This has happened to me. Screw new knowledge and encountering mind expansion. Sometimes there is something to be said with just going along with what works already and not messing up the status quo. I once ‘learned’ a new technique that kept me completely immobile for the better part of a year for fear of screwing up ‘the simple and correct way to see with the inner eye.’ It took me that long to realize that I was already doing what worked for me. Then I did this painting and I felt so much better. (Shown hanging at Mixture in San Diego.)
Uninformed, immature, from the gut and purely emotional art rocks. And Elise, I love you work.