The medium is unforgiving
23rd July 2016 | for Creatives | creative process, art, artists, Robert Olen Butler, writing, ideas, sculpture, painting |
"The artistic medium of fiction writers—language—is not innately sensual. The medium is unforgiving whenever we look for it in our minds. Some visual artists do a lot of conceptualizing and still end up creating terrific works of art. They are able to do so because once they get out there in front of their canvases or their blocks of granite, they have to leave those ideas behind. The medium itself won't let them think."
Similar for Creatives
what art is
"If you want to think your way into your fiction, if you think you can analyze your way into a work of art, we're going to be totally at odds philosophically about what art is and where it comes from."
I sketch with no goal or objective
"I usually don't have a preconceived notion of what I'm going to create. Most of the time I sketch with no goal or objective. My hand will draw something and then it reveals itself to me."
create a vacuum
"One of the essentials is to create a vacuum in my life which can only be satisfactorily filled by some form of creative work—whether it be writing, painting, sculpting, composing or just building a boat."
Back the Hell Off
"You have to tell your mind to back the hell off. It's another place in yourself entirely where you must look to create a work of art."