Joel Arueya series of Consumed by Emotions

The Dance, 4 x 5ft, Mixed media 

Talking about emotions seem to be not a necessity for some people and indirectly they get consumed and react to actions that they probably could have managed intelligently.

Joel Arueya series of Consumed by Emotions invites us to reconnect to our inner person. The dramatic gestures of the figures in his paintings are evocative and they recreate scenes of individuals who are trying to regain their emotions. The figures are depicted with colours contrasting the background. The organic lines that runs through the figures shows how we every of our organ is connected (physically and emotionally).

Consumed by Emotion, 4 x 3ft, Acrylic, Mixed media on Canvas

I will love to share some quotes about emotions I saw on recently on goodreads.com. They will be helpful to as you try to put your emotions in check especially this period we are experiencing a global pandemic.

“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
― Brian Jacques, Taggerung

“But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I don't think it's any of that — it's helpless ... it's absence of control — and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers ... and anger doesn't provide any of that — I have no use for it whatsoever."

[Interview with CBS radio host Don Swaim, September 15, 1987.]”
― Toni Morrison