From a Feng Shui perspective, our stories are reflected and literally written on our walls! That’s why a big part of what I do involves story boarding and treating your home like a living breathing 3D vision board.
Art is one of the first things I notice when it comes to people’s stories. What it’s depicting, where it is located, what colors dominate the space, and ultimately what story is being depicted. Is it aspirational or tragic? You can ask yourself these same questions.
I’ve seen art in people’s homes so morose and disturbing that it would dampen the mood of even the most cheerful and balanced individual. The same person with that type of art is often oblivious to how it’s affecting their own personal narrative and subconscious mind. While you don’t need to be a psychiatrist or a Feng Shui consultant to understand how seeing sad or disturbing imagery on a daily basis might impact your psyche, you might need one of us to point it out. Sometimes we are so close to the obvious that we cannot see it ourselves. Especially if you’re the one surrounding yourself with dark influences and you have normalized them or fixated on how expensive the art is rather than how it makes you feel or what it is actually communicating. In Feng Shui terms context and location matter most because what appears negative to one individual might have a different backstory for another. There’s an energetic map in Feng Shui that we use to uncover where love or money or health or any of the 9 major themes in your life are represented in the home. The nine life themes represented in the Feng Shui energetic map called the Bagua include Skills & Knowledge, Career, Travel & Helpful People, Family, Children & Creativity, Wealth, Fame, and finally Love & Relationships. So a piece of art can be curated and story boarded to work for you rather than against you by placing it in alignment with each of these themes. For example a film poster for a horror film that you produced and made substantial income from could contextually work in your Career or Money centers of your home but be destructive in your Relationship or Family centers.
In most cases you don’t need to buy all new art to change the narrative. It’s really about curating the art you already have to align with the story and life you want to live. Once you understand the Feng Shui Bagua Map, you become empowered to narrate your story in a productive manner. Location and context are everything in this regard. That’s a big part of what I help people with. I can read the room so to speak and help you translate what it’s communicating so that you can have greater agency over your personal narrative.
I woke up a couple days ago with bee in my bonnet so to speak and decided it was time for a new chapter in love. It is Mercury Retrograde right now so it’s a great time to repurpose things we already own. Any that begin with re applies here. Redecorating, recharging, revisiting etc. It’s all about the edit and the revision. I didn’t have to go out and buy anything new perse; instead I just rotated my personal art that had been in storage to update my narrative. As soon as I made the shift, It was uncanny how it aligned with my personal circumstances. New romantic suitors and insights suddenly entered the picture. I had been in a relationship that ended a few months prior and have been gradually making shifts to my Love Gua since then. The love Gua is of course the area of your home that represents your love life. Mine happens to be in my bedroom which is ideal and one of the reasons I chose this home. I recently invested in new bedding and had cleared the room post relationship. I also invested in some new wardrobe pieces with dating in mind but there was still something more that I felt needed to shift.
My art was sweet and what one could describe as girly. My bedroom could just as easily been that of a teenage girls in certain respects. The art was charming and made me happy but it wasn’t exactly sexy or romantic in an adult sense. We are talking flowers and butterflies and the like. I decided to rotate my art with some sensual Gustav Klempt pieces I had in storage.
The large piece I chose to place over my bed depicts naked lovers intertwined in bed. I also chose another smaller Klempt piece for the love corner of my bedroom with those same lovers clothed while standing embracing each other. Both pieces are now strategically placed in my love Gua.
Whatever you hang over your bed is what you are inviting in. The sexy art replaced some lovely pieces that also communicated love but lacked any eroticism or sexual context. The love Gua represents all kinds of relationships not just romantic so I wanted to be more targeted in my approach. The “Love Is All”statement piece that had been hanging over my bed was moved into Family Gua and now is prominently hung over my sofa in the living room. It’s a floral piece with the statement LOVE IS All that works seamlessly in the Family Gua! Wood element including florals support this life center. It’s also where I typically record the Pod and entertain. This more universal theme of love is perfectly aligned here while the more erotic adult version of love lives in the bedroom. When you are ready to curate your personal narrative with Feng Shui, I am excited to work with you. Visit my Linktree for all the ways we can do that.
Here’s a little bonus video of my art curation!
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