"An extemporaneous painting practice"
I evolved into a painter by falling into a weekly practice before my Wednesday, Core Connexion, with Eva Vigran. She would email me that night's theme for the class and I’d ruminate about what it means to me, wrap up my workday, pass off family responsibilities (told my partner the kids could eat cardboard for dinner, I was off-duty), and see what would emerge with pigment on paper for an hour before I had to leave for the class. I had to trust myself to move quickly because the class started promptly at 7 pm and my painting would be hung on the wall as part of the evening's Altar design that someone else was assembling at the same time. The closer it got to 7pm, the faster I would go, no time for thought, for fear, for doubt....just to trust my brush in the moment and keep my attention at the tip of the brush and let it be drawn to a color and then move it across the paper. My only rule: don't leave any white space.
I would dash in and hang my painting on the Altar (stage) that Kathleen had assembled and it was always uncanny how either the colors, the theme and/or the patterns would be in alignment with that night’s theme. We called it Quantum Collaboration, no words required!
During the dance I had a chance to step back from the painting and see it in context of the Altar. Afterwards, fellow dancers shared with me how the painting speaks to them, and I would see things I hadn’t noticed when standing so close while painting, in this dialog is the gift. Thank you for your attention and interest.