The Creative Process

There's a gap, and everybody who does creative work experiences it.

A note for "Art & Fear"

"Most of what we inherit is so clearly correct it goes unseen. It fits the world seamlessly. It is the world. But despite its richness and variability, the well-defined world we inherit doesn't quite fit each one of us, individually. Most of us spend most of out time in other peoples' worlds - working at predetermined jobs, relacting to pre-packaged entertainment - and no matter how benign this read-made world may be, there will always be times when something is missing or doesn't quite ring true. And so you make your place in the world by making part of it - by contributing some new part to the set. And surely one of the astonishing rewards of artmaking comes when people make time to visit the world you have created. Some, indeed, may even purchase a piece of your world to carry back and adopt as their own. Each new piece of your art enlarges our reality. The world is not yet done.

pg. 69