Sol Lewitt

22. The artist cannot imagine his art, and cannot perceive it until it is complete.

Inspiration comes to me in many forms. An awkward situation on the bus or at work could resonate into an idea or concept which, at the instant of realization, seems so clear and perfect in my head. However, once I touch pencil to paper, the idea becomes much harder to communicate what I see through my mind's eye. Lack of skill or loss of memory fade the original image until all I am left with is a multitude of scribbles and unfinished iterations. Though this process of tuning these images into a cohesive piece is important in creating the final product, my final piece has become so distant from what I first imagined that the original feeling becomes convoluted and hard to recall. Even this final product is simply a highly rendered sketch, another step in the processes of finding that original emotion.  Although I am sure that I can imagine the final piece in its most organic form from the moment of inspiration, the process of portraying this image into the this realm is almost an art form in itself.