Welcome to the Center for Art gallery in Phuket. In 1974, on my last day in art school, I had an ecstatic creative awakening. In a moment of playful exploration, I moved my fingertips on a paper towel that had been intended to wipe off the paint below it. I turned over the towel and saw childlike scrawls that had appeared from the pressure of my hands. Lines coming directly from my fingertips! I began to laugh ecstatically with this discovery.

In a timeless moment, I realized that I had received a precious gift. This was a direct mode of expression that fulfilled not only my own search for a more natural way to draw, but had the potential to fulfill the longing of countless others to open to their creative source. With this realization there came a sense of responsibility. Somehow, I would have to find a way to share this gift with the world. I named the process, simple.