I'm starting to understand why many great philosophers and theologians speak in riddles. I don't think there are precise answers because each person's experience is so completely individual. No one else has your upbringing, your chromosomes, your thought process, or your body. If they did then there would be answers, a correct way to do something. Critics or teachers may tell us there are, but times and tastes change and so do art movements. And the accumulation and interpretation of knowledge is individual, so good luck trying to get it right.
My Buddhist self is pushing into the forefront. He's asking questions that demand I reconcile my inner and outer expression. What I feel is what I do. What I see, the mark I make are like breathing. Sensory information coming in. Sensory expression going out.
It is going to be an interesting year in the studio.