Intuitive art

The National Gallery of Jamaica has categorized intuitive art as its own artistic canon separate from art that would otherwise be classified by the Western art world as primitive or naive.^[8] Veerle Poupeye argues that this has given intuitive artists more legitimacy within the art world that has "allowed them to produce work that would otherwise never have existed."^[8]

Traditional Chinese poetry has been connected to the category of intuitive art through the practice of miaowu.^[9]

As an art therapy method, intuitive art has been noted as a potential method of processing psychological trauma.^[11] Intuitive art has been examined from a neuroscience perspective for its potential connections to improving human health and wellbeing.^[7]

The practice may be employed from a young age, including in preschool education, to begin to cultivate the creative needs and capabilities of children within themselves.^[12]

The method was connected to the artistic practices Albert Einstein used to stimulate his scientific creativity, particularly through his engagement in playing piano.^[10] Einstein himself stated "I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.... I get most joy in life out of music."^[10] Einstein's son Hans Einstein recorded of his father: "[w]henever he felt that he had come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in his work, he would take refuge in music, and that would usually resolve all his difficulties."^[10] Maja Einstein further noted that he would sometimes reach important conclusions after playing the piano.^[10]

Some intuitive artists argue that the method of creating art can be therapeutic and spiritual.^[13][14][15]