Art and Mental health : Perspectives of The Mind

Abstract

From a tiny insect crawling through the centre of the image to a humongous bat flapping its wings right through the art, it is our fickle minds that make sense out of what objectively is nothing but colours spread over paper. Made famous by Hermann Rorschach by using it for psychoanalysis, klecksography is the art of creating images out of random inkblots by merely folding the piece of paper[1,2]. The artwork (shown above) uses the same technique, but instead of monochrome, multiple contrasting colours have been used to create a vivid, dream like image. It may just be plain colours for someone, and for someone else, it may be an abstract work of art that takes her to a place of bewilderment, making her ponder over the deeper meaning of life.