“ Creativity is an act of defiance. ”
Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.
~ Twyla Tharp
Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.
In every situation, at the beginning or end of the workday, you have a choice. You can look back or you can look forward. My advice: look forward. Always think about the next day. Don't go into the studio thinking, 'Hmmm, let's see what I was doing yesterday?' It takes more energy to twist yourself around and look back that it does to face forward.
If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.
