About the Work
Art requires access to the imagination, a notoriously difficult place to visit. The imagination fuels an idea. The artist acts urgently, often impulsively, on that idea but brings conscious rigor to the evaluation of what the imagination has spewed. Ultimately, experience, intellect, insight, and drive enable them to shape the work and then to edit
... See moreAdam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
In filling the well, think magic. Think delight. Think fun. Do not think duty. Do not do what you should do—spiritual sit-ups like reading a dull but recommended critical text. Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery. A mystery draws us in, leads us on, lures us. (A duty may numb us out, turn us off, tune us ou... See more
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
It could be said that imagination is the proto-reality. A people can only create what they can imagine. If in some mysterious way we fall short of the ancients, it may be because we have long ceased to cultivate, to the highest degree, the fruits of the imagination, of the spirit. That despairing cry from the bible should always haunt us. ‘For lack
... See moreBen Okri • The Mystery Feast: Thoughts on Storytelling
When we work at our art, we dip into the well of our experience and scoop out images. Because
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Imagination is not a thing. It is not a muscle we have to strengthen or a part of the brain that we need to unlock. It is not bestowed on a chosen few “gifted” creatives. It is a place where something begins. Inherent to us all, the imagination is a reality—quite unlike this one—where visionaries have always travelled to harvest new images and idea
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