Thinking Soul Pictures Part 3


The revelation that Bella always painted with music playing came to light as she carefully led me through the process of how she works, it became apparent as the conversation continued that her most constant companions whilst she painted were Tim Booth/James, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie and Jimmy Cliff. It seemed a good point at which to ask what other influences she felt she had.

“ I’ve read widely, years ago it was the more modern literary classics,but in more recent times it’d have to be Plato, Paul Brunton, Aurobindo but many other varied things have also had their effect, as it is with anyone, what you see what you feel in everyday life, the daily passing of one day after another it’s important to keep sight of where you are and what’s happening around you, be awake, even if it means having to be aware of things you don’t like, being awake is a very important influence on me, you know in the sense of being aware. Life has its rainy days as much as it has sunny days that’s a truth that must be simply faced because it is real and anything else would be a mockery and the experience of life is far too precious to be wasted as some half hidden half experienced illusion.”