tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883554250280529997.post8984107434182678288..comments2023-03-25T08:38:04.563+00:00Comments on Ims Fire - the blog formerly known as Imogen's Creative Fire: Creative isolation or arrogant self-absorption?Imogenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12811393485894960485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883554250280529997.post-37228547115045644232009-10-01T16:32:09.727+01:002009-10-01T16:32:09.727+01:00And believe me, they - ie you all! - are invaluabl...And believe me, they - ie you all! - are invaluable!Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811393485894960485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883554250280529997.post-25314975186936807452009-10-01T14:17:09.527+01:002009-10-01T14:17:09.527+01:00Humph, the gothic masterpiece is still a twinkle i...Humph, the gothic masterpiece is still a twinkle in the architect's eye at present!<br /><br />I suppose that one of the ways around the stress of preparing for display is to have assembled a good circle of "critical friends" who's honesty is unimpeachable and who's opinions you trust. Then you already have all the validation you need, before you let a wider audience see your workbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755279918311711958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883554250280529997.post-58920623685065544062009-10-01T13:33:45.096+01:002009-10-01T13:33:45.096+01:00I think the desire not to compare oneself with oth...I think the desire not to compare oneself with others and the fear of what one might discover if one did lies behind much of the procrastination, writer's block, reluctance to exhibit, etc, that creative people suffer from. I've had my share too, goodness knows; my big problem is with standing up and showing what I do, not with making it, which is something. Making stuff, once I got started, became rather addictive.<br />I don't think I could cope any more with not creating things - stories, pictures, recipes, you name it - but I am currently trying to micro-prepare a submission to a writers' agent in a state of sick panic that is just plain embarrassing.<br />But don't give up on the gothic masterpiece; sticking power is the first prerequisite, after all.Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811393485894960485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883554250280529997.post-72457794922734718312009-09-30T23:15:02.667+01:002009-09-30T23:15:02.667+01:00I suspect that this insular approach is rooted in ...I suspect that this insular approach is rooted in a desire not to hold one's talent up against the yardstick of other people's work....for if you never compare yourself with others, you can never be found wanting.<br /><br />I think this is probably why my own gothic masterpiece will never be written...for it is better to travel hopefully (and believe that you're capable of creating something special) than arrive (and find that your best is simply mediocre).<br /><br />I don't really support creative isolation in any case - in listening to music, part of the joy of appreciation is being able to recognise the genesis of a work in an earlier piece..cross pollenation is so interesting.beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755279918311711958noreply@blogger.com