How to Be A Unique Artist by Using Asemic Writing
piritual Artist Christopher Miller explains that asemic writing is one way to tap into your inner child and reveal marks original to you.
Asemic writing is a hybrid art form that fuses wordless text and images and then sets it free to arbitrary, subjective interpretations. The word asemic means “having no specific semantic content”, or “without the smallest unit of meaning”.
Chris cites research and findings from Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain’s book “Creative and Mental Growth.” According to the authors, creative and artistic expression stages correspond to human cognitive development. Chris believes that by examining the early stages of artistic growth, the listener can discover their native expression. Children’s artistic development begins with scribbling very similar to Asemic writing. They continue to grow with no regard for outside criticism until the age of 10-12. At that time, humans become aware of their surroundings, self-critical, and begin imitating the techniques of others. By practicing asemic writing, Spiritual Artists can reconnect with their inner child.
Chris encourages the listener to experiment with different pens and brushes while exploring the technique. The idea is to remove critical thought and use feeling when making the marks. Asemic writing is introduced in the chapter on Mark Making in The Spiritual Artist.
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why don’t you blog in such a language – when instead of words there will be only sounds?))
I’ve been doing a version of this. I allow my higher self/subconscious to draw. I personally struggle with making a stick figure person. However, my higher self draws beautiful animals, people, places, etc. with great detail. I’ve been able to draw future events. I notice artists putting people and animals subconsciously in their art. I noticed words and people in what you put on the paper before the paint. Thanks for a great video!
A favorite hobby of mine is to draw random meaningless symbols in my sketchbook. I’ve thought about using them to make a conlang, but I’ve never gotten around to it
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I highly recommend finding any talk made by Lynda Barry … she speaks of art as a 4-year-old being an experience in which they’re involved, which changes as puberty hits to feeling that what you’re making is separate from yourself (along with being aware of judgment by others).
Hello from India 🇮🇳.
I’m a self taught artist and a management professional.
My drawing style is known as Neo Tantric, Art of Non-doing and Minimalism..
I use it for Meditative purpose and art therapy.
Is mindless doodling in the corners of a page be considered asemic writing?
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You are talking about me, here and now . I went from scribbling to neurographic art to now working on doodle art designs. I’m loving the self discovery
Lighting matches blowing them out then marking the paper has been a practice after meditation during especially stressful years. The matches when blown out will give colours angling from pitch black through to brown, I really go into it like a second meditation and when I’m through I can see a whole story played out, sometimes faces,landscapes. I don’t draw or paint but this makes me feel creative. Now l’m writing it it seems a little mad!
Cheers from French Quarter New Orleans..I am 75, retired, living on Jackson Square. I have re-birthed my love for textile art..Interestingly, my first forays were actually sketches on paper, with magic markers. And I even have a little caricature of myself…which everybody smiles when they instantly see who it is…Now, I make miniature hats, form recycled fabric, and tossed out bits of broken jewelry and found objects. Art should be a full, individual expression of who we are. I don’t know anyone else who does quite what I do, quite the way I do it. which after all – is the point. Thanks for a thought provoking video. Perfect with my afternoon cuppa tea…
Beautiful. Thank you. ✌🏽🎊🌈
Thank you. I found myself doing similar writings/drawings recently without knowing about it as I connect with my mental pain and it feels good.
40+ years an artist and been using this process the whole time.
Sooooo you unique DNA is doing something anyone can do because you have the balls to try and sell your skills in sales rather than art? Cause that is what it looks like to me… Mordern art saying all this shit like drawing like a child its just pretencious idiots trying to play emperors clothes with society… Learn an actual skill that is impressive dont lower the standard just because you can trick most simpletons…
Really enjoy this technique on my IPad
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I’m 57. I’m going to paint with spaghetti noodles .. kay? OK.
I’ve been doing this for a while, but with one twist. While writing I will say, oftentimes out loud, what I am writing bust letting my hand make the scribble it wants to.
Thank you very much Chris. I found this so helpful. 🤍
I never stopped making marks like this, and people regularly ask (about my work), “what does it say?” or “Are those words?”. Some people LOVE that it doesn’t actually have words in it, and others wish they could hear the “secret”… I maintain that the people who love the LACK of words are the ones who know the secret! Hahaha
EDIT: I didn’t know the term “asemic”, so thank you for talking about this! It will help in my future conversations.
I’ve said that it’s like writing a sensation instead of writing words. Having a term for it is great!
Isn’t this Pollack defined?
This makes me think of Neurographic art. I first learned about that just a few months ago. That starts with making scribbles; then rounding the edges. And then you use markers or pencils or any kind of paint to paint/ color inside your creation. This starts with scribbles that are personal to the person creating them, but it is slightly different because beginning is similar to writing.
Que es asemic ?
I’m an artist of many mediums, and just realized this is how I sometimes write music! I literally close my eyes and randomly hit keys 🎹 and then create a song around that. Creates a fun sort of challenge. Looking forward to adopting this technique on a canvas, especially when I want to draw but need direction for a subject. So thankful to have been recommended this video. Subscribed with notifications on! Aloha!
This is brilliant. This works with creative writing as well.
I completed a critically acclaimed 4 x 6′ canvas with a glossy dark umber background covered with miles of gestural Asemic airbrush painting in pastel blue. I discovered that by unconsciously adjusting the Z axis of my hand as I painted, a misty softness began to open up a dimensional illusion within the volume of the canvas. I was later told that the A+ I was awarded in my 3rd year BFA painting studio was largely due to this 3D effect I created experimentally. Watching this video has opened my eyes to what that painting was really capturing about my spirit at that moment in my life. Thank you.
Too late. I looked at yours and I want that for myself.
Hi Chris. Thank you for sharing this good stuff. I’m allowing myself to explore my creative visual artist more intentionally as an adult (but "if not now, then when", right?) Will use this asemic writing to keep discovering my uniqueness. 🦄(A tiny detail: the link to your site in the description has an extra ‘i’ so it doesn’t send you where it’s supposed to.)
From a dream I had a few months ago I am creating and painting a new Tarot deck. What a channeling thrill. Your channel just popped up in my feed, seems appropriate. ❤
I’ve always naturally done this and I started winning art contests as early as kindergarten… I am now 45 and have been really deeply enjoying connecting and learning what I choose and creating some deep inspiration building within to wave and pulse as divine inspiration draws out my hearts song 🎵 🎶🎤🤓🤪😎💜♾️🙏🏼🕉️
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
I’ve researched a hell of a lot of art techniques for releasing our creativity but this is the first time I have come across this term. I love your presentation and short demo…very to the point and essence of it. I’m looking forward to playing with my lines again. Many many thanks…you ignited a spark!
I’m into that..well done .freedom on your canvas paper at least.
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I do that too and it looks like scribble but it’s not I’m writing specific things that no one else will know or can understand by looking at it 😉 it’s a secret
This is so cool. I want to be on the list .🌻
Another mark making technique that goes way back is cross hatch.
Fairly recently they have discovered it done by Homo Neledi in the rising star cave to mark their grave site dating back 300,000 years that match the cave marking of the Neanderthal. Homo Neledi was not human w/ a brain size 1/3 the size of modern humans but, they had the use of fire and walked upright. I have seen mostly ignored cross hatch symbology in Lascaux cave.
This intuitive writing talked about in this video is also incredibly interesting. I am presently researching a few sets of very basic symbols that have come down from from our earliest human ancestors nearly up to the present day and are found all over the planet.
I love to scribble, I have developed an idea on scribbles, a scribble is the first step to create a non known figurative line, you can create a new figurative sense or world!
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He has mental disorder called Assberger. Spectrum disorder. My cousin has same. Dangerous to be in powerful position with billions of dollars in contracts with our govt. Unhinged, self absorbed, egoist, lacking integrity, very immature, making false and exaggerated statements, thinks he’s a genius. Like my cousin, able to memorize and encylopedia does NOT make him a genius. Much more needed like emotional intelligence, empathy, situation awareness, and ability to recognize they are operating in a reality distortion field. His childhood and toxic relationship with his father and mother constantly reminding him he’s a genius, also plays a part in his odd, creepy behavior, and racist attitude.
Are these words that are shaped funny or just made up shapes?
If everyone does crazy writing its not unique though.Sorry, I’m a contrarian and disagree with everything as a rule.Everything has to be a " new term" and when I hear that I am instantly turned off.I have been doing this for a few years and it is awesome.I understand completely about our perceptions changing at age 12.That was true for me.I have to keep ignoring that instinct to please others.I can overcome it sometimes but not always.It really destroys creativity and being authentic.I started doing random stuff with dementia patients and I had so much fun with it that I kept doing it on my own work.I had more fun than they did most of the time.
Yep, scribble describes it admirably.
Beautiful 🖌 Thank you 🔯
Fantastic!!❤️
Interesting that I can find no links to your book either in the description nor on your website. I suggest you leverage your content by always posting a link to your book, (is there only one?), and that you create a tab on your website with the same. Otherwise a visitor has to actually try to see the title of the book and type it into a search bar, or the visitor will think they have misunderstood and there is in fact no book that exists.
I have been doing this sort of thing since my teens. I did not find out it has a name until now and I am 79.
Cool, but how do you go from there to being good?
interesting…..BTW, when you held up the book it was covered by your red logo blob.