Spiritual 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 1012. At that time, humans become aware of their surroundings, selfcritical, 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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