I dunno
, what started as a serious discussion on the nature of learning from our failures has fast degenerated into the art of the double entendre - something we are all creative geniuses at
. (If not the art of English grammar). Anyway, we've got to find value in failure because we all have so many
. (And before anyone says it, yes I was speaking for myself).
Seriously though, creativity is rarely if ever a burst of inspiration, it usually begins with a curiosity about what would happen if........... Then you want to test your idea on a project so you start with the drawing book, to come up with something to do (which usually means pages of scribbling till I get a scribble that looks likely to be viable). Next comes proper drawings, dealing with poses and historical periods. After that comes the actual sculpting, working out engineering and anatomy, then finally comes the figurative stuff with the puttty. There might be a minor burst of enlightenment about how to place something in the mould or where to pour in from, but that's it!!!!!!!!. No fire of creativity, NO burning light bulb to guide my way, just a lot of stumbling around in the dark.
But that's just me
.
Yours in frustration, Gary.
