The act of creating something might be painless for those few really fortunate souls, but I have rarely known the pleasure of a fully-conceived, brilliant notion that simply needs to be put down on paper as it were.More often, there is some elusory idea at the back of my brain that casts a nebulous haze over my eyes the more that I want to visualize it. My vague thoughts, my desires to force a design out of myself, my vain wishes to construct an expressive representation of this mental imagery – all these internal pressures seem to harden against my intention and threaten to render me utterly incapable of bringing it to fruition.
It’s thoroughly annoying actually. Still, I take heart in the belief that there are more of us out in the world than there are of those in the inhumanly-gifted, naturally-ingenious lot.
This image reminds me that those of our creations that do see the light of day are each miracles in a way. They are ultimately the means by which we conquer over the aspects of life that make us feel inhibited, allowing something of ourselves to shine outward into a world that can appear at times to be unforgiving and cold. And perhaps it suggests that we first have to let go of the constant pressure we put on ourselves before we can be free to truly create.
Ultimately, I find this a reassuring image. It offers us the hope that our works, though they may seem insignificant to us, are nonetheless beautiful and important contributions to the world.
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The other more blatantly obvious connotation here is the fact that something as delicate as a blade of grass or a plant can cause the very foundation around it to weaken, crack and crumble away. Isn't this true of any great work of art? Isn't it amazing how such a small glob of matter such as those inhabiting one of an infinite number of planets in an infinite number of universes can create with their hands and minds ideas and works that completely warp the fabric of time and space, such as Van Gogh, Da Vinci or Picasso? These are only three examples of masters capable of creating timeless works of art; as long as life exists, so too will the breath-taking creative process behind it.
ReplyDeleteI've experienced this quite a few times as well. Exploring ideas and designs in my mind, but never being able to fully conjure them on whatever medium it might be. I think for me it's a result of fearing that I will not be able to render the exactness of the complexity from the product that was so simply created in my mind. When I let go of this fear, things start to flow. For me it's just a matter of attaining the balance that contributes to this mental state. The photo you've chosen for this blog describes exactly what the end result of this feeling amounts to.
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