tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380129770221861278.post1864673332773734472..comments2023-07-02T13:45:10.519+01:00Comments on Exploring creativity: 'how creativity works', againTamsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005849693688143703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380129770221861278.post-14400319822991163152012-05-02T12:53:54.566+01:002012-05-02T12:53:54.566+01:00Good isn't it? I quote it a lot - not least to...Good isn't it? I quote it a lot - not least to myself!Jim Hamlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488331333061422244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380129770221861278.post-63127547859294624832012-05-02T12:14:18.391+01:002012-05-02T12:14:18.391+01:00Oh mi god, brilliant, I might have to repost this....Oh mi god, brilliant, I might have to repost this. The junk seems to go with the territory, doesn't it? And in its own curious way, must fuel the process (if we thought our work was fab and were quite satisfied, would we do any work at all?)...Tamsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005849693688143703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380129770221861278.post-2501567223174989352012-05-01T21:58:30.936+01:002012-05-01T21:58:30.936+01:00http://jwvpk.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/letter-from-...http://jwvpk.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/letter-from-sol-lewitt-to-eva-hesse/Jim Hamlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488331333061422244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380129770221861278.post-41610073026275094422012-05-01T20:36:37.940+01:002012-05-01T20:36:37.940+01:00Yeah, I was thinking about the drains. I think may...Yeah, I was thinking about the drains. I think maybe I'm confusing the work being slow with the idea of 'blocked'. I suspect that I have a model in my head which says that, having given up the day job to do this, I should be painting 8 hours a day. But what I'm learning is that it's a whole, not an obsession, and many other things have to be happening simultaneously with the painting. The 10,000 hour thing is very distracting. It may be true, literally, in terms of technique. But technique does not a painter, or a musician, make, as far as I can see.Tamsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005849693688143703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380129770221861278.post-4251351861914620232012-05-01T16:33:38.619+01:002012-05-01T16:33:38.619+01:00I really enjoyed that Steve Poole review - blimey,...I really enjoyed that Steve Poole review - blimey, withering or what!? - I subscribe to Lehrer's RSS feed and have his new book but, as with so many other creativity advocates, it's probably best to be deeply skeptical of them (though there are many worse than Lehrer), which is probably why I found the Radio 4 discussion vaguely cringeworthy, listening to people talking about how they're oh so creative darling! Yuck. Thanks for the links.<br /><br />Great post by the way, though I don't really believe you about rusty drains - that's the other danger of reflection isn't it: self criticism?Jim Hamlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488331333061422244noreply@blogger.com