I started a new piece of art focusing on gently squirting various colors of acrylic gouache onto claybord. Running low on white, I held the small plastic bottle close to the surface and started squeezing to get as much out as possible. To my shock and dismay, it slipped out of my hand and landed smack dab in the middle of the most concentrated section of colors. Momentarily immobilized and not knowing what to do, I just said screw it, I’ll roll with it and see what happens. Literally, I started rolling the bottle across the claybord, sideways, up and down. It was an amazing tool in that it easily merged and spread the colors. Letting go of expectations and judgments, the process became exciting. I found myself giggling because of how it so unexpectedly turned out. Yet another instance of integrating an OOPS moment, thereby allowing for discovery and heightened awareness.
