Abstract painters: redefine your perspectives. Think in terms of the whole, not simply its parts.

Identify in your work opposites of color, form, compositional arrangements, space, etc.

Allow the brush to 'wander' above the realm of conventional judgement and practice.

Respond to others about your work with equanimity.

Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to unlearn what one has acquired.

To be the authentic is to be detached and stand aside from oneself and the work so that the working process can take on an untrammeled life of its own. Labored self-involvement, contrivance, ulterior motives, even the extraordinary facility that one may have, must be let go.

Playful arising is authorized by both risk and trust in the process and in oneself. To be truly playful and improvisational one must not look for results.