What’s in a painting??? Paintings are inactive feng shui activators. They can diminish negative energy and activate positive energy. Of course a painting can also activate negative energy and diminish positive energy in a room. In feng shui placement is paramount. I just read a comment “sometimes feng shui works and sometimes it doesn’t”, feng shui always works! It depends completely on what you have or have not activated in a room, in home or in your apartment and what you do in that room or home or apartment.
A well feng shui’ed environment will feel incredible to the people who use it. What you do in that environment is entire up to your own mind, but you’ll be surrounded in wealth, health, love and personal growth if it is balanced positively. If it isn’t, then bad luck, gossip, back stabbing and stress will rear they’re ugly heads. Paintings are one way to balance a space in a positive direction. They’ll either diminish and exhaust the negative energy and activate positive energy or they’ll activate negative energy and diminish positive energy. There are no bad paintings, just bad placement!
If your apartment has wood energy such as a 4 star that you want to diminish or a 9 star or 8 star you want to support or activate then a painting that suggest FIRE is perfect for placement in this sector or room. The bigger the room, the bigger the painting or picture image that is needed. Don’t forget scale when choosing which painting or picture image to use in the space. If the room in question or project happens to be where the the 8 water star is not, but you want to activate the wealth energy of the room, then a painting of active water flowing inwards placed in the sector where the 8 water star is located in the room or space in question, is your perfect solution. For more on water features read “Apartment Design For Apartment Living: Activate Your Water Star With The Inactive Water Feature” and “Apartment Design For Apartment Living: Feng Shui Room – Choosing a water feature for the right room!”.
I would use this as an inactive water feature placed to activate a non 8 water star room with the image, because to me it looks like a joyous swimming pool filled with happy people.
Paintings are a movable investment in your apartment. You can take them with you. Not sure whether you would rather wallpaper or paint rather than hang a paintings, then read “Apartment Design For Apartment Living: Should you paint, wallpaper or not?”.
Always buy a painting that truly speaks to you. That means one you happen to get joy out of or some kind of meaning out of. These are the ones that capture your heart. After all, paintings are ART. What I love about using paintings and art images is that they are a complete expression of who you are. The ones you like and place are the ones that say to the World this is who and what I am. express your love with the paintings you buy, give or paint yourself. Choose only those that you fall in love with and place them only where they are needed. Let feng shui guide you to a place you can call yours.
