Freedom to explore your voice/materials

I came across a 13 minute video about Aelita Andre, a 5 year old painter from Australia. She was given the freedom to explore and see what happens.

I was struck by the complete freedom she has to pour, squirt and spatter unlimited amounts of paint on giant canvases.

Wow!  I did not watch the whole video – short attention span.

But I did start to think about how I could give myself that much freedom/support/approval and what would happen?

What can we do for our artist self to cultivate that non-judgmental fluid freedom of expression? Hmmm?

I would say I do allow myself to print piles and piles of gelatin prints without a lot of harsh judgment.  When I feel that limiting, judgmental voice sneaking in, I am going to

1. switch gears,
2. find a favorite tool
3. and continue to explore.

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