Diving Into The Womb

The sketch vs the final painting. Grab the painting here: https://www.chaosinpaint.shop/product-page/the-womb-canvas ❦

My name is The Womb. I was born on December 4, 2023 in Jeddah in Majd's Bedroom.

I am surrounded.

I am in between, neither here or there. Above me is one place, and underneath me is another.

The place I am in, physically, feels weird. It feel familiar but fictional at the same time.

Is the baby positioned awkwardly or am I?

Am I fluid?

I feel uneasy. There is comfort but I cannot fully feel it.

The green is divided into two parts and I don't like it.

The dark pink is forcing itself to be in the way.

The white feels out of place. Is it too small? Or is it stuck?

The blue feels very cozy, like a blanket.

I am protected but also exposed.

Even though I am suppose to be feeling nurtured and comforted, I am slightly lost.

Lost my way amidst all that is moving around me.

I think I am overwhelmed. I am facing downwards. Everything is too heavy for me.

I cannot get to the light; it is too far, out of my grasp.

I am in a bubble that seems to lack aliveness.

~ TW

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Hi there! Majd speaking 💛

Are you guys enjoying these entries? Let me know in the comments. :)

I am having a blast writing them! I finish a painting and cannot wait to know more about it. Lately with each painting is surprising me. I think it means something but then I learn it means the complete opposite. It is becoming like a game; the painter learning about the art.

Anyways!

Naming this piece was playing a game against gravity. My instincts was telling me that it is called 'The Womb'.

I go, 'a womb does not look that, so no way.' And to prove my instincts wrong, I googled pictures of wombs. In my head, a baby never looks like that; upside down and with long legs.

The pictures did not work so I try again, 'but it feels more like an ocean than a womb. And what about the green?'

'Green is the nurturing that comes from the mother. It doesn't have to be a happy painting.' My instincts explain.

That is when a lightbulb went on inside my head. And I realized that it may be a womb, but there is something deeper underneath.

See you same time in two weeks!