{"id":126,"date":"2004-07-29T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2004-07-29T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/07\/my-creative-process\/"},"modified":"2004-07-29T16:08:01","modified_gmt":"2004-07-29T21:08:01","slug":"my-creative-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/07\/my-creative-process\/","title":{"rendered":"my creative process?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"578\" border=\"0\" alt=\"birdshoes.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/birdshoes.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The individual parts of this doll seem to be finished and I am feeling very dissatisfied.  It might worry me except that it happens every time I get to this part of the project.<br \/>\nI keep thinking of E&#8217;s essay on the <a href=\"http:\/\/real.cozy.org\/index.php?p=5\">writing process<\/a>.  Different but the same.<br \/>\nMy process goes something like this-  Something plants the seed of an idea; a photograph, a painting, a piece of fabric or trim.  The idea ferments, usually for months.  Finally I get to work.  I go through waves of satisfying flow and then frustration until I get to this point and I hate what I&#8217;ve done&#8230; then I tweak it and can usually get to a place where I am happy.<br \/>\nSo&#8230;<br \/>\nI am looking at what I&#8217;ve got.  The face needs something.  I keep seeing a shadow of Michael Jackson.  Scary.  Maybe it&#8217;s the hair.  The hair isn&#8217;t right&#8230; hmm.  A hat?  Would that make the difference?  The pants need to be shortened.  They are rolled in this picture.  The cape?  Lining?  An environment?<br \/>\nOh, jeesh, I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The individual parts of this doll seem to be finished and I am feeling very dissatisfied. It might worry me except that it happens every time I get to this part of the project. I keep thinking of E&#8217;s essay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/07\/my-creative-process\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,9,16,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}