When we get together to create material, we often brainstorm and talk so fast, it’s impossible to express and evaluate simultaneously.
If an idea or phrase is simmering in us or we’re stumbling through the exact wording, Fawn will say, “Let’s just say it; put the words out there in the air and see what they do.”
Sometimes the words simply hover. Then we walk around them with a finger to our lips and an occasional, “Hmm,” like viewing all angles of a sculpture at a museum. Do we like it? What is it saying? Does it fit with the other art?
Other times, the words in our hearts – finally released into the air – swoop and dive and stretch their wings. They emerged beautiful and strong; a dazzling expression ready to defy gravity and rocket a fresh thought to the stars. We grin at each other and enjoy the aerial acrobatics of a well-spoken phrase or a concept keenly defined.
At still other times, we speak an idea into the air, and the words thud to the floor. Then it’s “clean up on aisle three” and move on.
Who in your partner in creative expression? How are you alike? Different?