Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn’t work.
Bob Dylan Chronicles vol 1 2004 p121
...every time you perform a song, it's gotta come up like you never heard it before.
Joni Mitchell Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffe 2017 p141
These descriptions of elements and process resonate with me.
But where do ideas come from?
This website comprises fifty seven pages of images and text
that document work from 1970 to 2023.
Illustrated buttons (below) connect to images of the work.
Descriptive text buttons link to information about the work.
Magenta text links to information about people, places and processes
that may be of interest.
Bob Dylan Chronicles vol 1 2004 p121
...every time you perform a song, it's gotta come up like you never heard it before.
Joni Mitchell Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffe 2017 p141
These descriptions of elements and process resonate with me.
But where do ideas come from?
This website comprises fifty seven pages of images and text
that document work from 1970 to 2023.
Illustrated buttons (below) connect to images of the work.
Descriptive text buttons link to information about the work.
Magenta text links to information about people, places and processes
that may be of interest.
But first... I should tell you about the photograph at the top of this page.
The Hackney Archives keep a copy of the Clarnico sweet factory's Specialties List (1906) that includes the photograph (above) of the box-making department where my great grandfather, John Maycock (circled), is seen wearing a bow tie and standing near the back of the workshop. He was the foreman.
In the introduction to the Specialties List is this sentence:
"We think it probable that the conditions under which our sweets are made may be of interest to our friends and have embraced this opportunity to include some illustrations of our manufacturing departments".
I liked this statement so presumed to appropriate its spirit thus:
I think it possible that the conditions under which my work has been made may be of interest so have included information about how and why each series developed, and also where finished works have been exhibited.
In the introduction to the Specialties List is this sentence:
"We think it probable that the conditions under which our sweets are made may be of interest to our friends and have embraced this opportunity to include some illustrations of our manufacturing departments".
I liked this statement so presumed to appropriate its spirit thus:
I think it possible that the conditions under which my work has been made may be of interest so have included information about how and why each series developed, and also where finished works have been exhibited.
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Below 'tangled up in blue', one of just five small works made in 2022/3. They are the result of spending more time with guitars. I play but I also pay attention to them in ways I never did before.
I like that, when grouped, their forms generate strong negative spaces. I like that.. Other guitar drawings can be found at:
works on paper then use the left arrow.
I like that, when grouped, their forms generate strong negative spaces. I like that.. Other guitar drawings can be found at:
works on paper then use the left arrow.
I update the website regularly. If you have questions or comments about any aspect of the work...
bryan maycock 2013 ©
