Válvula de escape

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Pintar es para mí una válvula de escape.
English?

[Perikles]

Painting is my safety valve
I use painting as an outlet for my energy/emotions/frustration ....

[JPablo]

Hello Robindesbois,
I fully agree with Perikles, which agrees with Oxford Superlex Spanish-English, válvula de escape (Tec) exhaust valve; (de tensión, nervios) safety valve; el deporte/la música es mi válvula de escape sport/music is my safety valve, I use sport/music as an outlet for my energy (o emotions etc)
Moliner gives, "Recurso para aliviar una tensión", ie. a means to ease the stress, the tension.
Other English options could include (maybe less idiomatic),
"To me, painting is a way of easing the stress"
"Painting to me is a means of relieving the tension".
("Panting to me is to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion, but it is also an outlet for my energy... :-)

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Thanks Paul.

[JPablo]

You're welcome, Archer of all Archers!

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Can we use VENT or sth like that too?
A vent for her cholera !

[chileno]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

Can we use VENT or sth like that too?
A vent for her cholera !

Sí, pero eso ya es ventilar.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

Can we use VENT or sth like that too?
A vent for her cholera !

I don't think so. You could say "she vented her frustration with the world by painting", so there is a connection, but I think it is usually a verb.

[poli]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

Can we use VENT or sth like that too?
A vent for her cholera !

Ni cholera ni rabia no significa enojo en inglés. En inglés a vent for her cholera parece muy extraño.
Se puede usar: as a vent for her anger/ as a vent for her rage.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Sorry, I was in a rush to reflect enough. Thank you.