Giving up control: POURS

Describe the process of creating paintings through pouring paint you experienced today. How did it work?

We had to mix paint and water to make a water color-ish base. Then we just kind of let the paint flow down on to the paper and saw what shapes it made. We really had no control over the shapes or colors it would make, only by shifting the place of the paper could we change the shapes. It didn't really work out too well because it was rushed and no one planned anything.
How did it FEEL to give up some control over the shapes you created? Describe any surprises.

It was very odd giving up control of the shapes because we as people are used to having control over what we make but this was just the paint doing its thing. There weren't really any surprises, just that the colors all blended in weird ways.