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, often before anything can be named, interpreted, or understood.

Rather than seeking clarity, solutions, or insight, Art Thinking works by staying with perception. Meaning is not extracted or resolved; it is allowed to form slowly through attention to tone, rhythm, pacing, context, and bodily felt sense.

In this framework, understanding arises through awareness of self in relation to experience. Knowing is provisional and non-conclusive, shaped by how attention is held rather than by arriving at fixed interpretations.

Art Thinking draws on perceptual awareness, somatic sensitivity, relational nuance, and the inner life. It informs my work across artmaking, therapy, and creative guidance—not as a method or technique, but as a way of orienting to experience with care and attunement.

This approach stands apart from outcome-driven or problem-solving models. Its value lies in cultivating the capacity to remain present with complexity, ambiguity, and uncertainty—especially where answers are premature or unavailable.

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