tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post1899575683748412124..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: "Inspiration is for Amateurs"amolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-2648578563608018402016-08-29T13:39:08.285-07:002016-08-29T13:39:08.285-07:00Chuck Close is no fool, so if I were to follow my ...Chuck Close is no fool, so if I were to follow my own rules (ha!) I ought to assume that he's saying something sensible, and then try to work out what that is.<br /><br />I think you're probably right. Close is railing against immobility, not against inspiration as such. If you work, the idea will come to you. Or at any rate is more likely to.<br /><br />Strictly speaking, a schedule of working, alternated with not working, is likely tour best bet.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-89636243577065498332016-08-29T13:06:37.623-07:002016-08-29T13:06:37.623-07:00Maybe what you did was still "show up and got...Maybe what you did was still "show up and got to work". I'm starting to warm up to the idea of "do the thing to feel the thing", versus endlessly waiting around, immobilized, waiting for inspiration to hit me; maybe that's what Chuck Close meant; the immobilization of the amateur, who hopes for inspiration from the outsideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com