video<\/a> on YouTube about Philip Reed, a professional model builder: \u201ca man who has committed his life to his craft; a lifetime of scrutinising detail, obsession, perfectionism, and in the end, something truly beautiful.\u201d The short film is more reverential than instructive, if you want to know how he actually does what he does, but some of his comments in the video certainly resonate:<\/p>\nI remember Gerald Cooper, a very renowned painter. One day he just stood and looked at us for a while. He said, \u201cI\u2019m going to tell you the secret to happiness. Get up every morning and paint a flower before breakfast.\u201d That is what he loved to do. So the first thing he did in the morning was that which he loved.<\/p>\n
I think of them as three-dimensional paintings.<\/p>\n
There are many times when little is achieved. There is frustrating research to be carried out and dead times when nothing seems to move forward. But then there are many others when the work just flows and you enter a very quiet space. Time passes effortlessly.<\/p>\n
I go through very dark times sometimes. A recent model I\u2019ve been building, every day has been struggle. It\u2019s difficult. I need focus. The work is very fine. I don\u2019t want to be there. But if you keep going you discover something new and suddenly it\u2019s as if the sun\u2019s come out and I\u2019m loving what I\u2019m doing again.<\/p>\n
There are moments of excitement and pleasure when you start to see it come together. If you can get the tone, the color, and everything blend together, that final stage, working through it, is a joy.<\/p>\n
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Engaging in creative work can be, at its best, a mystical experience. I don\u2019t know what is behind the creation of art. It\u2019s something innate in man. It\u2019s one of the profound mysteries in human life: creative work and art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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