Taylor Swift said that sometimes a song just appears to her, “like a cloud, and you just have to reach out and grab it.” Other times, she’s not so lucky.
I feel that way about writing dots; there are moments when the lesson becomes so obvious, and other times when I stare at a blank screen for an extended period.
I think that the entire creative process is like that. Whether composing songs, writing dots, painting, or designing graphics, there are times to capture and times to plod. The trick is having a system that allows you to act on the ideas that present themselves easily to you, and having the patience to outlast the blocks that inevitably worm their way into the mix. Both clouds and lulls are fleeting.
