2 - Jiwon Kim - Creative Process

Before the discussion today in class, I was actually going to write about creative processes that occur in dreams. I actually have had a couple of really vivid dreams that I wake up from and quickly sketch out what I saw because I don’t want to forget all the colors and the creative concepts. Sometimes the dreams are of a very fantasy-like abstract kind of world, sometimes they just very straightforwardly give me an idea for a project (I am working on the project in the dream). These dreams actually became inspirations for some of my artwork. I was actually going to find the original sketch I did about a dream, scan it and upload it, but I’m having trouble finding the page…

But since we already discussed dreams in class today, … I’m gonna say.. my creative process sometimes comes from illusory perceptions. For example, once, I happened to glance over at the back cover of a magazine lying on the floor(it was an advertisement with two girls in the background, and an enlarged bag in the front), and I thought saw an outfit—a denim corset with gold military style buttons down the middle and a Bohemian frill skirt matched with it. But taking a second look, that wasn’t at all what the picture was of. I just saw the advertisement of the Gucci bag, and mistakenly saw an outfit. This may have just happened because of my nearly blind eyesight, but still it was an accident that lead to a creative process?