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The mind is
a wonderful thing. It can withhold us to finish any work we have started.
Writer’s block if you like to give it a name. (Made a stupid blog about that in
April, 2005. Don’t mind if you take a look, but beware! A writer’s block really
is awful…). On the other hand, your mind can also encourage you to proceed.
Your mind has a will of its own. It’s working while you try to do some other work
yourself. It’s even working while you are asleep. It’s more creative than you
can imagine you will ever be. Experience, other people call it. And that’s the
dirty little trick that does the work. The more you practice the better you
will become in whatever you want to be doing.
Out of
experience I can tell you the best ideas I get, pop up while I am working. When
I’m writing, I get ideas for new stories. When I’m painting, I get more ideas
to make another painting. To put it simply, one thing leads to another. I pick
up lines from the news (yes, even from the old fashioned newspaper), TV, music,
even fragments of conversations, said by people passing by. All these nice,
angry, stupid, crazy, silly, lovely thoughts remain stuck in my mind. They pop
out by occasion. Unexpected, sometimes unwanted, most of the time it seems an uncontrollable
process. But as said before, practicing unveils many thoughts at the time you
need them. Your unconscious is your best co-writer or co-painter. Hack, the
best co-worker you can imagine. If you like to make a note, or a sketch of
anything of interest you hear or see so you can use it later on, be my guest. I’ve
made tons of notes and sketches which all seem to disappear. Except for the
ones is have used in my Skredch-blog. It seems most of the time I am lost in my
own chaos. But, when not asked for, my mind is able to retrieve those things I
never considered lost. Ideas just pop up in my mind. Experience? Practice? Let’s call it
inspiration.