Art for art's sake doesn't work in feng shui. It is, instead, art for luck's sake!
Yes, welcome to the beautiful and wonderful world for feng shui art symbolisms, where artworks especially paintings are used to adorn both interior and exterior designs of a place. Its purpose, to attract what it conveys!
No better discipline in the arts can the law of attraction get, or let alone, be so scientific! Just as visualization attracts through vision boards, art pieces become one's literal visual vision boards in life if used purposely.
Here are a few visual tips on what is best practices in Asian countries and globally and what to avoid too:
Calligraphy artworks go directly to the point. In whatever language, be it Japanese, Hindu, Sanskrit, yet most popularly Chinese dialects, the words written in calligraphy artfully serve as lucky attraction charms for a home or office in many a prosperity art fan, especially feng shui followers.
The most popular are the Chinese characters for Luck or Blessings called Fu or Fook and, of course, the character for Prosperity!
Those who opt for the adage "Health is wealth" may well use the Longevity calligraphy.
A tip for convenience in this regard - Should you want to customize your aspirations and express them in commissioned artworks, just go and take pictures with your cellphone the vast array of calligraphy samples and their word meanings from your friendly neighborhood tattoo shop! From Chinese, Japanese, to even local Philippine ancient alphabet guides, they have it.
Next are the traditional paintings of prosperity symbolisms: Eight horses running depict progress (horses) and double prosperity (the number 8)!
Or, nine carps or koi means success upon arrival or simply success in all endeavors. Carp jumping out of the water towards a symbolic Tori means scholastic achievements or reaching the pinnacle of success in careers!
Paintings of the flower peonies tend to attract marriage proposals, normally used by mothers to get rid of freeloading spinster daughters at home! For the still-single or single-once-more, remember, too, that "God Helps Those Who Help Themselves!"
These are the four most popular paintings of auspiscious significance worldwide.
It is true that our personal lives are our own canvass. So as you paint your love and life, enjoy the journey with positive feng shui arts. Avoid any sad, poverty-connoting sceneries, paintings of predators or man-eating animals, gloomy scenes, and, most of all, abstract or bizarre ones depicting ghosts, death, rape or murder.
Likewise it pays well to be professionally guided on the proper positioning of artworks lest your wife or husband become tempted to cheat on you with wrongly placed or designed artworks. Or your savings bleed dry, as the case may be.
The arts of living and having a life are well covered by positive feng shui as a preference of choice! As regards to the painting of your own life, the answer is in your hands. You hold the paintbrush, so to speak. Enjoy your brush with good fortunes, good health and much happiness!