Another telling and provocative excerpt from the journal of artist Anne Truitt:
The terms of the experience [of being an artist] and the terms of the work itself are totally different. But if the work is successful — I cannot ever know whether it is or not — the experience becomes the work and, through the work, is accessible to others with its original force.
For me, this process is mysterious. It’s like not knowing where you’re going but knowing how to get there.
[thanks, Brain Pickings]