Interior Design As Self Improvement

April 4, 2023 Carl Barnett

**Carl Barnett Design** **| Long Beach, NY project**

What if interior design was looked at more in the realm of self improvement and psychology and less in the decorative arts. Would it then be viewed in a clearer light? Would it’s benefits be more utilized?

In an era where depression is at a high level, we are in search of more meaning and clarity. Our dissatisfaction with our government grows and our concerns with the environment will not lesson, it makes increasing sense that our living environments should take a higher importance, as these realities run toward us.

In this challenging era, interior design should be seen more as a way to soothe and uplift. To help usher in the future positive. This is not a huge hypothesis, it is merely the acknowledgment of the power of beauty. The power of the mind and creation. A matter of focusing on the innate intuitive self. Our desire for security as we weather the storms, and continue to make sense of who we are and where we’re going.

This is not an issue of good or bad or what’s trendy or chic. It is an issue of the fulfillment of life. Meaning and purpose. A means to an end, or at least a salve to an ongoing journey.

Beauty Is Our Mirror

April 2, 2023 Carl Barnett

**Jon Hudson** **| CUNIUNCTIO OPPOSITORUM**

The creative endeavor is a lens through which to see who we are, the good, the bad and the willful. We are, through bones, cells and skin, creator and created, masters of our domains and slaves to time’s random will. It is without doubt that beauty is our mirror, an equanimous and faceted vision.

Within The Equanimous

March 29, 2023 Carl Barnett

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Elle Groux, Lifting The Spirit, Ceramic**

Living life is a culmination of many things for different people, this is what gives life its depth, the layers, and perspectives of personal meaning. It is here, within the equanimous, we find our way, pulling and pushing at who we are and try to become. Clearing paths, pulling weeds, and planting flowers.

**Katherine Kadish** **| Roses, Monotype**

Creators Of Forward Vision

March 21, 2023 Carl Barnett

We are through centuries of evolution, creators of forward vision, while simultaneously dogmatic in doctrine, pushing and pulling at what we desire the future to be.

Creating Beauty And Finding Meaning

March 14, 2023 Carl Barnett

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Carl Barnett | SENTIENT | Gaia Starr | Oxford Street Furniture**

The striving to do better and to be better is a process of discovery, a curiosity of finding what satiates the mind and body, regulating emotion during the ups and downs of living life.

It is within this process of seeking that we learn who we are, matching thought and emotion with doing: creating beauty and finding meaning.

Through the creative languages we find our flow, what resonates deepest and illuminates the forward trail.