The Vertigo of Eros was done by a Chilean artist names Roberto Matta in 1944. The thing that really drew me into this painting is the chaotic beauty that I felt when I first laid eyes on it. There is very powerful sense of mystery in this painting with the heavy dark background and the soft blended essenceof yellow floating around. I almost feel as if I am dreaming when I tune in to the painting and act as if nothing else exists.

As an artist, Matta was very focused on representing and painting with spontaneity and automatism which I find very relatable. I have many friends who are artist, and in watching the creative process of each one of them, everyone approaches their work differently. Most of the artists that I have been with usually have some kind of plan or route in which they want to take in their new piece of art.

For me, when I try to create something, using my emotions and trying to tap into a deeper sense of self and soul, I feel that whatever your body starts to create at random is true expression of self. I believe that when one tries to think too much or plan too much, one may start to get lost in their thoughts, so much so that one may forget to stay in touch with their intuitive self while working rather than involving your intellect. Not to say that it is wrong for others to plan and think through what their want to create. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. But how I see it, is that one should lose themselves completely in their artwork and it should take him or her into a world of their own that they create from the soul. Matta has created this other dimension in the painting that I find myself watching intently as if I were looking to find a story of some sort or some movement to start to happen. But really, there is movement in the painting in the way that he uses the accents of yellow and shades of dark and light to create this kind of outerspace sensation.