{"id":604,"date":"2018-06-12T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T06:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?p=604"},"modified":"2023-06-25T06:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T12:17:02","slug":"creation-how-art-explains-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/12\/creation-how-art-explains-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Creation: How an Art Piece Can Explain a Writing Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Creation%3A%20How%20an%20Art%20Piece%20Can%20Explain%20a%20Writing%20Thing\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I wrote a version of this piece back in 2012, when I first began painting. The original idea was not only to chronicle a piece of work, but tie it to a larger theme&#8230; that is, creation is often blind to outcome. I didn&#8217;t quite get to the second part in my first attempt, so I thought I might recreate the piece again, this time with a little more focus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creation is&nbsp;the act of making, inventing, producing or bringing something into the world that did not exist. Art&#8211;whether a painting, a photograph, a book, a poem&#8211;is a creation. They can be separate, but behind it all is one and the same: the creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-case-in-point\">Case in Point<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following piece of art started out one way with one idea, but ended up very different. (You can click on each picture for a larger view of what I have sometimes called &#8220;the travesty&#8221;.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original idea for this particular painting came while I sat outside thinking about the cold. I had a vision during a particularly cold chill and out came something with water, rocks and sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_1.jpg\" alt=\"Someplace I Saw Inside My Head One Day (Intermediate Step 1)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once I stepped back and looked at what I&#8217;d painted, I decided to add a little detail: different clouds, a little grass and a lighthouse. At this point you might be saying to yourself &#8220;I think Smurfs live there,&#8221; and I wouldn&#8217;t blame you. Something was wrong with the dimensions, but I didn&#8217;t know what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_2.jpg\" alt=\"Someplace I Saw Inside My Head One Day (Intermediate Step 2)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a very poor attempt at bushes in the foreground, I decided a tsunami should come and wipe out the shore. I still didn&#8217;t know what was up with the dimensions, but I at least no one would see my bushes. I added a lighthouse keeper&#8230;house to see if that would help, but all it did was create another place for the Smurfs to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_3.jpg\" alt=\"Someplace I Saw Inside My Head One Day (Intermediate Step 3)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At last, it dawned on me (thanks to my wonderful wife): the main rock looked small. So I spent about an hour adding shadows and highlights until the rock looked more like a cliff and the lighthouse was more in proportion to its environment. I also got mad at my clouds and wished them away (with paint). To add more detail, I dropped in a few more buildings, then decided one of them should have a blue roof. Why? I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_4.jpg\" alt=\"Someplace I Saw Inside My Head One Day (Intermediate Step 4)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_4a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_4a.jpg\" alt=\"Someplace I Saw Inside My Head One Day (Intermediate Step 4--Detail)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay. Now I was getting somewhere. After a Bob Ross moment, I added some better looking clouds and more of the &#8220;town&#8221; that was magically appearing in my head. I thought copper would be a good color for one of the domes, so I added that in then made the lighthouse look like a candy cane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_5.jpg\" alt=\"Someplace I Saw Inside My Head One Day (Intermediate Step 5)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay. So there&#8217;s a town, a lighthouse, and waves crashing against the shore. What if the sea was a little choppy? And what if I added a really distant mountain to the background? I added more buildings (eventually I think I&#8217;ll stop and say there are enough houses for all 99 Smurfs) and then chopped up the sea. The mountain\/island in the distance didn&#8217;t come out the way I intended, but it&#8217;s there. (No, really&#8230;behind the clouds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_6.jpg\" alt=\"Someplace I Saw Inside My Head One Day (Intermediate Step 6)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_6a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/images\/blogEntries\/Someplace_6a.jpg\" alt=\"Someplace I Saw Inside My Head One Day (Intermediate Step 6--Detail)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;d think I was done, wouldn&#8217;t you? Well, I wasn&#8217;t. I spent a good amount of time analyzing the waves and clouds inside my head. Again, they looked out of proportion. So, the next step <em>would<\/em> have been&nbsp;to make smaller brush strokes in the water and redo my clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, art <em>escapes<\/em>; it is never really <em>done<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/570398241\/someplace-i-saw-inside-my-head-one-day-a?ref=shop_home_active_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">So it&#8217;s for sale.<\/a>&nbsp;Done. Case closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-does-this-apply-to-writing\">How Does This Apply to Writing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the joys of writing is the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/14\/pentimento-a-fancy-word-for-thats-better\/\">change things in the middle<\/a>, to go a different direction than intended. Both painting and writing are outcomes of the process of creation, therefore I see parallels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46kw6wQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Castles<\/em> <\/a>is a good example of something that changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46kw6wQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Castles<\/a> <\/em>is a fictional memoir about a girl with scissors. Of course it&#8217;s more than that, and anyone who has read it knows what I&#8217;m talking about. But the story didn&#8217;t start out that way, and it was never intended to go past 4000 words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/22\/ghost-vomit-or-how-ideas-are-born\/\"> I wanted to write a short story about dust storms<\/a> and ended up writing a novel about life from the point of view of a person who suffers from schizophrenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every time I pick up a brush, the outcome is a variation of the original idea. The same thing happens every time I pick up a virtual pen and write a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My guess is that any writer or painter will agree that the same thing happens to them. Because both acts&#8211;the painting, the writing&#8211;are outcomes of creation and creation is blind to what is eventually created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/creation_pin-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"1102\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/creation_pin-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/creation_pin-1.jpg 735w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/creation_pin-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/creation_pin-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/creation_pin-1-720x1080.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Creation%3A%20How%20an%20Art%20Piece%20Can%20Explain%20a%20Writing%20Thing\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote a version of this piece back in 2012, when I first began painting. 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