Spell To Learn

Watercolour, coloured pencil, pigment, acrylic and liquid gold leaf on board.

Unframed 34.5 x 39cms

We humans come into the world half-baked, unable to survive without a care-giver. We have to learn so much, from the absolute basics like feeding, to the subtitles of human connection, communication and interaction. It all affects our survival, health and happiness. We don’t stop once we have reached maturity, we can continue learning until the day we die. Thanks to our neuroplasticity, the brain gives us endless potential to create new pathways, take on information, learn new skills. 

Really the process of learning is trying, failing, refining and trying again. It’s a fluid process which allows growth. 

Perfectionism can stand in the way of learning, when we get rigid we miss all the lessons waiting for us in the mistakes. 

This is the Spell to help you embrace the learning process and greet your ignorance and mistakes with humour, compassion and understanding. You might find, once you have experienced the learning process enough times, you appreciate how little you really know, and from there you may even develop wisdom.

Read about each element and its significance here.

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