What is Spontaneous Painting

What is Spontaneous Painting?
The I.am.I Spontaneous Painting Process is a self-discovery and unique approach in the creative arts that develops the participant's authentic Self and creative personality. This process benefits both artists as well as people with no prior artistic experience who are curious to connect to their artist within.
Participants learn how to spontaneously create powerful paintings and express onto a blank canvas their unconscious symbolic images. When consciousness is not dominated by rational thinking, we can develop our innate multiple intelligences through creative expression, such as our emotional intelligence, personal essential aptitudes, intuition, precognition, creative personality, and transcendent states.
THE SYMBOL
When we face a blank canvas and spontaneously express with no preconceived ideas, and are open to receive whatever colors or forms spontaneously arise, we open a channel for our unconscious contents to communicate an innate intelligence in a symbolic language. The symbol is a psychic energy that exists in a dormant state in the unconscious. Inside of everyone exists an unknown essential Self yearning to create, if given the opportunity. The act of Spontaneous Painting catalyzes the symbols of one's authentic Self (true identity), resulting in qualitative changes in our relationship to ourselves, and the way we relate toward one another. Through this process people gain greater insight into their inner goals and life purpose.
"That which we were born to become exists as a seed inside of us and the challenge is to liberate this potential."
Participants are stimulated to question their "limiting beliefs", have breakthroughs that may stimulate the development of new thought patterns, as well as initiate new painting styles. The objective is to paint with no concern for beauty or judgments, expressing powerful emotions. Instead of coping with painful emotions through addictions to food, drugs, alcohol, or suppressing them which leads to anxiety, depression, rage and even violence - approaches to Whole Brain Learning like The Spontaneous Painting Process offer individuals healthy, creative outlets to express all their emotions.This kind of creative Self-expression is a key for mental health preservation.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROCESS
To understand the dynamics of the creative process and the blocks that inhibit the process of the creator. To discuss the conditions which are favorable for developing a creative environment in which risk-taking can occur.
To be familiar with the characteristics of the creative personality and develop teaching methodologies to encourage these characteristics in participants.
To stimulate creative intelligence through engaging in various activities such as creative writing, visualizations, artistic forms of expression in various mediums, Biodanza movement, and other forms of corporeal expression, Buddhist meditation, and other vias of stimulating creative thought.
To become familiar with various states of consciousness, natural intelligences, and language systems besides those of rational and intellectual perception. for example, spiritual, symbolic learning and various symbolic language systems which express in artistic creations, dreams, and the tarot.
To develop emotional and spiritual education and explore new teaching methodologies in Whole Brain Learning.
To promote opportunities for participants to transmit to the canvas the emotions they experience at an unconscious level, awakening Self-awareness.
To encourage the participants in their search for understanding another potential of art. Study the intimate relationship between creativity and archetypal image, and how Spontaneous Painting is a way of expressing an immanent and transcendent reality, through the exploration of essential unconscious contents that aid in strengthening one's authentic Self identity.
To introduce the learning of communication skills for working with groups, facilitating comprehension of the systematic processes occurring in groups and how to create harmony and facilitate methods of meaningful interaction, open discussion, and empathic community.
To encourage participants to develop an internal source of inspiration and the self-confidence to believe in their intuitive, creative voice (or muse).
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The Spontaneous Painting Method consists of Five Stages:
Stage One - Set-up the materials for painting.
Stage Two - Different types of preparatory exercises are presented before each painting session, enabling participants to relax the constant chatter and critical voice of the rational mind, and contact hidden dimensions of one's inner emotional landscape.

Stage Three: Working individually and in small groups we utilize various creative channels of expression: painting, clay.
Stage Four: Stream of consciousness writing explores the meaning of the symbolic images.
Stage Five: Additionally through verbal sharing in group process participants help to decipher the symbolic language of each other's paintings.

A culture, which does not encourage the creative potential of its members does not evolve, will stagnate and weaken its chances for survival.
CREATIVE PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
The ability to take risks
Nonconformity, independent thinker
Receptive to different ideas
Self-motivated
Persistent
Curious
Adventurous
Innovative, ingenuity
Impulsive, spontaneous
Ability to access deeper regions of the unconscious
Ability to feel things intensely
Extremely sensitive
Ability to perceive interconnections between apparently separate subjects
Global thinking
Seeks internal rather than external approval
Ability to think symbolically (abstractly)
Openness to new experiences
Variety of interests
Appreciates solitude
The Spontaneous Painting Process is unique in its approach to art therapy and art education in that it focuses not on pathology, but on developing the special light within each one of us. Once each person understands and actualizes their creative potentials, they can contribute new dreams, inventions, professions, and methods to enrich society.
It is my hope to expand the definition of creativity so that ever more people, not only artists, but all of us believe in our capability as co-creators of our own lives, and shape them to correspond to our heart's desires and unique talents.
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The Organization for the Arts and Whole Brain Learning is part of the 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, Organization for the Arts and Expressive Therapy, Inc.
We recognize art as a healing agent for personal and social transformation. In a world culture that increasingly prioritizes intellectual knowledge for the job market, society needs to rethink priorities and seek a balance that also values and dedicates time to educating the inner authentic Self. Whole Brain Learning art programs provide people - of all ages, cultures, social classes from the advantaged to the homeless, and populations with or without special needs - with effective tools to discover their innate potentials and develop emotional, spiritual, and creative literacy. No prior artistic experience is needed in order to benefit from this method.
The I.am.I™ Spontaneous Painting Process is a method that can be applied in education, business, mental health, prisons, hospitals, and elderly care. Creative self-expression is a natural human gift we all can develop if given the opportunity. When large numbers of people paint spontaneously, they can align with their inner goals, unique talents, and creativity. Together, as we form a critical mass and enhance society, and there will be an evolutionary breakthrough in human consciousness.
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