“If you paint for product, you have to follow the rules that keep you on the track of your expectation. You have to calculate, organize, plan every move. When you paint for process, you listen to the magic of inner voices, you follow the basic human urge to experiment with the new, the unknown, the mysterious, the hidden. Process is adventure; product happens only within the parameters designed.” IfsHumansHappensMovingProcessVoicePlansMagicAdventureProductsExpectationsPaintTrackExperimentsMysteriousUrgesOrganizeInner VoiceParameters Author:Michele Cassou
“Painting for process is the visual equivalent of journal writing, done not for the sake of being seen or published, but purely for the telling itself.” WritingDoneProcessPaintingSakeVisualsJournalJournal Writing Book:Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Source: Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous
“When you set aside the mantle of control in the painting process, images arise from ancient layers of the psyche.” ProcessPaintingAncientAriseLayers Book:Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Source: Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous
“When a seed sprouts, it's a violent process. The skin breaks and splits in two. Something dies and something is born. Anytime you paint a strong or violent image, you may be expressing that part of yourself that's opening in order to let the new emerge.” MayTwoOrderDiesStrongProcessBornBreakSkinsPaintSeedsViolentOpeningSplitsSprouts Author:Michele Cassou