The Experience of Artmaking

This book came from a belief that an inquiry into the
creative
process would provide me a different perspective from
aesthetics,
which was familiar to me as an artist. The idea of
creativity is
shrouded in mystery. I have often wondered whether my
brain
functions in the same way when I am painting as when
I am solving
a mathematical problem. The purpose of this book is
to look into the
nature of creativity to better understand what it is
to be an artist. I
know that all of my senses are implicated in my art
making process.
Paintings come from deep inside and materialise
before me on the
surface of a canvas. Experience and time are visible
in the brush
marks. My creative process is phenomenological when I
consider the
things that I perceive while focusing on my senses. I
can decide
whether or not I am open to awareness of my organism
and as I
focus on my physical state, metaphors emerge. The
bridge that I
cross from inside to the outside of my body when
making art is not
the same as the bridge I cross when I speak and
write. I wrote this
book for artists, teachers and all who might be
interested in a
discussion of art making as qualitative research.

Autorentext

Lynn Millette is an artist who has substantiated her inquiriesinto perception, creation and ontology through an active art practice. She has acomprehensive background in disciplines related to culture including the new technologies,philosophy, psychology, literature, and the humanities. She works and teaches in Montreal.

Klappentext

This book came from a belief that an inquiry into the creative process would provide me a different perspective from aesthetics, which was familiar to me as an artist. The idea of creativity is shrouded in mystery. I have often wondered whether my brain functions in the same way when I am painting as when I am solving a mathematical problem. The purpose of this book is to look into the nature of creativity to better understand what it is to be an artist. I know that all of my senses are implicated in my art making process. Paintings come from deep inside and materialise before me on the surface of a canvas. Experience and time are visible in the brush marks. My creative process is phenomenological when I consider the things that I perceive while focusing on my senses. I can decide whether or not I am open to awareness of my organism and as I focus on my physical state, metaphors emerge. The bridge that I cross from inside to the outside of my body when making art is not the same as the bridge I cross when I speak and write. I wrote this book for artists, teachers and all who might be interested in a discussion of art making as qualitative research.