There was a great Zen monk , shortly after 1000AD , who had a very peculiar way of painting. He had long hair and he would get very drunk on rice wine, then soaked his hair into ink and flushed it all over the paper and then decided what kind of a landscape was formed in the pattern. Then he put the finishing touches. Suddenly the great mess would be evoked into a lovely landscape.
If a person is untrained in painting , makes a mess with a brush , whereas a person who has the feeling of painting for a long time , and makes a mess with a brush or just do anything on canvas , it looks interesting ,and that is why if you copy the modern abstract painters , you will find it very difficult to do . Because there is more to spontaneity than caprice and disorder.
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