Andrew Wyeth- Night Sleeper 1979
I dream a lot. I do more painting when I’m not painting. It’s in the subconscious.
–Andrew Wyeth
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Andrew Wyeth- Trodden Weed
I love this short quote from the great Andrew Wyeth. That second sentence speaks to how I view my own relationship with what I do– I do more painting when I’m not painting. The mind is always clicked on, seemingly always seeking that something, that one inside thing that is crying out to be expressed.
It’s a built-in thing, one that can hardly ever be turned off. You would think it would be a maddening quality but it has become a normal way of functioning and I would probably panic if I found my mind not churning in some way.
Sometimes it is in the form of day-dreaming, just letting the imagination run free. Other times it takes place in the words or sounds or images of others. Like pulling a new thread from an existing fabric.
Inspiration comes in many different forms and the mind is always looking for them.
Here’s a neat short film from artist/filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman that shows Wyeth describing how he sometimes find inspiration.
Andrew Wyeth from Andrew Zuckerman Studio on Vimeo.
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