According to tate.org.uk
- ‘…bodily movements that are not consciously controlled like breathing or sleepwalking’
- ‘…without intervening consciously to guide the hand’
- ‘Pure psychic automatism … the dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason and outside all moral or aesthetic concerns’.- Andre Breton
I have always been drawn to the automatic drawing/art process as it is rare to find such apt means to visually represent the human subconscious – this being so rich, complex and unpredictable. The human subconscious is the heart of the unknown human identity – understanding ,or at least, dissecting this pure truth in a world that is so constructed and lead by the ego is ,in my opinion, an important means of reflecting on the reality and depth of the human condition.
