The Emotional Alchemy Lab™

The Emotional Alchemy Lab™

Trusting Emergence

What painting, therapy, and the Rothko Chapel taught me about living with uncertainty.

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TJ Walsh
Jul 05, 2026
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I’ve spent enough time exhibiting my work that I can usually predict the first question someone will ask when they stand in front of one of my paintings.

“So... what is it?”

Sometimes it’s phrased a little differently.

“What am I looking at?”

“What does it mean?”

Occasionally, someone will joke that their child could have painted it. (Eye roll.) More often t…

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