Laurel Knight 's comment on Painting Intuitively

You have verbally explained in detail, the way I also paint! I am pleased to see that someone also has that "escape" in their mind while working. I am constantly focusing on shapes, values, colors, etc. while continually problem solving....adjusting, correcting and the like. I am not conscious of what I am doing...in fact, my grandson (15) teases me that when I am painting, I don't respond to him. I just stare at him or blink and literally have to shake my head to "get back to reality" and be able to converse. The only difference is, I can have wonderful music playing while I work! But not voices, like books on tape, etc. I find I start listening to the speaker, and my "auto pilot" instictive way of painting suffers, and I generally have to redo what I painted! But beautiful music...it truly inspires me. I try to match my music with my mood. If I am working on a wonderful old painting scene, I like to play great old songs from that era. If I am painting a musician, I love to have the music of that instrument playing. And when I am painting faces, I love to hear Josh Groban...as his voice to me, is like looking at a Bouguereau painting...a Master!
Thanks for sharing this with us...I am glad to know that I am not "nutty" like my family likes to tease me about!