I know this is going to be a really morbid comment on something so beautiful lol. I'm AuDHD and have terrible anxiety before bedtime. As a kid, the movie What Dreams May Come was my favorite movie and later on, became one of my favorite books. I remember how "Heaven" being portrayed in paint, in his individual idea of afterlife, was so perfectly whimsical, it forever became an inspiration to me and was the beginning building blocks of my own personal mental escape. However, I also remember it being the first time I really began to question life and death itself. I always had trouble sleeping, or rather going to sleep. When asked why, I remember telling my mom I was afraid to go to sleep every night because it meant today was gone, never to return, and was one day closer to death. I was probably around 8 or 9 years old. As an adult, I became the caretaker of my local cemetery, really out of convenience, as it was close to home. It was both a gift and a curse, much like my fascination with the movie when I was young. It gave me an appreciation for life that I felt other's maybe didn't get to experience, but also plagued by the reality and fear of death even more so. Being ADHD as well as on the spectrum, I tend to ruminate, and have cyclical bouts of anxious thinking patterns and what better (or worse) brain toy than a "problem" that can't be solved, a "condition" that can't be cured, that of death. Unfortunately my favorite thoughts are ones that are questions with no answers. It sounds terrible, and it certainly can be, but some of my most inspired thoughts have come from it as well. Meditating on death is scary, but it's like meditating on the dark. It makes you ponder deeply about the wonder of life and light as well. However, when the scarier ones hit, the ones that are less enlightening, and more anxious and depressing, I find myself watching your painting videos to find calm and peace to sleep and it really only just occurred to me why it is so effective for me personally, because it takes me back to the painted Heaven in the movie. Funny how our subconscious forges those neural pathways, and how the causation relates to curation in this case so deeply. Thank you for sharing your art.

@ajwehrig7068

Ай бұрын

As a child, the term "ADHD" wasn't even a term for anything. I was good student, for the most part, but did have issues focusing. Mainly because I had been through quite a bit of trauma as a child. As far as my report cards went, I got pretty good grades that could have been better if I could focus. Especially during grade school, Every teacher I had would make a note at the end of the report card... " has trouble focusing and paying attention". I was scolded for this when I gave my parents my report card, and that made withdraw into myself. When I reached my preteens, a friend of my parents started offering private art classes on the weekends. By private, I am referring to non school related, but it was a small gathering of people for each class. For the first time in my life, I would feel that I would lose myself in the art, and finally able to focus. During the lessons, I would completely focus on what I was doing... This "getting lost" in my art. Nothing could break my concentration and I would feel at peace. Not that it would draw me from my shell, but it would relieve the anxiety and I would feel so at peace. I don't remember why, but they pulled me from the art classes, and I was back at square one. I continued to paint at home, but a lack of instruction and learning to paint different things... I struggled to expand my talent. I grew even more depressed and anxious after that. Art was an outlet for my anxiety. While painting, my mind would only focus on the art, not the depression that I had since I was very young (around 4 years old it started). Parents not understanding why I would withdraw, and break down crying for no reason, and when they asked my I was crying, I would not answer them, so they tried a child psychologist to find out what was going on. That helped nothing. Art gave me a purpose, and made me feel like I could let go of my traumatic very young childhood (even though I was still a child when I started the art lessons. For being so young, I was very good at it. It is amazing what Art can do for those with all the symptoms of ADHD. It wasn't until more recently that I took a standardized test for ADHD and finally realized what I have been dealing with all my life. Like I said, they didn't have a term for it during my childhood years, and after graduating high school, I still didn't search out what was causing the confusion, the inability to focus, the depression and anxiety. I finally know, but I lost so much time in my life not understanding why I felt the way I did, and why I am the way I am. I feel like the self destructive tendencies I have put myself through would have not have happened if someone would have recognized this sooner. Maybe I would have been more stabilized. I don't have a doubt that I would have. Now I have to learn how to "fix myself", and get myself on the right track in life. Maybe watching more art videos will inspire me to pick up a brush again, and help bring more focus, and less anxiety, into my life.

@deuniquedorris8745

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing, your experience is beautifully put in this message :)

@deuniquedorris8745

Ай бұрын

@@ajwehrig7068 Thank you also for sharing, I also have adhd amongst the triad of things that come with it for women and or biological females from studies… the hard part is sometimes getting started, maybe you could commit a time of the week to follow Jay’s paintings/paintings along with them while watching? I have heard it said before not confident where, one of my strengths is collecting knowledge and things, and maybe ADHD is more normal than confining ones self to a systematic structure which is more learned, that said I do not think you need to fix yourself or learn to fix yourself but more understand yourself and how you operate best/when and how you are your best self and how to make that possible.

I love the way you inspire the artist inside us 🥰

Your videos are very calming and the finished paintings are always so beautiful . 👏🏼

I love the way you inspire the artist inside us .

@brushserenity

2 ай бұрын

Cannot agree more with your statement🌸🤗

Very beautiful cherry blossom and look so inspiring my friend.

With the music and watching him paint it's so pretty, I started Crying

So beautiful 👏👏

I happened upon one of your other videos… they are ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!! Bravo, bravo, bravo!!

Very interesting 👍❤️ beautiful

Magnifique j adore🎉🎉❤❤🖼🎨🖌🕊👍❤❤💐💐

@rachelmartino8070

2 ай бұрын

Cc mon mamour je vient de me réveillé longue sieste.. citation ( au fond du puits ,il arrive qu on aperçoive ,les étoiles) même dans le désespoir il y a toujours une lueur au fond de nous qui nous dit: persévère et le jour se lèvera dans ton coeur..gros bisous d amour mon adoré mamour 🤴🙌🕯🧿🕯🤴☘🕊💏🐞🙌🌈🌞🙏🙏💚💚🌠😘😘😘❤❤❤💞💞🗝💋💋💋💋❤❤❤❤

Great!I am preparing my boys and pieces to start painting soon,still looking at ideas!

What beautiful talent you possess

Beautiful and soothing Thank You so much ❤ You are amazing!!!

I like ur paintings. It alter my imagination

I don't know how I got here but this is beautiful

True artist

So beautiful thank you ❤

I am always amazed by this beautiful technique.

Very beautiful 😊❤👏👏👏

Beautiful painting

🎉 AMAZING painting, congratulations ,thank you so much for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

So nice 👍🏼 ❤

I love watching your videos. I wish there was a list of the colors that you are using. I am putting this painting on a flower pot for my garden

No words to express ur 🎨🎭❤❤

Beautiful work

Love this So beautiful

It was so relaxing and I found it would be something I could maybe do. It’s beautiful I shared it with my friends.

First one

Absolutely beautiful Fascinating how you painted sideways

Красота🌺🌺🌺

Bahoth dinoke bath dekhneko mila art sir

Absolutely gorgeous 🎉🎉🎉😊Love the piano, makes me sad and happy😊 together!!!

Какая красота ! Вот эта фантазия !👌

هذه ازهار الساكورة جميلة جدا ابدعت في رسمها👋🏻✨🎨😍👍🏻🥰

Wow! Amazing 🥰

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.

so nice ❤😍👍 new friend

Lovely. Thank you, Jay.

Beautiful ❤

I really like this twisting effect. Especially with the branches. Fantastic job

Beautiful ❤️

Very beautiful

Mesmerizing😮beautiful and textured, love the colors 🫶

Hola😊

Amo seu tranbalho vc e otimo parabéns amo seu trabalho mas por favor volta aqueles toquis bem suave ❤

Que flor mais linda, belíssimas cores parabéns 👏

Very awesome

Ur art is amazing what spray would be needed to make sure the paint doesn’t peel off ur very talented ❤

Que hermoso todo!

❤❤❤

아크릴페인팅으로 다른 도구를 사용하여 멋진 벗꽃이 피었네요. 넘 라름다워요👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

❤❤❤❤❤

Another amazing work! 🌸🌸😍 so much peace, talent and hard work in your art! You inspire me to paint more 🫶🎨

Beautiful! Thank you!😊

Beautiful

مبهر 😮❤❤❤❤❤

❤❤❤❤Always Masterpiece

Very lovely flower wow

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤝👏

Lovely!

Que lindos dibujos ❤❤❤

Gorgeous!

You are lucky artist

cool

What colours did you use, Jay-Lee?

The artist seems to be seat in the kitchen 😂😂😂😅😅😊😊😊❤❤

Do you let the background do before adding in the flowers?

Very beautiful. What is the name of the colors and things you use?

4:32 Where can I find the tube paints that you use? Ty

A co to ma do rzeczy, pierwszy czy dziesiąty?!

I'm so sorry but who paints upside down?

Very well💞🌺😃🌺🫠

Wunderschöne Bilder und Techniken , aber die Musik ist so schrecklich und nervig , eigentlich keine Musik , sondern Lärm …

Amazing😍😍😍🩵💙💚

1:16 this looks like crap no big deal anybody could do what you do

@Rabbitzan

2 ай бұрын

NGL I disagree with you. Artists use a variety of different tools for different reasons whether it is for texture or shape. I may not see many artists using spoons but I have definitely tried it myself, due to the amount of shaking I do it doesn't come out half as good. Obviously you are entitled to your opinion but bringing negativity just to be negative doesn't help artists and can often discourage budding artists.