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.

To play is to listen to the imperative inner force that wants to take form and be acted out without reason.

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.

It is extraordinary to see how the discovery of one single free stroke of paint can fill you with such joy and amazement.

When we begin to lift the veils of censorship and repression in painting, a great deal of energy is unleashed.

We have within us enormous reserves of trapped potential. Our natural urges have been so constrained by the accommodations of living that we each have a smoldering volcano just below the surface. To enable this force to erupt in a healthy, open, and positive manner is a momentous act.

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.