Artists are scavengers, modern-day hunters of information. And they pluck inspiration from everywhere: people, places, and things.
They even gather resources through error. Mishearings, misspellings, and mistakes are idea producers.
The creative process is two-fold. Ideas bloom, and then they require execution and management. The producer thinks about them, reads about them, talks about them, and ultimately acts on them. What emerges is something fresh and original.
Artists are continually developing novel techniques, ways of seeing, thinking, being, and diligently applying those efforts from various tools onto the canvass.
The painter studies the way light falls on an object; the sculptor manipulates a hunk of marble to carve a figure; the poet converts a banal phrase into a haiku; the photographer reveals an obscure item plain eyes miss; the musician observes how a note lingers and uses it to create a melody that fits the song’s mood.
No matter what medium is involved, the creative process is the same. It starts with experimentation, struggles with tweaks, and ends with precision.
The best artists study, learn, practice, and perfect the skills they need to imagine and design. Creativity is impossible without attention and effort.
The never-ending search to consume and build something unpredictable keeps life interesting. Like nature, art is not static and remains subject to change.