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| By Healthy Wealthy nWise | ||||
Akiane has been drawing since age four, painting since age six, and writing poetry since age seven. She has been featured in the United States, Canada, Singapore and England, and she is a member of both the Kids' Hall of Fame and the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. Akiane says she started down this path because she began seeing visions as a young child. Her family hasn't always been religious, but even so long ago, Akiane believed her visions were from God. She believed He told her to keep them quiet, so rather than telling others what she saw, she drew. Not only did Akiane see these visions, she believed she lived them. It's as if her very being was in two places at the same time. She told her mother it was the reason she painted "Eternity". She calls this feeling a "shared self" because she's able to visualize herself in other places in a realistic way. Inspiration can be found anywhere. Akiane finds it in the most unlikely of places: the feel of an animal's fur, the scent of a flower, or the echoes of light dancing around objects during certain times of the day. Akiane paints what she sees and feels in such a way that the textures seem to pour from her paintbrush effortlessly. To tell someone to "stop and smell the roses" is, of course, clich, but it's exactly what Akiane Kramarik encourages people to do. She sees beauty everywhere and uses her talents to polish it for others to see in the same light, so she wants others to concentrate on doing the same. Anyone can learn to do this through their own talents whether it be art, writing, or music. Each of Akiane's paintings has unique meaning, and there was a reason she painted each one. "Hand of Destiny", for example, is the image of a left hand grasping destiny and a right hand moving helplessly. We need to choose our destiny. "The Quantum World" is just a microscopic piece of Akiane's world, but it shows the many dimensions of her world. To Akiane, even colors have meaning. White is truth, pink is trust, and black is suffering. Every paint stroke and every poetic word has deep meaning - meaning beyond what most have thought. Akiane encourages us to look beyond the obvious and see the true beauty around us. |
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