"whilst you are developing a practice, a key component in that process is your own curiosity. This might appear obvious, straightforward, naive. Yet curiosity is a major strategy in developing an individual voice.
- be curious about your process
- be curious about yourself
- be curious about your inner state
- be curious about your feelings
instead of the blunt instrument of just always doing. Investigate the open, seductive, fertile realm of curiosity.
- investigate
- make connections
- do research
- be curious
don't try to control, that will be useless. Just -
- watch
- observe
think about what being curious would mean for you.
- more time?
- more space?
- more focus?
- more leisure?
- more research?
- more exhibitions?
- more people?
- more life?
count backwards every day 1000-0 and in that time let your curiosity roam.
creativity is a tool for the re-assembling of reality. It doesn't work to deadlines. It needs room to grow and that space can be a place of waiting. We assume that time on a bus, waiting for some-one to arrive, a train delayed is lost time. Perhaps it's just the universe telling you that you need to so nothing.
seek out opportunities for waiting. Be curious. Watch and wait for what is happening. Look for spaces for being yourself.
- the view
- the park bench
- the journey by train
- the queue
- the office on a slow Friday afternoon
These are good places to bring your awareness to yourself and anything that brings awareness to your inner self, will encourage your own artist."
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Well hello to all artists out there!
the journey by train. :D epic:D
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