Sam Scoggins
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Painting An Open Question
The process begins with a moment of silence and stillness in front of the blank surface of the painting to be - to allow the mind to settle. Everyday concerns, thoughts and fantasies are let go. Plans, visions and theories of what the painting might be are dropped.
The paint is poured onto the canvas, dripped or spread with a palate knife, cloth or fingers. Forms emerge. Forms disappear. The practice is to try not to obstruct the free flow of creation and destruction, almost letting the painting create itself, as it were. Figure emerges from ground and dissolves back into ground, unobstructed. No judgement is made as to good or bad.
When fixation is let go, freshness is always available. When we recognise freshness manifesting in the painting we stop. The painting is finished.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
No mind. No painting.
"In the mind is no painting,
In painting there is no mind;
Yet not apart from mind
Is any painting to be found."
Flower Garland Sutra
In painting there is no mind;
Yet not apart from mind
Is any painting to be found."
Flower Garland Sutra
Saturday, January 7, 2012
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