Justices, Cats and Brains
Wandering leads to ideas
In the recording below, at one point I say “let your brain think.” That’s a funny thing to say, but what I meant was that for me, the creative process is about listening to your brain as it moves around and flits on various subjects. Even seemingly inconsequential things. As the writer Nora Ephron said, everything is copy. I know that for most of my day I am thinking about things—food, schedules, emails, worries— and most of it never really gets noticed by me. I get the emails done, and manage to eat, but I could also draw about those things. Try to notice where your mind goes and write it down. Or draw it.
Every week (almost) I will try to do a live thing and will share with you. Today is about ideas, and how I try to generate them. In the future, I will do what I did today, talk about stuff in this field, but then also sometimes I’ll draw and talk about things in the news and culture. I want to keep this fun and informal.
I do these live on Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Happy Thursday! Such gorgeous weather here, I hope it is for you.
Thank you Liza. I don’t have that talent for drawing but I’m writing more and slowly, very slowly getting a bit better at it. It’s very nice that you or anyone can start drawing or writing and not know that exact idea or theme until towards the end. While that is a rough draft of what you want to state or muse about. And that right there is a new place for me. Cheers
Yes our mind and the creative space it offers. This piece fortifies it. I recall as a youngster my box full of Lego pieces - a mish-mash of kits I assembled then took apart to add to collection and create new things I conceived in my mind - imagination creation (planes buggy’s spaceships etc) w sound effects too🤪. Thanks L for this reminder no matter what place in time imagination and exercising it in media when we can in vital !