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This painting seemed almost finished. Almost. Something was not right. So I went through my checklist. Contrast? “Yes.” Movement? “Yes.” Depth? “Yes.” Flow? “Not quite.” “Flow” means that the various elements of the work draw the eye around the canvas. This internal dialogue was held in a studio in which other artists – friends – were also working. One of them drifted over and stood beside me, both of us examining the painting. She pointed at an area on the canvas and said, “A bit of the dark blue right here.” I obeyed and the whole work seemed to snap together. The “bit of dark blue” was the perfect finishing touch. It is that long splash of blue near the top in the center, surrounded on three sides by white. It is almost unnoticeable, but subtly helps draw the eye around the canvas. Flow? “Yes.” Sometimes, “I get by with a little help from my friends.”
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For twenty years I sought to enter the state of “mushin” when I paint without fully understanding what I was seeking or having a name for it. Then I stumbled on the name and found resources that helped me understand it and enter it at will. Mushin is a Japanese term and Zen expression, also used in martial arts. It refers to the mental state, the mindset, I seek when painting. In that state I rely not on thought and judgment, but on my trained instinct or what I feel intuitively in a moment. In English, mushin means “no mind.” It is shorthand for the term “mushin no shin” which means “mind without mind.” In the state of mushin the mind is not empty, but is free of distractions such as planning, analysis, criticism, fear, or ego. Some masters of mushin believe it is the state of mind in which a person finally understands the uselessness of techniques and becomes truly free to respond to the moment. In a state of mushin, the mind is detached from any distraction, and so is open to intuition informed by training; the person is thus free to act spontaneously and instinctively. For about eighteen of those twenty years I worked with acrylics on canvas and caught glimpses of a mushin mindset. Today I am working with watercolors and inks, I have learned how to enter mushin, and am producing a series of paintings emanating from that state of mind. I began my work life as a silk screen artist while studying advertising design at the Philadelphia College of Art. My work detoured into a career in organization change before returning to my art. I am also author of three books which reflect my life-long fascination with the creative process. My paintings hang in homes and businesses across the United States.
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