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Josef
paintings
fake
channel
underlined
[... 3 paragraphs ...]
This is not dictation. Now. Contrary to most thought on such matters, no one is given a particular amount of talent that must then be used.
[... 2 paragraphs ...]
You have only to be open and receptive. When you think in terms of having (in quotes) “a certain amount of ability,” then you become concerned that you use every portion of it, when in greater terms no such “it” exists.
You naturally express your nature through your use of the channel of art. Your ability to draw upon that channel is endless. The certain-amount-of-ability idea is highly limiting. It forces upon you a sense of responsibility to use what you have, while instead it should mean simply being what you are, and being what you are (underlined) will automatically produce excellent paintings.
[... 5 paragraphs ...]
In doodles, in oils, in whatever suits you, and whatever suits you over a period of time, will find its own pattern. Do not harness yourself with the idea that you had (underlined) “so much” (in quotes) ability, and that you have not used it. That is not the case. You have instead an open channel. You chose to spend a good amount of time dealing with form.
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