How to Be A Unique Artist by Using Asemic Writing

Spiritual Artist Christopher Miller explains that asemic writing is one way to tap into your inner child and reveal marks original to you.
Asemic writing is a hybrid art form that fuses wordless text and images and then sets it free to arbitrary, subjective interpretations. The word asemic means "having no specific semantic content", or "without the smallest unit of meaning".
Chris cites research and findings from Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain’s book “Creative and Mental Growth.” According to the authors, creative and artistic expression stages correspond to human cognitive development. Chris believes that by examining the early stages of artistic growth, the listener can discover their native expression. Children’s artistic development begins with scribbling very similar to Asemic writing. They continue to grow with no regard for outside criticism until the age of 10-12. At that time, humans become aware of their surroundings, self-critical, and begin imitating the techniques of others. By practicing asemic writing, Spiritual Artists can reconnect with their inner child.
Chris encourages the listener to experiment with different pens and brushes while exploring the technique. The idea is to remove critical thought and use feeling when making the marks. Asemic writing is introduced in the chapter on Mark Making in The Spiritual Artist.
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[@AR-gh1pc]

Cool! I’m an Art Therapist and artist for almost 30 years and Lowenfeld was one of my textbooks in grad school. :). I do larger mixed media paintings and I generally begin every painting by scribbling with water soluble oil pastels and then I follow the images as they begin to emerge. It’s a deeply spiritual process that feels a bit like dreaming on the canvas.

[@thespiritualartist123]

I really like that phraseology, “dreaming on the canvas!” check out some of my artist interviews. I think you’ll like them.

[@AR-gh1pc]

@@thespiritualartist123 Thank you. Will do!

[@kariarvisais8588]

I would love to connect with you. I also use art therapy exercises within therapy

[@monumentofwonders]

I was recovering from cancer, on the couch, with only the energy to work with pencil and paper, I didn't know what it was called, but I did exactly this, and then I looked into this randomness and saw forms emerge, after several sessions, a picture evolved, things I had never thought about consciously. Just as you say, this became a pathway connecting the unconscious with consciousness. This is such a seminal lesson from you, Christopher, and it's great to learn that you don't have to have life-threatening illness to discover something unique about your inner workings.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Check out my interview with Rebecca Collins. She has Stage 4 Cancer, and draws while getting transfusions. She's a good friend and an amazing person!

[@LisaSonora]

I had no idea that the writing scribbles that I HAVE to do in every art piece, had a name. Fascinating! Usually these marks are buried under layers. I usually am writing something though, however messy, and then the message is obscured.

[@sonofhibbs4425]

This is so key!!! A few years ago, I did something like this using a gelli plate and various layering and texturizing stencils and random mark making things. I did this as a practice to stop being so frightened of outcomes. -that controlling “things must be this way” type thinking. My assignment: All I had to do was grab paint and produce. The focus was on producing ANYTHING…. And it worked SO incredibly well. Before long, I was hooked whereas I spent several years with total block. (I had not picked up paints for at least 5 years) My creativity took over when seeing form in the marks and images in the paint colors and I was able to build on these “do anything” canvases. It was freeing. Most of all I felt the exercise brought my childlike play come back- the “unique creative dna” as you say. I missed it! In my early 20s I was doing this but somewhere between growing up, being hit with real life and doing art as a means of income just squelched and wore down that inner creative spirit.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I think the process allows your subconscious to step in and create a type of language native to you. Keep creating!

[@FionaCArt]

As an artist who uses my own mark making technique as the basis of my work, it’s nice to see you recognize this type of thing as the essence of who an artist is :) thank you for the video!

[@thespiritualartist123]

You are welcome! I’m always looking for new artists to feature on my podcast and mark making would be a great interview! Let me know if you’re interested.

[@NancyRichmondTarot]

Same here, and I just recognized it because of this video. I didn't even realize what I was doing when I use a tool to add markings into the paint.

[@CatherineFoster734]

When I was teaching children's art classes I noticed that there was a shift in the children around 8-9 years old wanting to please their parents and adults in their lives. I love teaching the way you teach. So fun!

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thank you. Check out my Watching Your Thoughts video! I think you'll like it.

[@ratherbfishing455]

I stopped drawing about that age. I was from a family of artists and felt that I needed to have perfect drawings. I did horse photography for about 15 years. However I stopped when digital cameras came out. I started drawing and painting for the fun of it during covid. However I had a cornea transplant and cataract surgery that went bad. I really have to concentrate to draw. Some things turn out okay for a journal but it bothers me that it often looks childish. Now I have to have surgery for pre-cancer and I'm going to give this a try! Thank you so much

[@granmabern5283]

I used to doodle in the margins of my schoolwork, but got blasted for that and docked points, in high school. Now, I feel like doodling again! Thankyou!😅🎉

[@thespiritualartist123]

Please do. Also, try collage! Creating is creating!

[@theshypersistence]

This is so liberating! As a perfectionist I find it challenging to use free-form and 'color outside the lines' as it were and am always second-guessing and editing myself. It's crazy how we conform and lose ourselves. Thanks for giving me permission to let go and connect to spirit again 🎨😇

[@ginam.8378]

We did something like this as a warm up exercise, in a first year drawing class at university. We were told to choose whatever drawing medium we liked, and for 20 minutes we had to freely "scribble" with no particular intention on a 20"x30" piece of heavy paper. It was so cool! Everyone had a distinct "style" to their scribbling. I was fun and freeing and a great way to get in the zone.

[@anikindarji875]

What did you do after the warm up!

[@moroccanrobin]

Thank you! I'm thrilled that you showed up in my feed (coincidence? I think not). I'm a former professional artist, now a psychotherapist, and this is right up my alley. Looking forward to seeing more of your content 💖🙏

[@2Bcreative888]

LOVED this message! I’ve always loved making collages with lines and color from an early age and now adapt that process to quilting lines as they undulate at will. Asemic writing is a new term to me as well and plan to use your “scribble” process to open my creative mental door. Many thanks for covering this❣️

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thank you for listening! I love this process because it gives me a great starting point and can lead into other good practices like watching your thoughts and listening to your body.

[@ladyhess5357]

It took me a long time to figure this out, now I love to intuitively doodle, you break it down so nicely , thank you

[@marichiarra8495]

I write Sanskrit. Have been doing it since I was a little kid. Was teaching it by age 12. Arabic is something I would like to learn. So beautiful.

[@frappedelimon4351]

ok I'm spiritual and I'm an artist... how is that YT never recommended this channel to me?!?!

[@herbalannie7707]

Well the algorithms must be working now because same here and it just popped up for me too. Just subscribed. I like this dude's energy.

[@thespiritualartist123]

I hear ya! But at least they did today!

[@PaulWalesArt]

Nicely done! It's challenging to have an entry stand out in the KZbin-verse, yet this one came through loud and clear. I genuinely enjoyed your explanation and exploration of a somewhat common technique which is often taken for granted or breezed by without much consideration. Thank you. A+!

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thank you very much! I appreciate the compliment! Just posted a blog about "Being Present" on my site, www.spiritualartisttoday.com. I think you'll like it!

[@katrinadoran6474]

Thanks Chris. Asemic writing is a new terminology to me and I love how you have introduced it to us as a means of noticing the marks we make as being native to us.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks Katrina. Thrilled that you took the time to watch! It’s an interesting technique. One woman in my class labled it spiritual writing!

[@TheRift66]

So cool to see someone else talking about the same principles I've been using for my own artistic and spiritual development! Thank you for putting this out in to the world! For me, I find there's no better way to capture that pure artistic energy than through this automatic symbolic expression of self.

[@NancyRichmondTarot]

Fascinating! This video pointed out how I do this in some of my paintings and I didn't even realize it. It makes me want to embrace my unique technique even more. Thank you for sharing!

[@thespiritualartist123]

Start looking for shapes and icons that you gravitate toward. That is part of your unique Creative DNA!

[@flouncymom]

Great book! I have degrees in art ed and art therapy and that was one of the textbooks. That brings back memories

[@sorrelgossert6976]

Very interesting! Kind of like automatic writing. I come from an illustrated background and have been trying to loosen up for years...this would be a great way to loosen up before starting a painting. Thank you for this insightful and spiritual video! I have subscribed❤

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thank you!

[@mermaidmelucig]

Fascinating! I’m in 😊 Thank you. I accidentally found you this evening and it is timely. This is a great primer before writing. This is to say it will no doubt get the creative juices jump-started. I am inspired!👏🏻 I look forward to tuning in to more on this topic and checking into your book. Best wishes ❤

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks for the feedback! My degree was in journalism, so I'd love to hear how this helps with your writing! Have fun.

[@LukenUSee]

Freewriting can be a useful strategy for writers to help start and continue the flow, similar in some ways to asemic writing. Peter Elbow's (and others') work explores this😊

[@mermaidmelucig]

@@LukenUSee Thanks for the comment 😊 Yes. When I write Morning Pages per Julia Cameron’s The Artist Way …. I discovered her about 10 years ago … I write stream of consciousness technic. When it comes to writing stories or whatever it is that I want to write about from notes that I take in during the day, often times I feel blocked. This is due to my work environment. It’s so dysfunctional and I am in my head trying to let go of that energy and I think I should write about the day and get it out. I really do not want to write about work. So , here is the block for writing in the evening. Until now. Since discovering Chris Miller, and this technique last Sunday I have done 3 asemic sessions via automatic handwriting before my writing. Amazing! I am a writing machine! Just as I thought this technique cleared blockage, and I actually had to force myself to stop writing. I am having so much fun! Best wishes ♥️

[@mermaidmelucig]

@@LukenUSee Thanks for the reference of Peter Elbow 🙏🌺

[@LukenUSee]

@@mermaidmelucig You're very welcome!

[@starspanglednightmare283]

I like to think that I have a writing that only I and Light energies understand. The writing coming from your spirit is not only arting for people, it also writes for higher energies❤

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

Cheers from French Quarter New Orleans..I am 75, retired, living on Jackson Square. I have re-birthed my love for textile art..Interestingly, my first forays were actually sketches on paper, with magic markers. And I even have a little caricature of myself...which everybody smiles when they instantly see who it is...Now, I make miniature hats, form recycled fabric, and tossed out bits of broken jewelry and found objects. Art should be a full, individual expression of who we are. I don't know anyone else who does quite what I do, quite the way I do it. which after all - is the point. Thanks for a thought provoking video. Perfect with my afternoon cuppa tea...

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thank you for sharing. Keep being uniquely you!

[@acraftersstory]

I love the potential freedom of this art form. I can see how I could use this as a base for any painting and how unique each one would be. Thank you for sharing. :0)

[@lilysoulstar6221]

Your book popped up in my kindle. I started reading it and found your channel. I am soooo happy I did. 😊❤

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks Lily! So glad you joined us!

[@LoveLightVibration]

I’m an artist of many mediums, and just realized this is how I sometimes write music! I literally close my eyes and randomly hit keys 🎹 and then create a song around that. Creates a fun sort of challenge. Looking forward to adopting this technique on a canvas, especially when I want to draw but need direction for a subject. So thankful to have been recommended this video. Subscribed with notifications on! Aloha!

[@thespiritualartist123]

You are most welcome!

[@alyjiyu]

This video showed up today....in remarkable synchronicity to where I'm experimentally going in my next round of art adventures..✨️💫.... it's almost surreal! It's been happening alot.. Must be in the flow~

[@thespiritualartist123]

Definitely, a sign that you are in the flow and listening!

[@janiceconnett3192]

I've done this many times but never knew there was a name for it or that it was revealing part of my personality! Thank you for the education!

[@jebbylawless]

This is really interesting. I have found myself just scribbling and will sometimes spend an evening just making calligraphic marks usually just for the fascination of using the pen or pencil or whatever. I've also done some woodworking but I have spent far more time making shavings with a hand plane just for the satisfaction rather than building a project. I guess that's similar...

[@thespiritualartist123]

Indeed. Now, I wonder what type of art you can create with wood shavings? Listen to Curtis Fredericks interview. He makes art from metal shavings!

[@dmat7148]

How fortunate this video showed up in my stream as I’m watching lots of art videos, trying to figure out how to get more “realistic” in my painting. Since joining a new art guild, I’ve been mentally comparing myself with all the artists and moving away from my own style. As a result, my art practice has been less therapeutic and more of a chore…thanks for the spiritual insight! It’s a nice wake-up call to return to my freestyle expressions! 😊

[@thespiritualartist123]

I just saw this, but the creative power is you. Keep listening and expressing what is uniquely yours to do!

[@niccinowinska1638]

Lighting matches blowing them out then marking the paper has been a practice after meditation during especially stressful years. The matches when blown out will give colours angling from pitch black through to brown, I really go into it like a second meditation and when I’m through I can see a whole story played out, sometimes faces,landscapes. I don’t draw or paint but this makes me feel creative. Now l’m writing it it seems a little mad!

[@graceplease7958]

Oh my goodness, I love it! Cannot wait to try this...tomorrow!! Seeing what my soul wishes to express is beyond exciting. Thank you for this video. Grace

[@lizvermaas9703]

Thanks for reminding me about Lowenfeld's book which I used to have for decades. Freeing up my art work is always a challenge when your ancestral DNA has always been precise work in draughtsmanship or silver work through the generations. I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation!

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks Liz. There is beauty in imperfection!

[@leslieoleary8867]

Love this! I just “happened” upon your channel and was drawn to this freedom of creating. I am a three dimensional artist but feel this can help open up the soul of creativity no matter the medium or “dimension” you work in. Thank you!

[@thespiritualartist123]

Definitely. Remember that you are highly tactile. Touch is your doorway to deeper levels of creation.

[@MiauxCatterie]

i do a version of neurographic painting. the base structure looks very similar to this scribbling of the mind technique. i really appreciated the deeper insight into looking at what elements i am drawn to the most. i'm glad to have found this video.

[@enough1494]

My first canvasses as a teen, mother was an artist as was grandma , that was my method, Exactly! WoW! New follower

[@thespiritualartist123]

Explore the technique by using different size brushes!

[@BeFree-BeFrugal]

I’ve never heard of anemic writing very interesting

[@zuzannavee9558]

Excited to have found this channel. As an artist who uses art to express my inner experiences already, it is great to find more input to explore technique. Thank you!

[@harishwala5882]

Hello from India 🇮🇳. I'm a self taught artist and a management professional. My drawing style is known as Neo Tantric, Art of Non-doing and Minimalism.. I use it for Meditative purpose and art therapy.

[@thespiritualartist123]

That sounds fascinating! Let me know if you'd like to be on my podcast. I think people would love to hear that. My email is [e-mail]

[@WaysideArtist]

What a great video. This a freeing way of approaching art. I use a technique called automatic drawing where I drop into a meditative state by taking deep breaths, closing my eyes, then scribbling on paper with a soft pencil. When I feel "finished," I study the marks, then pick out shapes. I've created a portfolio of fantasy creatures, monsters if you like, that I'm now working into a children's story suitable for adults (hah!). It's been a journey of creativity that also enhances my regular landscape painting and animal portraiture.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks for sharing! Also suggest trying different width pens/brushes when you scribble. It will expand your fantasy creatures!

[@katherinemceachern9133]

You are talking about me, here and now . I went from scribbling to neurographic art to now working on doodle art designs. I'm loving the self discovery

[@dianeensminger38]

This makes me think of Neurographic art. I first learned about that just a few months ago. That starts with making scribbles; then rounding the edges. And then you use markers or pencils or any kind of paint to paint/ color inside your creation. This starts with scribbles that are personal to the person creating them, but it is slightly different because beginning is similar to writing.

[@merlinporterarts]

I’ve researched a hell of a lot of art techniques for releasing our creativity but this is the first time I have come across this term. I love your presentation and short demo…very to the point and essence of it. I’m looking forward to playing with my lines again. Many many thanks…you ignited a spark!

[@thespiritualartist123]

You are so welcome!

[@DineseBeckert]

I ordered the 1975 publication. As a MA in Psychology (never went into the field, and stayed the happy Sous Chef I was when I began my educational journey) I see tremendous benefits for myself as I am in my 3rd year of self-discovery in painting/drawing/creating. Thank you! Everything truly happens for the good! (reason)

[@4evermystic848]

This is magnificent! Thank you!

[@lovethelalaland]

Love it. Thank you !

[@TheTaperCoach]

I can only feel grateful for receiving this message. Thank you thank you thank you

[@TheTaperCoach]

I subscribed immediately. I believe all my art is stuck because I have skills, but don’t enjoy it. No idea why. I need to find my souls message to really do what I am called to do

[@ruthmariesub]

This is how I do my art!!

[@Devon_maloy]

Leonardo had similar methods - seeing forms in stone, etc.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Exactly. In my soon to be released podcast about AI, we discussed that what you see if a reflection of you!

[@hafrunmariazsoldos7151]

Writing in Toungs ❤ Its mindblowing to realize this. Thank you 🫶 I will do this from my soul, let the Spirit write through me 🙏

[@nievesarduengo6435]

I came across a KZbin channel about neurographic art last year and I started to draw in a similar way as you demonstrated in this video. Now watching you scribble, I came to realize, I have been using Asemic Art in my watercolors paint abstract paintings, without knowing. I t all comes together now!!! Immediately subscribed.Thank you !

[@thespiritualartist123]

Try different size pens/brushes when you scribble. It will expand your watercolors!

[@janelawrence6283]

Thanks. I’ll be checking in.

[@thespiritualartist123]

You are welcome Jane! Have a great week.

[@Wayinsworld]

I completed a critically acclaimed 4 x 6' canvas with a glossy dark umber background covered with miles of gestural Asemic airbrush painting in pastel blue. I discovered that by unconsciously adjusting the Z axis of my hand as I painted, a misty softness began to open up a dimensional illusion within the volume of the canvas. I was later told that the A+ I was awarded in my 3rd year BFA painting studio was largely due to this 3D effect I created experimentally. Watching this video has opened my eyes to what that painting was really capturing about my spirit at that moment in my life. Thank you.

[@thespiritualartist123]

You're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to share your individualized experience. It's always fascinating to here how each of us has unique Creative DNA.

[@typeofhealing]

Thank you. I found myself doing similar writings/drawings recently without knowing about it as I connect with my mental pain and it feels good.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Keep going! Know that emotions flow through you, but they aren't you!

[@AlexaMorales]

❤❤I loved this. Ironic how much we need permission to just do what comes naturally.

[@robertrozier2940]

This is brilliant. This works with creative writing as well.

[@beccogiallo]

Very interesting. I've used asemic writing before, but never heard it explained like this. By the way, in case anyone wants to know, Neocolor II crayons are water-soluble, but Neocolor I crayons are not.

[@gretchenrodriguez]

Love this. I’ve been moving into this as well. Thx!

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks Gretchen. I appreciate the feedback!

[@ryanvanderley3943]

Thanks for this video. it is so helpful

[@SimplyInspiredbySheena]

💙 Mine changes with my mood. Upset it’s more sharp straight jagged, calm and happy it’s more like swirls or delicate lace

[@adwoamarja4994]

It's always said that children are spontaneous at a young age till they are reigned in by upbringing and education etc, but I remember that I was already trying to fit in with the other children at the age of four. Trying to adjust my drawing so that it looked like those of the other kids, though I found it rather stupid what they did (drawing everything on the bottom of the paper, not using the whole paper etc). Imho if you truly watch children, you see different things than that much praised, presumed spontaneity. It's also standard, pre-cooked, that idea that children are spontaneous, "not spoiled". Imho it's good to just watch, leave that spontaneity notion for what it is, ask and talk a bit when children are drawing etc and encourage them to follow their own creative star. Not put your own idea on them. Watch the group dynamics.

[@ReensaraiArtbyReenaS]

amazing.I think this is something I want to add to my art..as i naturally do this between layers...I think also I was attracted to this in my teenager years as admirer of art.

[@jimfaris]

I’ve been doing this for a while, but with one twist. While writing I will say, oftentimes out loud, what I am writing bust letting my hand make the scribble it wants to.

[@Sunshine74444]

Beautiful. Thank you. ✌🏽🎊🌈

[@diannekaroly8125]

Fantastic!!❤️

[@barbaraseville4139]

Reminds me of my favorite book, No More Secondhand Art by Peter London. I haven’t returned to it in a long while, too long! This is a very different approach from my usual shapes-and-colors work. Thanks!

[@AT-ol2yj]

40+ years an artist and been using this process the whole time.

[@thespiritualartist123]

You're ahead of your time! Thanks for listening.

[@charlieevergreen3514]

I never stopped making marks like this, and people regularly ask (about my work), “what does it say?” or “Are those words?”. Some people LOVE that it doesn’t actually have words in it, and others wish they could hear the “secret”... I maintain that the people who love the LACK of words are the ones who know the secret! Hahaha EDIT: I didn’t know the term “asemic”, so thank you for talking about this! It will help in my future conversations. I’ve said that it’s like writing a sensation instead of writing words. Having a term for it is great!

[@theartsyintuitive]

Thank you, i haven't done amy art or painting im awhile. Yeah i like to do what u did just let my brush or pencil go without thinking, then i go in and color in shapes or whatever is there. U just inspired me,thank u.

[@thespiritualartist123]

You can do it!

[@kerryseabrook2193]

Yep, scribble describes it admirably.

[@crystalphillips7123]

I've been doing a version of this. I allow my higher self/subconscious to draw. I personally struggle with making a stick figure person. However, my higher self draws beautiful animals, people, places, etc. with great detail. I've been able to draw future events. I notice artists putting people and animals subconsciously in their art. I noticed words and people in what you put on the paper before the paint. Thanks for a great video!

[@thespiritualartist123]

In the past, I have avoided images, but when working on my upcoming show found myself including hearts, doves, and more based on a Michael Kiwanuka song that I was listening to...check out my recent radio interview where I take about it. Be creative!

[@LanaMcAra]

So helpful! Thank you.

[@thespiritualartist123]

You are truly welcome. Go out and create!

[@L.WolfMoidell-is6vz]

Another mark making technique that goes way back is cross hatch. Fairly recently they have discovered it done by Homo Neledi in the rising star cave to mark their grave site dating back 300,000 years that match the cave marking of the Neanderthal. Homo Neledi was not human w/ a brain size 1/3 the size of modern humans but, they had the use of fire and walked upright. I have seen mostly ignored cross hatch symbology in Lascaux cave. This intuitive writing talked about in this video is also incredibly interesting. I am presently researching a few sets of very basic symbols that have come down from from our earliest human ancestors nearly up to the present day and are found all over the planet.

[@tamelashafer8852]

I’ve always naturally done this and I started winning art contests as early as kindergarten… I am now 45 and have been really deeply enjoying connecting and learning what I choose and creating some deep inspiration building within to wave and pulse as divine inspiration draws out my hearts song 🎵 🎶🎤🤓🤪😎💜♾️🙏🏼🕉️ Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

[@morenomoran9483]

I love to scribble, I have developed an idea on scribbles, a scribble is the first step to create a non known figurative line, you can create a new figurative sense or world!

[@thespiritualartist123]

It's your native language!

[@paulread4422]

Interesting stuff..I've been doodling,scribbling? On & off for decades...it seem an automatic intuitive, fed by what ever creativity...( when everything alines) if you know what I mean..will keep watching..👍🏻

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks for watching Paul. I have practiced a similar technique when writing. I sit in front of the computer, find presence, and start typing stream of thought. The writing takes on a will of its own and starts to become a story. Sometimes, I have a dialogue with it. In my most recent podcast interview with Dr. Jayne about emotions, she talks about one of her patients hearing words when writing as though from a higher power. Keep following my channel!

[@pinit9186]

I'm nearly 80 as an art student I did this type of writing. I have since thought it perhaps originated from an ancestral memory. Though born in the west it resembled writing from Far East Asia.

[@thespiritualartist123]

That's so interesting. When I first experienced it, I felt it had an asian feel as well. Previous life? It's a great tool to start a painting because it adds texture and depth which can be overpainted or blended in to the final composition! Thanks for watching!

[@pinit9186]

@@thespiritualartist123 Thank you .

[@lucyegg2698]

ooooo, I like this!

[@thespiritualartist123]

That's wonderful. Feel free to share your experience!

[@maryzanwarren6514]

I'm a seasoned artist but I just love scribbling in loops, etc. it makes me feel almost giddy with joy, what is wrong with m e?

[@thespiritualartist123]

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with you. Curves and circles are part of your creative DNA and your language!

[@FishingtonBurpPuzzle]

I am interested in how the image emerges from the scribble. Also that Basqiat started as a spontaneous graffiti artist.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Sorry for my delayed response. I just noticed this. I use this as an opportunity to listen to my painting. Turn off your mind and just get into automatic response. Soon you will start seeing shapes that form other shapes or see an area where the blending of colors is interesting to you and expand those outward. I am working on new videos to show the steps. Thanks for listening and make sure you follow the channel! Trust, that if you keep painting, something will come.

[@joannefk4758]

How would this work with watercolour?

[@guypehaim1080]

In the past, I used to scribble to a piece music playing on the radio or from a record player. The rhythm of the music and the tones I let guide my hand. I would scribble until the song was finished, then I would turn the sheet around until I saw a picture in the pattern of the scribbles. Then I would color in the areas of the picture to bring it out so others could see the image.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Exactly what I did for my upcoming show!

[@eggnebula4757]

great video

[@cathyjanney473]

Very impressive

[@angel-no5sy]

Awesome

[@sarahthomson8183]

Interesting.. Thank you.

[@thespiritualartist123]

You are most welcome. Have a great weekend!

[@shinanbarclay67]

Cool, thanks

[@ReensaraiArtbyReenaS]

I love neocolor 2 for this especially oh and ink

[@DianeReidpc22]

Interesting technique that I’ve been doing for years, I didn’t know it had a name! I never gave up scribbling! Your watermark is in a distracting location in the upper right corner. Try moving it to the lower left so that it doesn’t interfere with where our eyes are looking.

[@kaijunaut1954]

Really enjoy this technique on my IPad

[@thespiritualartist123]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[@karaamundson3964]

I honestly feel like I've found my way.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thank you. Share your results!

[@andeemorante2680]

It wasn't that I became afraid or wanted to conform ... It was that my writing as a young child, through about age 12, was often criticized in school. I didn't like dotting my small i's . I wrote large but neatly and had a very distinct slant to the right. I only had one grade school teacher compliment my use of color, and I used to make huge paisley shaped and random shaped collages, which I loved doing. TODAY in my early 60s, I'm struggling with a yearning to be creative but feel completely stuck, not knowing how to express it .... besides a few nature videos and pics I've been taking with my phone 😢

[@thespiritualartist123]

I'd say you already know some of your unique Creative DNA. I love the idea of the paisley shaped images. Perhaps buy a variety of colored tissue paper, get some scissors and start with collage work using that shape? See what doors open.

[@fragariavesca9333]

Hi Chris. Thank you for sharing this good stuff. I'm allowing myself to explore my creative visual artist more intentionally as an adult (but "if not now, then when", right?) Will use this asemic writing to keep discovering my uniqueness. 🦄(A tiny detail: the link to your site in the description has an extra 'i' so it doesn't send you where it's supposed to.)

[@thespiritualartist123]

Thanks. I'll fix the typo! Keep creating!

[@mtmtmtmt]

Cool! You can close your eyes, or switch hands, to do it. Blind people can use a crayon on a rough paper so to feel it, etc. TY.

[@thespiritualartist123]

Yes, John Domont (an earlier interview) explained how he used to teach it and ask people to keep their eyes closed!

[@franzmajcyn3836]

Art is the capacity to re experience ones innosence

[@georgiajensen9614]

Chris, any thoughts about doing this with eyes closed...wondering if through having ones eyes on what is happening on the canvas, there would be editing happening through past conditioning, the critic inside taking over in place of the Pure presence flowing through....just curious in Seattle...

[@thespiritualartist123]

Definitely worth the experiment! See what it brings.

[@gunkwretch3697]

sounds like the Voynich manuscript!

[@katiejosmith246]

Great video and it just appeared on my YT feed. Question: I have done this several times in the past with paint and a thick Sharpie Marker. Very often, I will see a figure head of someone I used to know. Why does this happen?

[@thespiritualartist123]

I think that what is often revealed is a reflection of our subconscious. Perhaps unfinished business? But more importantly, why do you think it's happening?

[@katiejosmith246]

@@thespiritualartist123 Very Good point! I do not know.

[@S.O.U.L-u-tions]

I am curious if there are meanings behind the marks I tend to be drawn to? Lately its been leaves on vines sometimes with a flower other times just a vine... I feel intuitively I know what my Soul is expressing... I am just curious if anyone knows of anymore info/book/artist etc that has definitions as to the possible meanings behind the mark making? 🌱 🪴 🌺 🌳

[@ericabrown6576]

I tried to follow your link to sign up but Safari says the webpage cannot be found

[@thespiritualartist123]

Erica, I''m not sure what link you mean? You can email me at [e-mail] with a question!

[@kariarvisais8588]

❤ 🎨

[@mariaetheridge8343]

This reminds me of neurographic art...

[@thespiritualartist123]

I’m not familiar with that term. What does Nuro graphic art describe?

[@mariaetheridge8343]

@@thespiritualartist123 Just Google it. It's neuro (as in the nervous system) and graphic - self explanatory. Combine the two and you have neurographic art. My profile pic is actually that.