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

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.

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.

Nurture doubt as a creative strategy.

Master water first and then paint.

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