Creative Brain Lynne

I was finally able to watch the Creative Brain video with Charlie Rose.  I was most interested in the way that Chuck Close and Richard Serra work by creating problems and then using techniques to solve those problems.  I think that I work in a similar way.  Of course, I would not presume to compare my work to theirs .  But I think as artists we want to convey an idea and we think it will look a certain way and then during the process of actually doing the work, the work can change from the original idea.   In my experience, I needed to train my brain to think in a different way.  I always had something inside me that wanted to convey something in an artistic way, but I didn't come to creating art until well into my 30's.  I went to a very strict Catholic school and I believe that that early training stifled me in ways that I am still trying to uncover.  It was inspiring to hear the insights of these artists and try to relate it to my process of "creating".  When Serra spoke to internal motivation, I knew that I had always had that in me but needed to have an outlet to express it somehow.  I also think that being with fellow artists and working together is so beneficial to us because we need that dialogue to move on from one way of doing things to another.   It is also the viewer's  reaction that is important to our art.  I'm sure we have all experienced the thrill of being in a museum and seeing art that moves us in a way that is almost a religious experience.  The interesting thing is that we all experience different kinds of art in different ways.  What moves me might not move you in the same way.  So I guess we keep on working because we have to.           Lynne