Abstract Expressionist artists typically apply paint rapidly, and with force to their huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emoition, painting gesturally, non-geometrically, sometimes applying paint with large brushes, sometimes dripping or even throwing it onto a canvas. Their work is characterized by a strong dependence on what appears to be accident and chance, but which is actually highly planned. Some Abstract Expressionist artists are concerned with adopting a peaceful and mystical approach to a purely abstract image. Usually there is no effort to represent subject matter. Not all work is abstract, nor is all the work expressive, but it is generally believed that the spontaneity of the artists' approach to their work will draw from and release the creativity of their unconscious minds. The expressive method of painting is often considered as important as the painting itself.