The inventor intended to find one thing, but discovered another. Error often leads us to places we have never been before. A wrong note yields a different harmony. When we give up our preconceived models of how to create, we let in all kinds of new knowledge out of necessity. The creative process demands that we let go from time to time.
Art can be a thing for people to admire or it can be for nothing and no one.
There may be an entire score buried in a street performer's improvisation. There may be a great illustration on a bathroom wall. The moment of inspiration rules the artist. Our feelings and thoughts provide our way into the life force and nourish our originality. When we finally tap into that great wellspring of creativity, we are given insight.