Hi... The strange thing about doing a painting is that at some point when I'm alone and painting, I mentally leave my body, and painting leads me, & I become a spectator, watching my hand paint. Sort of an out of body experience. I have many times lost any sense of time or my environment. Its like I become the painting. I amaze myself after completing a painting, as to how I did it. I learn from my own painting. I taught art briefly, only to learn I don't know how to paint, teach, or inspire. Painting for me just happens. Physically I am exhausted, & hungry, after hours of painting. I hope I didn't freak you out by my comments...