These drafty hints guide one in

Filling in … a part

Art

“You have to do it, in order to figure out how to do it” (2)

A path becomes a teacher

(Prepare room)

Like “a bird circling a tree” (3)

From more than one degree

A “wholeness” is taken in (4)

By and by

We live Gestalt Theory … all the time; independent of our awareness of its powerful presence … or knowing that it has been named. Independent of our titled, untitled or entitled works, this day ahead of us, is made of us … filling in visual gaps; “making wholes out of parts.” (5) “The human imagination leaps to form the whole, to complete the scene in order to make sense of it.” (6) An “unfinished pattern,” constitutes a “call to which our preconscious, out of its maelstrom, gives an answer.” (7) Independent of our specialized field, we pick up daily on “perceptual chunks,” while being “driven to construct the remainder of the scene;” “actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation.” (8) (9) (10)

Every day, we face the day, through a Collection of Conclusions drawn. We see the world through this Composition of Concepts which is a Collage of Sorts that helps us sort … elements into groups. Educated guesses as well as uneducated assumptions, nest within this Thought Structure. Every day, our ideas work and don’t work, on multiple levels of abstraction.

Consider the sheer, clear, near and dear, System of Belief you see through … the well-worn Play Book you’re seeing through, towards more than one end. Picture the Big Picture you’re working with and working on … your Point of Points with a View. In light of a well-rounded work that works and keeps working, good creative directors will often turn things around, by asking “what other angle can I look at?” (11) In other words, they encourage us to “come at the world with a different level of respect.” (12) Go through again. “Exposure to multiple viewpoints leads to more flexible and creative thinking and greater ability to solve problems.” (13) Play by play, more than one perspective, calls a better game.

Good creative direction holds the other end of the line, reminding our mind, “you’re never finished learning.” (14) Look out. Look in. Turn that gem, round by round, and consider what’s bright in your face … “a unified whole” to envision in part … an already, not-yet … to entertain, engage and embody … bit by bit. (15)

An emerging artist tilts their head, typing around a trajectory

As a placeholder holds a place to stay and play

A writer digs in

Loving a plot, informing a form

Wrestling pages, scrolling for ages … saved in

More than one cloud

A “temporary destination” serves a writer, leading them Bird by Bird … to a fuller understanding of that which is … already on the way. (16) Time flies. A cup overflows. A forecast is on and off. Lamott notes: “So you write towards this scene, but when you get there or close, you see that because of all you’ve learned about your characters along the way, it no longer works. This scene may have triggered the confidence that got you to work on your piece but now it doesn’t ring true and so it does not make the final cut.” (17)

Yield

In light of a greater yield

Per form and make a scene, making sure (18) (19) (20)

That what you’re making is good

For

Us

A Depth of Fields is calling out

Take the lead … from one degree to another

Taking up, on and in

Higher resolution (23)