Nina Ross, PhD

When we practice Intuitive Painting in the studio, there is a relief from meaning that takes place. We don’t ask, as we do in a therapeutic session, what does this painting mean, what story does it tell. We, instead, follow the thread of the painting, step by step, as it reveals itself to us. We are so psychologically sophisticated in this culture. We tell our stories constantly, even publicly on television. To practice something like Intuitive or process painting, or it can happen in other practices as well,is to have a break from interpretation. Ah, a breath of fresh air is what it can feel like. Just being in a dialogue with the painting, following it as it lets us know what it needs, is a practice that helps us to be present in the Now, with ourselves and it.