Inspiration
KEY TAKEAWAYS
•See learning as an adventure to keep the process enjoyable.
•Try not to fixate on results -experiment and be bold.
•Get the benefits of being fully present with the flow state.
•Be self-disciplined; don’t always wait for inspiration to strike.
•Be aware that you may not be the best judge of your work.
•Stay open to new ideas, and seek feedback.
•Continue to reflect on your overall attitude, if you want to continue learning.
Some of us want no more than a hobby from our art. We don’t mind if our paintings are not very impressive and don’t need to see much progress. Others of us tend to have some ambition to impress ourselves, and perhaps much more. Both these outlooks are healthy, but one will need to involve a lot more learning than the other. For me, learning is its own reward, and I’ll come back to this point at the end.
One thing I’ve always been aware of is that painting is a psychological matter. Our attitude to our painting and our frame of mind during the process govern all, including whether we learn and develop. And there’s a lot to
