This quote jumped out at me in the same way that Vincent describes: small things coming together. It started when I caught myself staring a canvas (no, not the original) that my hubby gave me years ago as an birthday present: The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum. Something about this scene caught the both of us in a shared moment of wonder, so it became ours.
Then the quote reminded me of how I approach my writing: a series of seemingly unrelated stories that somehow build into a bigger picture in my mind, like puzzle pieces coming together. This style of research is true for all styles of writing that I pursue, as I tend to look for a different view of a subject or try to see how stories tie together to make a real-life situation. Since I take my creativity pretty seriously, I’m always trying to find new ways to broaden my world so that I can create even bigger ones in my mind. I’m like a kid in a candy store when I take a bite into a new piece of writing, because for those moments I am truly alive in the way that I know I’m meant to be.
I don’t like to limit my imagination, so this approach allows me to indulge my curious side which is pretty insatiable. The world is my oyster, and I’m always looking for the brightest pearl to polish. So how do you create?
