It has been said that the thought is the spark of creation, and everything coming into form begins with a thought. An idea. This premise is logical in the sense that it does take the purpose of thought to initially engage with your work. You have to have the idea, the impulse to begin your work. But once you approach the work and dive in there is another principal acting that lives outside of the realm of the thinking mind. When everything else falls away, including thought, you arrive at the place where soul expression is born. This is where the work moves through you, where you are setting free the soul and letting go of the mind, the thoughts, the ideas and simply creating the work. You allow the creation to manifest through you, engaging with the materials, and the surfaces from a place of surrender to something outside of yourself. Instead of painting an idea of love, you are the conduit for the expression of love, how it feels to you through color and movement. It is the difference between thinking about being, and being. Simply being.
Paint through your soul.