tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post7677759449830929811..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: The Great Green Slime DisasterDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-59748252867753744072017-02-07T09:18:14.138-05:002017-02-07T09:18:14.138-05:00spent the past weekend at a process painting works...spent the past weekend at a process painting workshop...which is all about the experiences of letting your eyes and your hand choose a paint color, dip the brush, and move the brush on the paper....to see what arises...it's definitely a process experience not a product experience...the facilitators guide you past the blocks that the thinking brain puts up....and it is all about what you experience or notice during the process of painting but NOT what it looks like....very intuitive and revealing..<br /><br />the whole process vs product idea is an important one...did you have fun? is a hard question. <br />it's hard to have fun, for me, instead of doing stuff that needs to be done. but when i can stop working and have the pleasure of play, i am happier.....<br /><br />hoping for some green slime moments in the day, today. <br />clairesmumUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382503094929375543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-34889126777944376762017-02-07T08:24:33.798-05:002017-02-07T08:24:33.798-05:00Fun is definitely an important outcome.
Most of m...Fun is definitely an important outcome.<br /><br />Most of my early education was focused on product -- learning the facts, developing the skills, getting the A's -- and not on process. Even skill-development (certainly a 'process') was emphasized as a product: not 'are you able to swim and have fun in the water?' but 'can you pass the swim test so you can get into this group?'.<br /><br />A while back I started painting, in a very small way. Some of the people in the studio let their perfectionism run riot, criticizing their own work and even other people's. But we have much more fun when we focus on process -- not "did this painting come out right?" or even "do I like this painting?" but "how does it work if I mix these colors? what happens if I put a bit more red right here?"<br /><br />Process is clearly the important part. I wish I'd seen that decades ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-23673429924548188702017-02-07T08:20:52.242-05:002017-02-07T08:20:52.242-05:00I love this! I'm determined to find a way to m...I love this! I'm determined to find a way to make some fun out of the monotonous routine of this grey February day.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102217905206545591noreply@blogger.com