My Framework: Art Thinking

Thinking through perception, cultivated through creative practice.

Art Thinking is a way of knowing that understands thinking not as a purely cognitive activity, but as an attentional state — one that emerges through sensing, noticing, and relating.

Rather than seeking clarity or solutions, Art Thinking works by staying with perception. Meaning is not extracted or resolved; it is allowed to form through attention to tone, rhythm, pacing, context, and bodily felt sense. Understanding arises through awareness of self in relation to experience. Knowing is non-conclusive.

Art Thinking draws on the inner life in relation to others and the environment. It informs my work across art-making, therapy, and creative guidance as a way of orienting to lived experience with care and attunement. It isn’t a method or technique and stands apart from outcome-driven or problem-solving models. Its value lies in cultivating the capacity to remain present with complexity.

Art Thinking continues to evolve through lived practice, research, and sustained engagement with art and perception.