We think that we need to have an idea in order to get started but, perhaps, it’s the opposite way around?
Category: Making
Writing to think
Do ideas come to us through divine inspiration? Or do we just need to pick up a pencil or pen and begin so that we find an idea?
External influence
There is a benefit to collaborations and commissions that involve an artist making work that their unconscious bias has prevented thus far
Patience is a form of action
When are we avoiding action because of fear versus needing to be patient for the work to find it’s place and time.
Artificial constraints
While there’s value in imposing constraints on one’s art practice, the opposite is probably true, but how do we decide?
Writing with pictures
I find writing with pictures much easier than writing with words? But people always say start with the words?
If you have an idea, just make it
Unless your idea is made, it joins the pile of ‘ideas I should make’, not the pile you can call ‘my body of work’.
Art as therapy
What if we were able to tell ourselves a story to be OK with prioritising art in our lives? What sort of work would we make?
Drawing as an energy-giving activity
Drawing gives me energy in different ways, but there’s nothing quite like watching it give power to a child.
What do I really care about?
Anyone can write a story about anything, but only I can write a story about the stuff I care about.