REBECCA SANDERS

Visual Artist

We can never know who we truly are and truly love ourselves as long as we continue to force ourselves into the paradigms of a world that measures a person's worth by their ability to adapt.

A prison for the soul that silences it—only to serve something that has absolutely nothing to do with its own truth. That makes it small in order to serve the seemingly absolute laws of the three-dimensional world.

But life is not three-dimensional, but multi-dimensional—and that is where our soul is at home. From there, it can function in a way that is so much greater, lighter, and more magical than what our minds and physical strength can create within the physical dimension.

Living from that dimension isn't for everybody - and this comes without any judgement. But for those who can't "fit in", it's time to awake and to remember our true essence...

It takes courage and dedication to delve deep into ourselves and the invisible layers of life.

Not because we might find something frightening there, but because afterward,

we are no longer able to live and serve what we previously defined as reality.

What I love so much about art is its ability to reshape our inner world, and as a result,

to transform our entire life.

A painting that takes our breath away, music that reconnects us with our emotions, a photographic artwork that challenges the way we see the the world, poetry, wise words & quotes that expand our consciousness:

This is SO much more and, from my opinion, far more important than most things we learn in school. School is to prepare us for the job market. But the arts support us in getting back in touch with our true essence, our desires and dreams. 

I believe when art enters a space, people should fall silent. Listen to it, rather than analyze it or drown it in words.

Art has so much to say—without the need for stories or superficial words imposed upon it.

Words that either assign meanings it doesn’t possess or distract from its true essence.

Art itself is free of ego.

Innocent, like a child who explores the world with big dreams and without fear or judgments.

Until it encounters people who project their own inner world onto it—and thereby destroy

something they have lost and forgotten themselves...

We can swim in the ocean of the masses, or choose to explore our own.  But looking within isn't for everybody, because it not only confronts us with the universe that lives inside of us, but also with dimensions of life that most people will never have access to.

Once you see, you won't be able to become blind again. Our words will change - and only few people will understand. Our needs will change - and our relationships.

But the truth is: it's not a choice, in which ocean we swim in. Because the choice was already made by a part of us we can't grasp with our conscious and rational mind.

We either feel the call, or we don't feel it. The call calls US - not the opposite.

We follow it - or not.
Maybe now, maybe later - or never.

Presence... Being fully present with ourselves.

Simply staring out of the window. 

Or at the ceiling.

Wherever.

That presence is a gateway.

To our true self and all the things, places, and people that are in alignment with our true self. 

We are all so accustomed to thinking, believing, and doing what others before us have thought, believed, and done — aren't we? And perhaps only a very few ever truly wonder whether their view of the world is genuinely their own.

Only a rare few embark on the journey to discover their deeper, authentic self. Because it takes courage — and the willingness to be enough for oneself for a long time. Beyond distractions, beyond the noise, and beyond all conventions and standards.

Yet what is ultimately born from this journey is a jewel. One’s true being — free and independent from the constructs, paradigms, and beliefs that people so often impose upon one another.

A jewel that has the power to bring light into a world that slumbers deeply, entangled in illusions that keep it from being truly free.

Surrealism isn’t just a relic of the past — it’s also a powerful lens for today.

n it's essence, surrealism is about freeing the mind, defying logic, and resisting political and social norms. It challenges systems that limit our imagination, expression, and potential. 

In a world still shaped by conformity and control, my surreal works remind me everday that dreaming wildly isn’t just resistance — it’s a radical tool for reimagining our personal reality, and with it, the world.