Category Archives for Inspirations

You are no painter when…

May 21, 2022
/ Inspirations
/ By JAAPH

I am a painter and I am also still an active psychologist. Yesterday I was teaching a training in ‘provocative coaching’. My colleague Jeffrey was talking about how interdependent we are as people. In a very real sense, you are no writer if you have no readers. You are no parent if you have no children. And… you are no painter if nobody sees your work.

How do you choose a direction in your art?

January 11, 2022
/ Inspirations
/ By JAAPH

You probably noticed: painters have ‘periods’. They make similar works for a while, could be a few months or could be years. And then their work changes. Again they make works that are similar, but different from before: they have gone into a new ‘period’.