Ever hear the expression "There is nothing new under the sun"? I often feel that way, but am also occasionally struck by the idea...
no, the REVELATION,
that, no matter what you conceive of, dream up, or create... it already existed before you created it. You are simply the vessel, the hands, the voice, or the tool that carries it out.
I was moved by a thought this morning, as I heard Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life", followed by Coldplay's "Viva la Vida". I thought about how complicated and beautiful it all sounds, layers of instruments and voices... and then I thought about how it all existed in the head of the artist who communicated it to us. That person/group was the vessel. Every note has already been heard before, every instrument used before, just not in that combination.
And when we design, we are always finding new combinations of things we have already seen. So, when we make things, we are channeling this creative force. You can call it God or whatever you believe it to be, but it looks for minds, hearts and hands who are receptive to it. And frankly, what an honor that is.
For more exploration of this topic, see
God, NASA, and textile artists
OR
If You Held the Microphone
As this endless double-helix of concepts I want to express on this blog wind tighter and tighter, I find that my posts explode from of one another, constantly expanding, yet simultaneously contracting into a narrower and narrower group of the same main ideas. I hope you are enjoying the ride.
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a pretty poignant thought! i think of this a lot!!!! i'm trying to create a line of clothes...they've all been done before, more or less, but not in the fabric or colors i like! as i've gotten older, comfort has been KEY! nothing tight on the body. i want to feel like i'm wearing nothing when i step out the door.
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