture, literature, architecture, music, dance, theater, photography, and films.** Arts can be divided into two; **traditional and modern art**. Traditional art is created using traditional mediums (brushes, pencils, etc.). There are old mediums that have been used for a long time. Technology is central to digital art. Artists produce multimedia works using input machines such as tablet computers. I am fond of both traditional and digital arts. Every time I see art exhibitions in museums and social media, I can feel that it portrays or telling something. Emotion? Connection? I don't know exactly but they always mesmerize me. These past few days, **I was on the verge of a mental and emotional breakdown.** I'm just distracting myself with other things so it will not progress. To lessen the stuff that may trigger this, I thought of uninstalling my social media sites, including my Telegram. I thought of disconnecting myself from the world just to recharge; mental health matters. Aside from that, I decided to finish the series I am watching on Netflix; ignoring all the inquiries of my classmates and piling school works. I'm also **skipping my online classes just to sleep and rest**. That is **not a good thing to do** tho but I can't help to do it because this is also **the cause why I am unstable.** I continue doing those activities for consecutive days but I didn't feel better. This is where I realized that these are just 'band-aid' solutions and I must think of a more effective way to combat the monster in me. Exactly while browsing some productivity apps on the play store, Adobe illustrator caught my attention. I am not a noob in using this editing software as I was using this back then when modifying my pictures. I just deleted it because of a smartphone storage issue - insufficient memory. I immediately downloaded it. Upon opening the app, there's no major change in the user interface. The app function the same I first used it. Because of this, I didn't have a hard time using the app. However, the only problem I encountered is **I don't know what to draw**. I eventually got tired of thinking about what I will draw and closed the app. Before sleeping that night, my brain suddenly became overdramatic. He automatically reminds me of all my pending responsibility, what will happen if I don't do them, and other shitty stuff that makes me overthink. I wrote a nonsense article about the thoughts encircling my mind that night. Here's the article if you are interested to read it. **This article is full of non sense.** https://read.cash/@kli4d/this-article-is-full-of-non-sense-89dc5fc2 I shared all the thoughts encircling in my head that night -it helped a bit to alleviate the overthinking. **This is also the moment I open my Adobe Illustrator** to sketch and release my emotion. I just let my fingers move their own. I let my emotion dictate what will my hands draw. After several minutes, this is what I created.

After sketching on Adobe Illustrator, I downloaded another app to manipulate its appearance. Every time I observe this image, it reminds me of all of the **heavy feelings I felt** that night. I don't know if you can feel the same way but I am 100% sure that this art is created by pure emotions. I decided to mint this art of mine and sell it at juungle.net. But yesterday, upon inviting my friend to join the said market platform, I gave this NFT as a welcome gift to him.

I created this the day after tomorrow after sketching Demodimentional. It portrays how I am **relieved to stress** upon channeling my emotion to different mediums. I also listed it on juungle.net and someone bought it for 0.051 BCH or about $4.

I created this when **someone special to me asked if I am okay**. This person is special to me. I can't tell my feelings towards her because **I am scared** that it may wreck our current friendship. This is why I sketched another one **to release my frustration**. I also listed it on juungle.net and someone bought it for  0.01111 BCH or $8.78 in the current BCH value. **Conclusion:** Art helped me to lift myself. I understand now how this medium can greatly help anyone in their mental state. Currently, I don't have a plan on creating another set of 'emotional art' as I don't feel any overwhelming emotion right now. Maybe soon if things go hard? Who knows? hahaha **Note:** At last! I finished writing this article after several days of being inactive. Your articles are flooding my notification. I have a lot to read. Ang sipag nyo hahaha. Keep it up and God bless!