Up: [[Expressive Art]] > [!Orbit] [[C. G. Jung]] > When the safeguards of specific ideas fall away, unlimited possibilities emerge. > [!Orbit] [[C. G. Jung]] in *Aims of Psychotherapy, CW16* > …my patients might imagine themselves to be artists, and the whole point of the exercise would be missed. It is not a question of art at all — or, rather, it should not be a question of art—but of something more and other than mere art, namely the living effect upon the patient himself. (para. 104) The above quote is from 1929, making C.G. Jung likely the world’s first art therapist! > [!orbit] [[C. G. Jung]] and C. Douglas in *Visions: Notes of the seminar given in 1930-1934, Vol.1* >….in order to hold an inner experience, it is…a necessity for certain people to see it expressed in external physical form. That is such an important point that one really might be tempted to call it a method, but I do not feel quite safe because these things are very delicate and complicated. (p.6) > [!Orbit] Andre Breton > Trust in the inexhaustible nature of the murmur. > [!Orbit] Unknown > Make art that hands a paintbrush to your heart, not to your mind. > [!Orbit] Shaun McNiff in *Trust the Process: An artist’s guide to letting go* > The discipline of creation is a mix of surrender and initiative. We let go of inhibitions, which breed rigidity, and we cultivate responsiveness to what is taking shape in the immediate situation. (p. 2) > [!Orbit] Helen Hallows from post *What is Art For?* in *The Wild Path* Substack > The act of making art has to embody the feelings you wish to express. In order to achieve that you have to slow, and be present. You have to flow and be confident. You have to tap into an unknown, unquantifiable space and with faith work out into the open. You have to be brave and soft all at the same time. Keep living with your soul wide open and make art from that space within. > [!Orbit] Helen Hallows from post *What is Art For?* in *The Wild Path* Substack > Stuff the pages of your sketchbook with the fullness of life, the mess, the clarity, the accidental, the colour, the subdued. Once your sketchbook is full up, then you can edit, curate and find your voice in the mess. Nothing is born fully formed. Dance with the anarchy of creativity.