Natalia Revonyuk: The main thing is to find a balance in yourself

Natalia Revonyuk – artist, worked for 15 years in management of an IT company, owner of a digital tile business digitalization company, geneticist by education, wife with 20 years of experience, mother of two beautiful daughters, traveler (visited 73 countries).

Natalia, tell us about yourself. What do you do?

I am a woman and a soul who is always in search of a source and development.

Why didn’t I immediately become an artist and go to study in this specialty? I don’t know, probably at that time I had not yet learned to listen myself. So I’m a self-taught artist, if you define this as the absence of a specialized higher education, and do not count the numerous courses, master classes, consultations with mentors, visits to a large number of galleries in the world, tons of literature and a grandmother who is passionate about art, who is in awe talked about the work of Michelangelo and Raphael in childhood.

I painted since childhood, constantly, in any free moment and on everything that was possible. But I never perceived art as my vocation, or profession. I continued to search for myself. Even the insistent requests of acquaintances and friends to give or sell my paintings to them did not convince me. I continued to admire people who chose art as their profession. Until I got to the sacral geometry lesson to a beautiful girl NataliSita, who teaches to draw with meaning. One lesson was enough already to make me impossible stop. My style has changed and I began to post my work on social networks, and people started buying them.

Time is the most valuable resource. How do you manage to combine business, creativity, family, and succeed in all areas?

It is important to maintain balance and prioritize. But it’s one thing to know this and to continue to spend time on unimportant things and complain about its absence, and it’s another thing to really do that. Stop wasting hours and do what pleases not only at this moment, but also with its aftertaste. And of course – discipline. Everyone wants to have a beautiful toned body, and for this you need sport and proper nutrition.

The same rule applies in business, in creativity, and in relationships: only what we invest in our energy, time and attention develops.

How does creativity affect your business, family and other areas of life?

Creativity is precisely my source of vitality and happiness. Thanks to creativity, I become a more harmonious and happy person, and this, accordingly, has a positive effect on other areas of life. A happy, fulfilled person brings more joy and love to others than just the person present. For example: if I consciously set aside half a day for creativity on Saturday, I, on the one hand, reduce the time I spend with my family, but on the other hand, I am happy and full, and I will spend the remaining time with them more intensively and efficiently.

So it is with business. Often I look for some solution for my creative task and find a method that is successfully applied in business. After all, life is not divided into separate segments, all processes and events are interconnected and smoothly flow from one to another.

And the most interesting and exciting in this process is how a person changes in the course of their life. They say our dreams determine who we are. And this is true, because on the way to the realization of our dreams, we take new actions and discover new qualities in ourselves and literally become different until we get to its realization. And this process of personality evolution is infinitely interesting and beautiful.

How to prioritize in order to manage time and own resources?

I am sure that there is no universal and one correct answer for everyone. Nevertheless, one parameter precisely influences success in this matter – this is honesty. First of all, in relation to oneself. If you honestly tell yourself what is now the most important thing for you and consciously allocate time for this every day, this will 100% change your life for the better.

And don’t be afraid to review your priorities from time to time. There is nothing stable in this world, we are changing, the world around us and our priorities are changing over time and with our development. It is important to track and correct this in time.

Do you use business strategies in your art?

Rather, experience and connections do their part. Indeed, for 15 years in international business I have quite a lot of acquaintances around the world. They became one of my first clients. I definitely do not consider creativity as a business project, because this is not something that can be delegated or scaled. I put all of myself into each of my paintings and believe that it not only decorates the interior, but also brings joy and positiveness to its new owners. Some say they see a sacred meaning in my canvases and it inspires. I study and work with energies a lot, and I am extremely glad when there are people who feel the depth of the meanings embedded in my work.

What is your day made up of? What are the necessary conditions for you to work, to relax?

Oh! I must devote myself to at least 10 minutes a day, and preferably an hour. There are practices in which this time is called the golden hour or magical morning. At this time, you can do everything that pleases you, fills and benefits. Usually this is a small energy charge and meditation. I have long noticed that the day is much richer and more harmonious if there was meditation in the morning. As Dr. Joe Dispenza says, if you have time, meditate for 10 minutes, if there is no time, then an hour. There is something in this, because if you do not have time to bring yourself a harmonious state in the resource, then how can your day be happy and full? And if every day passes in fuss, then so does life.

In fact, to live a happy life, it is enough to live a happy day, and then again a happy day, etc. Thus, the mood in the morning is extremely important, and significantly affects our whole life.

How do you manage to achieve balance in all areas of life?

The main thing is to find a balance in yourself, then it gradually moves to all areas of life. And, of course, there is nothing permanent, I, like any woman, have a different mood and different conditions, but I work very hard to keep the balance in my life as often and as long as possible. One of the most effective tools for understanding the art of living in a stream for me was the 4-day vipassana. The practice of refusing to communicate, talk, eat regular meals and 7-8 hours of meditation per day. Such an intense immersion in oneself gives an understanding of the structure of the world, and then even ordinary processes begin to open on a more subtle level, and in ordinary life situations a new meaning opens up. Anxiety disappears, because if you immediately understand why it happens this way, there is no reason to get annoyed. When you understand why people act this way – there is no point in being offended.

When the understanding comes that we are all one, then Love becomes the only manifestation.

Tell us about your sources of inspiration and strength.

I have three secret sources of power. Nature. Definitely! This source never runs dry and is always available. Sometimes I just leave for a forest or park and hug trees. I love to walk barefoot on the ground, at any time of the year. This is such a cool recharge! To run through the cold wet grass! I love everything in nature! Wind, sea, mountains, forest. After the trip, there is always a different state.

And of course people. There are people during communication with whom the souls become consonant and then there is a powerful recharging and access to other vibrations. This is a wonderful, incomparable process of mutual evolution.

And of course family. Everything is simple here. It’s just fine with them. Even being close to them.

How do you cope with life’s challenges? What motivates you?

For me, a huge role is played not by the scale of the challenge, but by my condition. I know if the mood is positive and “fighting” I will knock the world flat. And in a bad mood, even minor difficulties are insurmountable. And now, coming out of this knowledge, I first devote time to myself and my condition, and then I deal with the rest.

Also helps method of not to take everything very seriously, but treat the situation as a game, then it is more fun and easier.

And, of course, my husband. Grateful to him with all my heart. He has an amazing ability to calm me down. My confidence in his opinion is unlimited. He sees events deeper and finds unique and non-standard solutions.

Where can I see and buy your paintings?

I post my works on the @nr_artspace Instagram page. I am also a VIP participant and ambassador of two mobile platforms on augmented reality for artists, and also my works can be found on your portal.