Life in Colours

Art in Street B, Prishtina

Walking up Street B you can see art all around the walls, so have you ever paid attention to what they could be telling us? 

Me neither, but this time I dedicated half a day just to that. I might not be a good interpreter …yet… However, I tried my best to focus on what the murals made me feel as I took my time walking next to them.      

First, I will mention that it was sunny that day so paying attention to the murals made them look even more mesmerising. It made me feel a sense of warmness inside, not going to lie. Anyways, at some point, I caught myself smiling, and the reason was those arts on the walls. I have always liked looking at art on social media. It made me feel like time had stopped and a sense of quietness used to overtake me, as if there was nothing except for me and art. Minutes would go by and I wouldn't even notice.

  

Art in Street B, Prishtina

As I took my time to look at this mural, I noticed the colours that were used in it. Green, which represents new beginning, abundance. It depicts the beginning of life that holds a great importance not just to human life, but to earth itself. Different shades of red, representing love and passion, is mixed with white giving it the meaning of purity and innocence, just what true love feels like. I could also notice that yellow was all over the art, next to different colours, darker and lighter ones, making me understand that happiness and hope are what really make the journey of life more meaningful. Black, presenting the mystery of life which holds a bit of evil in it, paints almost every corner of the bottom of the mural. However, it is clear that it is mixed with lighter colours as well, letting us know that there is more to the journey than just the blackened times. I say that this was one of my favourite murals there. I wonder what the artist named this piece because I would definitely name it "Life in colours".

Art in Street B, Prishtina

Speaking of life, looking at this mural those thoughts occurred to me; 'sometimes life takes us more into its journey and we might forget to enjoy it along the way, being overwhelmed by the importance of becoming something in life'. Through this art I want to remind myself to stop for a moment. To stop and look around. That there is more to life than just the greyish colour that has overtaken it.

I want to bring out the side of myself that could enjoy every little occurrence, and take things with no importance just for a few minutes. That half a day, I felt just that. Murals brought that back.

It had been a while since I had let myself relive the quietness looking at art gives me, that’s why visiting Street B solely for murals felt like I was spoiling myself but I couldn't stop and feel happy about that exact act. To sum up everything that I have stated so far, through art I found a sense of life and myself, but this is a story for another blog.