Anette Overgaard Nielsen is a fine artist with a MSc degree in fine arts from University of Arts in London and working at the moment as high school teacher at The Lifestyle College in Gudum Denmark. A single mom that has tried out many things and learned to listen to her intuition whilst creating art, teaching or giving fitness classes.
At the college she teaches grown ups (age 35-70): Mindful drawing, Art painting, Yolates (Yoga& Pilates), Slumre tæppe (Singing DK songs& reading novels, talking about the content& meaning ), Debate (learn how to disagree in a respectful way)
3 Things that describe her
- Open minded and curious, asking many questions & pushing the status quo
- Active, enjoying physical movement & feeling the body, Feminine Fitness (Pilates, Ballet & Tai Chi)
- Enjoys deep conversations
- Enjoys learning, remembering facts & sharing them in an entertaining way.
Colour
Dark Blue like a deep lake & Melachony
Creativity
Anette doesn’t consider herself creative. Yet she knows she is as an artist.
She doesn’t believe that everyone has to be, can or wants to be an artist. You are or your are not creative.
Creativity comes in different ways:
To be creative one needs to acquire the skills first and then one can create something new, explore the mater and try out many things.
1) Innovation, you need creativity to make up something new
2) Handcraft
3) Art. It’s not always something new. The chance to go deep, being honest, playful and good art many times takes time. Not necessarily for the one piece but the path and trials to reach the goal.
Process of creating Art; Getting into the flow:
1) Enough sleep & rest
2) Undisturbed, undivided time for yourself & no pressure
3) Deadlines helps to focus to get things done. Can be self chosen.
Laying in bed, relaxing and letting the ideas come. Her ideas, intuition comes from her belly, solar plexus region. In Yoga and Ayurveda the centre of creativity. Yet Anette doesn’t know that, but she can strongly feel it flowing from there. Her creative energy then comes out through her hands and she knows what to do. Also thanks to her education and the skills she acquired. One time a clairvoyant woman told her that she sees a lot of colours and creative energy emerging from all of her fingers all the time and informed Anette to learn to channel that energy otherwise it becomes negative.
When Anette is in the flow she knows what to do, this can be for her art, teachings or feminine Fitness classes. She rarely prepares for her classes as she already has a certain level of knowledge and can just tap into it with her intuition what to do.
Advice:
Know to whom you share your ideas. Not everyone is supportive of your ideas or can help you to make them happen.
If you share with the wrong person they might destroy the energy or your drive to follow and go through with the idea. They might push you down out of jealousy or fear.
The right person on the other hand can help you to make it happen and give you extra energy.
Call for action:
Take some time for you. If you don’t have time then analyse your day, week and carve out that time for you.
Then go for a car drive or similar all by yourself without a destination and be in your space.
Links:
Email. Anetteovergaardnielsen@gmail.com
Cobra Activist Else Alfelt & the CHP & EA Museum in Herning DK
Books:
Else Alfelt - “The Aesthetics of Emptiness”
Sofia Manning - “Hvad venter du egentlig på?”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - “Crime and punishment”
Karl Ove Knausgaard - “Mein Kampf” a other classics
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