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When I moved to New York City in my twenties, I was determined to forge a career as a working artist. In that Darwinian pool of ambition, the most successful artists were the ones who could generate a dependable stream of original work. They seemed to always be developing multiple ideas simultaneously. It was tempting … Read more
It has been said that writers don’t necessarily have more ideas than other people; it’s just that they notice when they do have ideas. Writers develop a sort of metacognition, which is an awareness of one’s own thought process. In fact, this process isn’t unique to writers; it is prevalent in anyone who devotes mental … Read more
In the post The Three Types of Transformation, we discussed refracting as one of the three types of transformation, along with expanding and contracting. You can read the full post here. Recall, refracting is when you transform something by changing its purpose. I was in an airport toy store recently, and although it had just … Read more
Many of these blog posts discuss practices you can use to discover singular links. These fall into three categories, each involving a different way of transforming the subject of your work. They include, Expanding, when you transform something by creating new iterations of it. Contracting, when you transform something by removing some elements of it. … Read more