ihet july/august 2017 issue 228
This is my most recent pesky problem. I’m nibbling around the edges, to no avail. So I just look at it. and wait. Then ignore it, and wait. Look at it, and wait. Thing is, there’s always an open-ended space somewhere in there, a questing needing a proper answer, and dumping some thoughtless thing into that space, simply because I can, defeats the purpose. So I’m ok with the patience and perseverance the process requires.
I don’t get tied up in creative knots. I just go where curiosity leads, and most recently, that’s constructing compact stage-like vignettes. These interludes begin where the narrative qualities of the paintings leave off. Looking in on medium large nuts and bolts.
O’ Those Beach Days. The customs of a well polished routine, illustrated.
Wherever your summer happens to take you . . . have a good one . . . and thanks for reading.
Thanks for reading.
Charles
Thanks, Charles! Love notes on the creative process.
I’d been in the ignore and wait phase for a while. No somethign is pushing me to pay attention and act again!
Holly . . . That’s great! Both phases are important to my creativity, and being busy all the time, without a period of processing the endeavor, just makes for busy work. But when it comes back around to the making part, it does feel glorious! As a side note, I do find I have to give my processing periods a kick in the behind every now and again)