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.

Ask yourself, 'What is obstructing my vision?' What is the difference between seeing and looking?

Nurture doubt as a creative strategy.

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.

Rapid-collage prevents any elevating movement toward a fixed goal. To 'be nowhere' is to let oneself be.

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

Master water first and then paint.