I don't mess around with my subconscious
I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.
I never allowed myself the luxury of those brilliant, beautiful colors until I went to India and saw people walking around in them or dragging them in the mud. I realised they were not so artificial.
Basically painting is total idiocy.
You begin with the possibilities of the material.
By the time you establish your priorities, there really isn't any fun or need to interest yourself in what you're doing. And this I find disastrous.