The artist is a discoverer, not an inventor.
Elan Ullendorff • Thinking outside "outside the box"
Art reveals something beyond the message. A story or poem may reveal truths to me as I write it. I don’t put them there. I find them in the story as I work.
Ursula K. Le Guin • Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books
eflecting on these points, you might say the process feels messy and unpredictable. Indeed, it should. The birth of something great is never serene. It’s a series of cracks and contortions in the rock, each break revealing a new gleam beneath the surface. Over time, what was once ambiguous becomes inevitable—what was once a mad experiment looks, in... See more