Tag: creative process
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Signs of hope
Or, how to escape from a creative slump. Round and round and round. Up and down, round again. Six of us, spread out across the hilltop at Brent Tor, seeking the path that would lead us down the slope and across the moor towards Sourton. The map we had brought did not line up with…
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January Reflection
It feels strange, in the bright, cold light of the new year, to be peering back into the dark bustle of November and December – long nights and cloudy days, lit by shop signs and Christmas lights and the pale glow of the open laptop. I wonder where the time went…
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Instrumental
This month I was reunited with an old musical companion. Smooth dark wood, 1970s look, smart black and white keys, squeaky foot pedals that the most persistent piano tuners have not yet found a way to silence in the long term…
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‘Mind if I look?’
A reflection on archives & the creative process ‘Mind if I look?’ Nick Darke’s unpublished comedy sketch begins with an artist at work, easel and canvas set up facing the sea. He is interrupted by a ‘bloke’ who asks about his work. At first, the bloke seems fascinated by the creative process, but his questions…