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If you can master these two concepts, you’ll be an unstoppable creative
All artists are engineers, and all engineers are artists.
When reading a book, or watching a movie, as an artist, you may not be watching it for enjoyment but for research.
Rare is the opportunity for me, these days, just to watch for enjoyment (which is why we have to make time for those sorts of things!)
When thinking about creativity, two concepts have to be mastered.
But to get there, think about where your inspiration comes from.
Were you inspired to write because of Harry Potter? Did you start to draw because of a Norman Rockwell that was hung in your grandmother’s kitchen? Did you learn piano because you always used to play with the keyboard during Sunday School?
What material do you take in?
This is the question of the first concept: analysis.
Analysis: Breaking a work down into its fundamental components. What is its form? What are some recurring features in the background? Establishing a framework of understanding for later steps to be built upon.
Now we move on to how you put things together.
Do you write what you know? Do you research at length? Does it just pop into your head?
