Artists are born, refined during their studies, and perfected, but that talent must be natural, according to painter Manon Armine Avetisyan. She seems to say that people’s professions should also stem from inner calling, not just education.
She notes that doctors and teachers are also born with characteristics inherent to their professions, because not every teacher takes that path after studying: “I am so grateful to God that I can paint, because sometimes you think you might go crazy, but this is the island where you find your salvation.”
Such words are testimony that art for our heroine is not simply work, but a constant means of inner psychological balance, a source of self-revelation and the meaning of existence.
Manon Armine Avetisyan is a “mood painter.” She says her mood is directly transmitted to the canvas: “Many times it has happened – I’ve gone up to the studio, something was already in my mind that I needed to go paint, but upon going up I saw cats coming down the roof, or how a mother loves her cub, I saw moonlight, and a completely different painting resulted.”
The sixteenth part of the “Mystery of Creation” film series, implemented within the framework of the “ZArt” cultural project by Iravaban.net, reveals the heroine not only as a painter, but as an artist living with an inner world and sensitivity, whose every work is born from the mood of the given moment, environmental influences, and momentary inspiration.
“ZArt” has a special mission: to build a bridge between art and society. The project aims to present Armenian artists and their exceptional creations not only to Armenian society, but also to the diaspora and abroad, contributing to the popularization of art and recognition of artists. Through this series of films, society gets closer to art, and artists get closer to society, creating a beautiful space of cultural understanding.
The painter remembers that years ago she loved listening to classical music while painting, now it’s the opposite – she prefers silence, doesn’t want sounds from the side: “When I paint, I feel that music is inside me, and in the end I feel that the work is harmonious with the music.”
She creates in silence, because it is in the depths of that silence that real music is born – not what is heard with the ear, but what sounds in the soul and dictates every line and shadow.
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The author and director of the “ZArt” cultural project is Karen Zadoyan, and the author and director of the “Mystery of Creation” video series is Vazgen Ghukasyan.
