“Just as a battery’s power comes from wires attached to opposite poles, sources of our creative energy are often derived from opposites. An understanding of both extremes gives an artist a deeper understanding of what lies in between.
life < >death laughter< >tears
black< >white curiosity< > single-mindedness
silence< >conversation concrete< >ethereal
female< >male fiction< <non-fiction
deity< >atheism mainstream< >fringe
exertion< >rest wealth< >poverty
technology< >primitive tools risk< >safety
knowledge< >ignorance growth< >decay
details< >the big picture lust< >chastity
sun< >rain future< >past
pain< >pleasure darkness< >light
friends< >strangers
EXPERIENCE > OBSERVE > CREATE > BE
