tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141806273987183665.post1057967211211381804..comments2023-08-22T04:09:53.863-07:00Comments on The Write Stuff: Some Thoughts on CreativityRosihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141806273987183665.post-61482205050660309162011-01-28T13:49:29.484-08:002011-01-28T13:49:29.484-08:00I sometimes turn to poetry when I'm stuck on f...I sometimes turn to poetry when I'm stuck on fiction. And, as I mentioned in an earlier blog, I sometimes turn to lists. But often, in good weather, it's the garden that gives me satisfaction and a little reprieve, while allowing new ideas to well up and take root.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141806273987183665.post-23685778006897136792011-01-27T11:23:52.472-08:002011-01-27T11:23:52.472-08:00Several artists I admire come right to mind for ta...Several artists I admire come right to mind for taking their R&R in other media.<br /><br />- Jerry Garcia had gone to art school and turned to painting when the stress of the road got to be too much. I have a bright red Jerry Garcia tie for the times I cannot get out of wearing one.<br /><br />- Henry Miller did water colors all his life, with a freedom and abandon anyone who has had formal art classes cannot help but admire. In a wonderful book my mother (an artist) gave me, "Henry Miller on Painting," he explained that some of his horsies were drawn horizontally because it was easier than vertical. I saw some originals in a gallery in Carmel and they are great.<br /><br />- And speaking of Carmel, for breaks from struggling with Poetry, Robinson Jeffers apprenticed with a stone mason and built Tor House - a house and tower, with boulders he hauled up from the shore. I think you'd be better off sticking with embroidery.<br /><br />Plus, as a kid, I remember seeing Roosevelt Greer, a star New York Giants linebacker, showing some of the needlepoint he did to relax before and after a game. Men simply did not do needlepoint in the late 50's or early 60's, but this guy was a solid 285 pounds or so, so no one said anything!<br /><br />In writing we learn that there are times to escort our inner critics out of the room and times to invite them back in. I really think other activity that engages concentration and or imagination will cross-fertilze writing. <br /><br />As they used to say ad-nauseum in art school - but it's true - it is the process not the product that is nourishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com