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January 22, 2004
Beethoven and me, both
Like me, Ludwig carried a small notebook with him whereever he went in which he would jot down themes as they occurred to him. Creative thoughts occur at the most inconvenient times. On the GNER London train, where use of big brushes and oil paint is frowned upon, I feel great potential, like the solutions discovered in the dark of a woken night, but am unable to carry them out. So I write and draw in my notebook and try, later in the studio, to rekindle the flame. [Unlike Beethoven I haven’t written Ode to Joy.]
Posted by john at January 22, 2004 12:49 PM
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