YOU’RE NOT THE CREATOR OF A PAINTING, YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF THE MOMENT OF BEING A PAINTER.

Creating Moments, Not Just Paintings

The act of painting isn’t about chasing a perfect outcome—it’s about creating the conditions where something unexpected can emerge. It’s in that flow state—when judgment drops away—that we open ourselves to surprise. Painter Philip Guston echoed this when he said he wanted “to make something I have never seen before.” Both point to the same truth: the real work is showing up, staying present, and allowing the artwork to arrive as if from somewhere else.