This feels very familiar. I often arrive at the studio with no plan worth the name, start picking things up, putting things together, and seeing what answers back. Quite often, something works. The pleasure is in the surprise: not knowing in advance what the thing is, then discovering it through action rather than design. That, to me, is the real value of this “path of no choices.”
This resonates with my experience in the studio. When I’m working on a painting, the work itself begins to reveal the next move if I stay present and listening. Overthinking only interrupts the conversation. Thank you for putting words to something many artists quietly experience.
I love this idea of trusting the process as it works with intuition. Sometimes I find the materials, that is the items, the paint, the glues, the resin,etc will dictate how and when so I have to listen and obey them. If I get impatient I'll make a mistake then have to correct it. So I must let go and let it happen as it's suppose to.
This feels very familiar. I often arrive at the studio with no plan worth the name, start picking things up, putting things together, and seeing what answers back. Quite often, something works. The pleasure is in the surprise: not knowing in advance what the thing is, then discovering it through action rather than design. That, to me, is the real value of this “path of no choices.”
Thanks for writing! Yes, just the next right thing. (whatever that might be.)
Absolutely. I view it as a pleasant surprise - when it works out.
This resonates with my experience in the studio. When I’m working on a painting, the work itself begins to reveal the next move if I stay present and listening. Overthinking only interrupts the conversation. Thank you for putting words to something many artists quietly experience.
Excellent advice!🌹
I love this idea of trusting the process as it works with intuition. Sometimes I find the materials, that is the items, the paint, the glues, the resin,etc will dictate how and when so I have to listen and obey them. If I get impatient I'll make a mistake then have to correct it. So I must let go and let it happen as it's suppose to.