process

my mind is the page. one day i realized that having my mind in my head got in the way. part of the process is streamlining the process - and i realized that my mind wasn't serving me well in my head. 

i tend to over think things. i once had a teacher who told me - don't think so much. this helps keep me level - to remember that the page is my mind. this way i don't think in my head, where things are impossible, but on a plane where things are happening - where the material and my body are telling me what the image can be. my head has all kinds of ideas for what an image can be. mostly other people's ideas. other people and influences can't get on the page. on the page is just me and my media. the page is my mind.

think of it like this. when i drive, my mind becomes the road. maybe it's the same way with you and you don't realize it. think how smooth you drive - a painting can feel like that - a painting can feel like flying down the left lane passing the trucks and people from out of town. a painting can feel like working my way through traffic - all moves toward freedom. 

i think sometimes when people are frustrated, their mind is in their head and the page and the media they're using are foreign objects that they feel they should control. these things resist control. but when my mind is on the page - when my mind and the page are one! - then all works as in a prayer - a prayer of listening and stillness.