„The Unexpected always comes at the most awkward times.“
— Larry Niven American writer 1938
Scatterbrain (2003), p. 26
„How do ideas come? What a question! If they come of their own accord, they are apt to arrive at the most unexpected time and place.“
Letter to F.W Weber (1950); published in New York—Pennsylvania Collector (8 August 1991)
Contexto: How do ideas come? What a question! If they come of their own accord, they are apt to arrive at the most unexpected time and place. For the most part the place is out of doors, for up in this northern wilderness when nature puts on a show it is an inspiring one. There seem to be magic days once in a while, with some rare quality of light that hold a body spellbound: In sub-zero weather there will be a burst of unbelievable color when the mountain turns a deep purple, a thing it refuses to do in summer. Then comes the hard part: how to plan a picture so as to give to others what has happened to you. To render in paint an experience, to suggest the sense of light and color, air and space, there is no such thing as sitting down outside and trying to make a “portrait” of it. It lasts for only a minute, for one thing, and it isn’t an inspiration that can be copied on the spot...
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