The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp

I definitely agree with Twyla about the idea of 'scratching' as a way to brainstorm. I often have trouble coming up with ideas on my own so it was interesting to see how she generates her ideas and gets the ideas in her mind flowing. Twyla suggests listening to music and just moving around the studio space to see what types of ideas formulate. She also suggests going outside or reading books to help generate new ideas. I thought it was interesting that she wrote about how musicians and movie writers use the scratching method as well, but I think she should have focused more on artists rather than other people.

Although I like her idea of scratching, I think she had too many rules involved. For me, brainstorming does not have rules and I can brainstorm at any time. I do not think that their is one right way to brainstorm. I like Twyla's idea of listening to music and moving around to help me think of ideas. I also realized that before I start my work I need to sit down and really focus on what messages and ideas I want to portray in my art work. From there, I can begin to experiment and try out different materials.