Recently, I was listening to a reading by Marney Makridakis, the founder of the web site Artella (see http://www.artellawordsandart.com/ ). In it, she proposed new ways to think of time. One that really struck me was when she asked us to consider the question: what if time was color? Other suggestions followed, such as viewing life as a painting, or as a problem as a new color in your life painting. Of course, my mind then drifted to Carole King’s song “Tapestry,” some people’s ability to see auras, the colors of seasons and holidays and on through other color concepts.
I have been pursuing this train of thought for a month or two, and have created some collages answering the question “what time is it?” with responses of colors. It’s been an interesting experience, especially for a writer. One piece of effective advice for anyone—whether engaged in a field traditionally viewed as “artistic” or in a field where creativity is not usually considered—is to look at things from a different medium or in a different way. For writers, this can mean to look at things through a visual medium such as pictures, drawings, colors—anything but through words.
I have been pursuing this train of thought for a month or two, and have created some collages answering the question “what time is it?” with responses of colors. It’s been an interesting experience, especially for a writer. One piece of effective advice for anyone—whether engaged in a field traditionally viewed as “artistic” or in a field where creativity is not usually considered—is to look at things from a different medium or in a different way. For writers, this can mean to look at things through a visual medium such as pictures, drawings, colors—anything but through words.
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