There really is nothing so mysterious as doing a new painting. The vague idea you might have the propels you to even pick up a brush soon disappears into the realm of creative forces and your little idea is something else entirely. I think a baker does not have this happen when they set out to bake a cake . They pretty much know what to expect when they are done. But an artist does not have that luxury or that certainty at all. Any creative is the same, The magic is not guaranteed but when it does appear it is demanding and insistent on being created. You just have to do what it wants. almost like you are a puppet in its hands. Who’s hand is it . Who is behind it all. God who else. It is not me. It is know what I already know rehashed and heated up again. NO, it is new and new is always God. Even if you don’t believe in God it is, so it is a religious experience. Even Woody Allen would agree if he is honest.
I heard that he sits down the next day and starts the next script as soon as he finishes one. No break. that is why he can do one movie a year. Why does he feel compelled to work so hard. I don’t think he has a choise. You don’t retire from being a creative. You keep having to do it. .
We are in a mysterious place for sure in this realm but it is a place I am so glad to be in. Even if my work is not astounding all the time, sometimes it is,That is why you do it… sometimes it is.