There are some people throughout history that I go to for imagination. These are the ones who thought of an idea before anyone else. Hats off to Marie Curie for her creative thinking, but the ones I seem to gravitate toward are in the arts. I mentioned in a previous post that I loved the world created visually on Pandora. It was truly creative in both vision and the technical skill to make that vision “come to life” on the big screen, because it really did come to life in that 3D movie theatre. Today I want to focus on a much older artist. I don’t know much about him, really, but the first time (unintentional pun) I saw melting clocks, I was mezmerized.
This link will take you to the Dali Museum.
The Persistence of Memory at the Museum of Modern Art
Dali saw the world in a way others don’t. If I am stuck on how to make a fantasy landscape look unique or create a character that doesn’t exist here on Earth, looking at some Salvador Dali helps me to see the world around me in a new way. I love how shadows can become the creatures themselves instead of the negative left from loss of light. Flowers transform into unicorns and dragons. Somewhere back in time, these creatures came to life from the mind a creative storyteller, probably trying to explain a creature they did in fact see. Humans, being who they are, love to embellish, until a wild horse was so fast it was flying. Then that horse had wings and was soaring through the sky. Fantasy is based on what we see everyday. Just see it in a new way.