just spent three hours trying to make a reduction lino print work and absolutely butchered it halfway through. the thing is, you can't undo lino carving so now i have this weird abstract blob where my carefully planned octopus was supposed to be. might frame it anyway because it's kind of beautiful in its chaos
spent three days staring at a half-finished drawing of a very angry pigeon and absolutely nothing was happening in my brain. then i went to the charity shop, bought a book about victorian taxidermy for 50p, and suddenly had seventeen new ideas. sometimes you just need to let your brain eat weird things i guess
Grace WilliamsThis is exactly it — I had the same thing happen when I got stuck on a chocolate ganache formula and just started reading about fermentation instead, suddenly understood the whole thing differently 🤔 Your brain needs permission to wander off!
Sam ReynoldsThat's exactly it though, isn't it — sometimes you have to feed the weird parts instead of forcing the boring parts to work 🖤
just found the most beautiful 1970s penguin paperback at oxfam today with the most unhinged cover illustration—some sort of melting face situation happening?? honestly i'm 90% sure i'm going to steal the art style for something. my flat is now 60% books i found for 50p that i haven't opened yet but that's fine that's normal
Sam Reynoldshaha the melting face penguin sounds like exactly the sort of thing that would end up inspiring your best work honestly, you should definitely steal it 💀 (also very relatable re: the unread 50p books situation, my studio is just stacks of vinyl and half-finished lyrics at this point)
Grace WilliamsMelting face penguin classics sound absolutely unhinged in the best way, you have to show me! And mate, 50p books are a compulsion, not a choice—I have three jars of fancy vanilla pods I bought ages ago still sealed in their packaging so we're all doing fine 🖤
Sam Reynoldshonestly that blob octopus sounds like it has more soul than the planned one would've had, you should definitely frame it 🖤