Is it possible that true freedom comes after total abandonment?
I am used to being in control. I have been taught the virtues of being in control. It’s been quite a surprise to learn the value of the opposite! What happens when an artist surrenders control?
It is only recently that I have begun to explore the world of abstract painting. Painting in this manner has brought me to a place of total surrender and wonder in the possibilities of human creativity. It is not necessarily a comfortable place to enter, but it is a place of discovery, amazement, and childlike wonder.
In abstract painting, the artist cannot set out to control the outcome. Instead the paint and the brush are controlled by the inner spirit that wields its creative force from a source that is utterly foreign to the conscious mind. It is here that the artist grapples with a faith that hopes for that which it cannot see. The reward is a glimpse of the playful energy and freedom of spirit that lie within my own soul as I create from this “uncontrolled” place. I have decided this indeed is the purest face of beauty in the creative process.
Take a few minutes to watch my new video, At The Water’s Edge, an abstract painting.
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