Thursday Thoughts...

“We write stories, not because we have answers, but because we have questions.” 

Katherine Paterson

It feels like it's time to write stories.

This quote demonstrates for me how artists and creatives so often are trying to find ways to understand the world around them. The stimulus for work is often about enquiry, rather than expressing certainty.

If not about the subject itself; the enquiry and questioning can often be about process.

Altho of course sometimes the work is about trying to tell truth or a fact that is unwelcome. With stories I imagine a lot of us think as we read, "oh this person knows something", but perhaps they are just like us and trying to work it out as best they can as they go along.

As I think about how a writer might approach their work, I imagine it could start with "What if...?" which is really what this quote is saying in a nutshell I guess!

Ten years ago, the answer to the question "what if I cut a bird shape out of some rust and then tried to print it/transfer it using tea?"